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Byrd: Obama in power grab
Politico ^ | 2-25-09 | By JOHN BRESNAHAN

Posted on 02/25/2009 8:16:38 AM PST by icwhatudo

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest serving Democratic senator, is criticizing President Obama’s appointment of White House “czars” to oversee federal policy, saying these executive positions amount to a power grab by the executive branch.

In a letter to Obama on Wednesday, Byrd complained about Obama’s decision to create White House offices on health reform, urban affairs policy, and energy and climate change. Byrd said such positions “can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances. At the worst, White House staff have taken direction and control of programmatic areas that are the statutory responsibility of Senate-confirmed officials.”

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TOPICS: US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: 111th; america2point0; americanczars; asocialistamerica; bho44; byrd; change; duplicate; globama; hope; kkk; klansman; liberalbigot; obama; powergrab; robertbyrd; separationofpowers; starkravingsocialism; ussa
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A former KKK leader attacks Obama for getting too much power...

O wait, he's a dem so the irony won't be mentioned.

1 posted on 02/25/2009 8:16:38 AM PST by icwhatudo
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No, just wait... for this heresy old coot byrdie will get hammered as a old grumpy Klansman!


2 posted on 02/25/2009 8:18:18 AM PST by SolidWood (Palin: "In Alaska we eat therefore we hunt.")
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When he's not busy hauling off chunks of the federal government to W. VA., Byrd does have moments of clarity.
3 posted on 02/25/2009 8:18:38 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: icwhatudo

Following Hitler’s execellent example of how to become a totalitarian dictator!


4 posted on 02/25/2009 8:18:54 AM PST by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson VIVA LA REVOLUTION!)
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To: icwhatudo

Robert Sheets Byrd is fourth in line to the presidency.

He just wishes it was his power.


5 posted on 02/25/2009 8:19:25 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Chicago is so corrupt... an autopsy can list "'cause he wouldn't listen" - Lenny Bruce)
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To: icwhatudo

Byrd had better be careful; he may be deemed to have used all his health care chits by the health care czar.


6 posted on 02/25/2009 8:19:32 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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Egads. If even somebody as clueless as Byrd is a little nervous about Barry, that’s saying something.


7 posted on 02/25/2009 8:19:49 AM PST by livius
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Is this Byrd seeing clearly? Unbelievable that he should say this about a fellow dimocrat.


8 posted on 02/25/2009 8:20:14 AM PST by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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To: icwhatudo

D on D chaos is always stimulating for the popcorn industry!

Go Sheets, maybe get Burris to help!


9 posted on 02/25/2009 8:20:37 AM PST by bigbob (-)
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To: autumnraine; flat; SouthTexas; justiceseeker93; TXRed; celtic gal; BossLady; ladyvet; ...

Behold the Liberal Nest of Rattlesnakes. May they eat each other.


10 posted on 02/25/2009 8:21:17 AM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: icwhatudo
Acti8ng President Obama's appointed czars run things, outside of the Constitutional framework of Congressional approvals of cabinet heads.

Might I remind you, this is exactly how Hugo Chavez operates. His cabinet people are noting more than public whipping boys, meanwhile the czars behind the curtain run the country. For more on Chavez, watch the Frontline video online, "The Hugo Chavez SHOW" for how it works.

Byrd is a Democrat ... right? Probably a Klansman first, Democrat second.

11 posted on 02/25/2009 8:23:24 AM PST by Tarpon (If you don't stand on principle, you stand for nothing at all.)
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I wonder what Byrd is so worried about. He won’t survive four years of Obama. He won’t have to live under these changes.

Besides all that, he lives in the bubble of being a Senator.


12 posted on 02/25/2009 8:26:00 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Chicago is so corrupt... an autopsy can list "'cause he wouldn't listen" - Lenny Bruce)
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I got to admit I’m surprised the old geyser is doing this. I have to give him credit where credit is due. Lord knows I have hammered him in the past.


13 posted on 02/25/2009 8:26:36 AM PST by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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Watch it Old Man the Commie you voted for might have you tarred and feathered..
14 posted on 02/25/2009 8:27:30 AM PST by PLD
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To: Dr. Ursus

What I was thinking too. Better watch your back Senator, you aren’t being politcally correct. How dare you question the messiah.


15 posted on 02/25/2009 8:32:58 AM PST by SaintDismas
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I agree! With this liberal raising the hue and cry of Marxist Obama’s moves, people had better take note and be prepared for confrontations.


16 posted on 02/25/2009 8:33:19 AM PST by Old Badger (After this sorry election, boy do opportunities abound!)
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Egad, the old bat’s actually right about something for once! But then even a crazed senile old racist has the sense to see that the last thing we need in government is more people with lots of power and no accountability.


17 posted on 02/25/2009 8:34:07 AM PST by eclecticEel (Wall Street isn't a charity ... so why are we giving them money?)
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To: icwhatudo

Memo

From: Usurper-President-wannabe 0bama
To: Senator Robert Byrd
Re: Your concerns

Shut yo mouf, white cracker.

I won, remember?


18 posted on 02/25/2009 8:34:24 AM PST by mkjessup (You're either with our Constitution, or you are with TKU ("The Kenyan Usurper"). CHOOSE!!!)
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Well, at least some Dim is figuring it out:

All you care about is money. This town deserves a better class of criminal. And I'm gonna give it to them.

19 posted on 02/25/2009 8:35:22 AM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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Doesn’t matter if he’s Prez...Sheets don’t like “colored” people


20 posted on 02/25/2009 8:36:23 AM PST by demsux
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