How many " Czars " did Bush 2 have ?

[sushiman]

I sent a detailed list of Obama's Czars to a lib friend and he wrote back saying Bush " had 26 Czars filled with 38 different people during his term " . True or false ? I need some ammo .

[sushiman]

Should have read “ Czar positions filled with 38 different people “ ...

[cripplecreek]

I don’t know if its true or not, I think its time to do away with the czar position anyway.

[discostu]

If he had 1 it was 2 too many. I hate the Czar title thing, it’s stupid. Hey let’s name our government appointees in our supposedly free society after dictators, yeah there’s a great idea.

[darkwing104]

Ask the liberal to name them, all of them.

[svcw]

Well, if he did the liberals didn’t care.

[sushiman]

Agreed , but isn’t Obama up to 34 already ? If he serves 2 terms he might get up to 100 !

[Mr. Mojo]

List of U.S. executive branch czars

(Scroll down to "Current count of czars per administration")

[A.Hun]

According to Glenn Beck....4.

http://glennbeck.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/06/09/rise-of-the-czars/

[joejm65]

According to an interview that Greta did with Newt back on July 10:

Reagan had 2.
Bush 41 had 1.
Clinton had 9.
Bush 43 had 12.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,531363,00.html

[In God I trust]

Looks like o’l GW had quite a few. I didn’t count but he had a lot.

[Rapscallion]

We do not know if they are being paid from government funds appropriated by Congress. We do not know if they took the oath requiring them to support and defend the Constitution. We do not know if their loyalty is to the United States or to "the president". We do not know if they are sworn to uphold the laws of the US.

MEMO TO WHITE HOUSE: Please clarify.

[MediaMole]

Since there is no such title as “Czar,” the number is open to interpretation. Anyone appointed with a mandate to oversee some aspect of government policy could be considered a “Czar.”

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Let’s say he’s right. How many of Bush’s appointees were members of radical revolutionary groups? How many of them had published books on eugenics? How many of them have expressed an interest in denying medical care to people based on age?

If these were just drinking buddies for Zero, nobody would give a hoot. These people are a radical communist shadow government.

[Lucky9teen]

I've believe Bush's czars were all vetted by Congress and subjected to Senate confirmation, unlike Obama's...

Bush Czars, which included:

• Cyber Security Czar
• Regulatory Czar
• AIDS Czar
• Bird Flu Czar
• Intelligence Czar
• Health IT Czar
• Katrina Czar
• Manufacturing Czar
• Drug Czar
• Domestic Policy Czar
• War Czar
• Copywright Czar
• Abstinence Czar
• Mine Safety Czar
• Latin American Czar
• WTO Health Czar
• Corruption Czar
• Privacy Czar
• Health Czar

[PureSolace]

What I care about is (1) Do they get paid? and if so (2) Who pays them?

[Russ]

None of Bush's "Czars" were communist activists or left wing America-hating radicals. Obama's are...

[Mr. Mojo]

Precisely. It’s not so much the quantity as the quality. Obama’s “czars” are a who’s who of commies, eugenicists, and black nationalists.

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[4rcane]

for starters, do away with the title czars. Name them advisors or something. These people should have no power