Posted on 09/16/2009 1:35:13 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Gibbs blasts GOP critics of Obama czars By Sam Youngman - 09/16/09 03:59 PM ET
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs fired back at GOP critics of White House czars on Wednesday.
Gibbs said GOP “silence was deafening” on the issue of czars during former President George W. Bush's administration.
Republicans didn’t raise the issue, he said, when Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) pushed a Y2K czar or when Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) called for a manufacturing czar.
“You've read Sen. Bennett was pushing for a Y2K czar that he didn't think was powerful enough,” Gibbs said. “You've seen Lamar Alexander call for a manufacturing czar."
He also brought up the name of Randall Tobias, a Bush administration deputy secretary of State and “abstinence czar” who resigned after it was discovered his name was on a prostitution-services call list.
“You know, somebody referred to in the Bush administration as the abstinence czar was on the D.C. Madam's list,” Gibbs said. “Now, did that violate the Constitution, or simply offend our sensibilities?”
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ACORN.
I don’t remember Lamar Alexander being POTUS. Dweed
Pssssttt... Gibby, Y2K was before Bush's term...
How many “czars” did Bush have? Two?
Obqama just hiring the Czars Bush wouldn’t?
The list, ping
The Bummer has far out-czared any Republican to date.
He needs so many “Tsars” because he hasn’t the foggiest idea WHAT he is doing!
A “czar” for the Obamaloon is simply another person designed to fill the infinite void in the loon’s education and ability.
Anything beyond first grade math and long-proven non functional Marxiam is beyond the loon’s limited scope.
I think Bush had 4 czars. That’s 4 too many in my opinion but it’s not double digits.
The use of Czar’s dates back to FDR, maybe even before.
It’s just with the current Administration this additional layer of government has begun to multiply like rabbits.
Much the the spending on steroids this can be said to be increasing geometrically.
“Gibbs said GOP “silence was deafening” on the issue of czars during former President George W. Bush’s administration.
Republicans didn’t raise the issue, he said, when Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) pushed a Y2K czar or when Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) called for a manufacturing czar.
“You’ve read Sen. Bennett was pushing for a Y2K czar that he didn’t think was powerful enough,” Gibbs said. “You’ve seen Lamar Alexander call for a manufacturing czar.” , etc...”
You know, he’s exactly right about that. Bush shouldn’t have appointed any “czars”. Bush did many awful things, and the republicrats in congress just went along with it. But to say “well, see, everybody else did it before me” is an argument a ten year old would use. Two wrongs don’t make a right...40 or 50 wrongs definitely don’t.
“Czars” are utterly, completely, and totally unconstitutional. They are created out of thin air, given power and a budget, and are utterly unaccountable to anyone.
“You too, you too” is a feeble response to criticism.
Bookmarked for my upcoming czar thread. ;-)
(Smirk)
Somehow I don’t recall any Bush czars being communist, America hating thugs! Or do I err?
One. The head of Homeland Security. After congressional oversight & a 96-0 vote.
To Gibbs 2 + 2 = 22 not 4. We are dealing with idiots from Captain Zero on down.
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