Using list from fringe FreeRepublic.com, Rep. McHenry calls for oversight hearing on 44 ‘czars.’
Using list from fringe FreeRepublic.com, Rep. McHenry calls for oversight hearing on 44 ‘czars.’
Earlier today, The Washington Independent’s Dave Weigel reported that Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) had written a letter to the chairman and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, requesting that “the 44 appointed ‘czars’ of the Obama Administration” appear before a congressional hearing “to testify about their roles and responsibilities.” When Weigel asked McHenry’s office where he got the number 44, McHenry spokesman Brock McCleary provided him with a list from Politico and a thread from the far-right web forum FreeRepublic.com:
“We’re using a variety of sources and finding everyone who has been referred to as a ‘czar,’” said McCleary. “It would be appropriate for the WH to release a formal list.”
In the meantime, McClearly provided me with two sources that McHenry’s office is using to build a czar list: this list from Politico, and this thread from the conservative web forum FreeRepublic.com. The FreeRepublic thread begins with a list from the conservative AmericanDaughter.com, which calls the appointment of czars “the beginnings of dictatorship” and includes several administration officials who’ve actually been confirmed by the Senate.
Not only does McHenry’s list contain numbers officials who have been confirmed by the Senate, but it also includes a member the Cabinet, Education Secretary Arne Duncan. In essence, McHenry wants some Obama officials who were confirmed by the Senate to testify about how they were “neither vetted by the Senate nor required to testify before Congress.” For more on crazy czar conspiracies, read today’s Progress Report.
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September 9th, 2009 at 4:48 pmOk so we need a catchy name for the conservanuts who are oh-so-concerned by the presence of advisors in and around the White House. We’ve had tea-baggers, birthers, deathers, and tenthers. Shall these folks be czarrists? Czarites? Bolsheviks?
Oo – how about Soviets – they opposed the old czar regime, didn’t they?
September 9th, 2009 at 4:48 pmMcHenry is a closet homosexual who has covered up his involvement in a gay love triangle and murder suicide.
annnnnnnd…….he is one of Blackwater’s chief supporters.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:49 pm#2 chiroptera toasterhead,
I call them all RePugniScums!!!!
September 9th, 2009 at 4:49 pmThe rethugs were able to ignore the subpoenas of the majority party when they had the presidency. If they pay any attention to this worthless schmuck about anything, they are dumb as dirt. Ignore him. They have no reason to cooperate with him while he tries to undermine the administration. If they want to do anything, remind him that there are no job titles named “czar” in the current administration.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:53 pmWhy is a Congressman visiting a domestic terrorist website?
September 9th, 2009 at 4:54 pm***
#1,
it’s not the state,
it’s the state of mind.
:|
September 9th, 2009 at 4:58 pmGO HERE to tell Rep. Fringe what you think:
http://mchenry.house.gov/Contact/
September 9th, 2009 at 5:00 pmLet’s hope that Keith gives this idiot the Worst Person Award. This is what happens when your party spends more time watching faux news and looking for ways to discredit the President who WON THE MOST VOTES IN US HISTORY! These saltines have still not gotten over the fact that Obama beat them like a rented mule! Get over it losers! You should get use to losing you pee brain idiots!
September 9th, 2009 at 5:00 pmSo change the damn titles! The President and his administration are free to hire whomever they wish. Change their titles to “Patriot” so instead of a Drug Czar, we have a Drug Patriot. Instead of an Energy Czar, we have an Energy Patriot.
Then watch the GNOPers try to spin the negative connotation of the word “Patriot”. It’s just another bullshit title in a town filled with bullshit.
PEACE
September 9th, 2009 at 5:02 pmHere’s the list of George Bush’s Czars he used from January 2001 to January 2009:
Abstinence Czar (Randal Tobias)
September 9th, 2009 at 5:04 pmAIDS Czar (4 Czars: Scott Evertz, Joe O’Neill, Carol Thompson, Jeffrey Crowley)
Bank Bailout Czar (Neel Kashkari)
Bioethics Czar ( Leon Kass)
Bird flu Czar (Stewart Simonson)
Birth control czar (Erik Keroack)
Budget czar (3 Czars: Mitchell Daniels, Joshua Bolton, Rob Portman)
Clean Up Czar (2 Czars: Jessie Roberson & James Rispoli)
Communications Czar (Dan Bartlett)
Cyber Security Czar, Cyber Czar (2 Czars: Richard Clarke, Rod Beckstrom)
Democracy Czar (Elliott Abrams)
Domestic Policy Czar (Karl Rove)
Drug Czar (John P. Walters)
Faith-Based Czar, Faith Czar (4 Czars: Don Willett, John Dilulio, Jim Towey, Jay Hein)
Food Safety Czar (David W.K. Acheson)
Global AIDS Czar (2 Czars: Randall Tobias, Mark Dybul)
Health Czar for WTC, World Trade Center Health Czar (John Howard)
Health IT Czar (David Brailer)
Homeland Security Czar (Michael Chertoff)
Homeless Czar, Homelessness Czar (Phil Mangano)
Gulf Coast Reconstruction Czar, Hurricane Katrina Recovery Czar (Donald E. Powell)
Intelligence Czar (2 Czars: John Negroponte & John Michael McConnell)
Manufacturing Czar (2 Czars: Albert Frink & William G. Sutton)
Policy Czar (Micahel Gerson)
Public Diplomacy Czar (2 Czars: Karen Hughes & James Glassman)
Reading Czar (G. Reid Lyon)
Regulatory Czar (2 Czars: John D. Graham & Susan Dudley)
Science Czar (John Marburger)
Terrorism Czar (3 Czars: Richard A. Clarke, Wayne Downing, John O. Brennan)
War Czar (Douglas Lute)
“We’re using a variety of sources and finding everyone who has been referred to as a ‘czar,’” said McCleary.
– - Uh huh, and be sure to nail all those damn Ottomans.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:06 pmHasn’t he got more important things to work on?? Doesn’t he a toilet or two to clean?? Does he need his tongue changed before that latrine duty??
IF this fool hard ever been anywhere close to a meduim to large company would realize that managers have ’staff’ working for them?? duh…IF you dig one layer deep you find that ‘czar’ is a buzz word that the PRESS MADE UP because in most cases these folks real title won’t fit on a business card!! PAY ATTENTION YOU STUPID JERK – Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC)…Turn off Glenn Beck as a direct feed into your feeble brain and actually get a breath of air…..
September 9th, 2009 at 5:06 pmI simply can’t get over how irretrievably stupid the re=Thugs are.
And how much the spineless, wussy Dems kow-tow to them in absolutely frickin’ EVERYTHING.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:06 pm*
Thank you, shoeless. One has to wonder if the Abstinence Czar, the AIDS Czar and the Birth Control Czar ever came to blows.
PEACE
September 9th, 2009 at 5:07 pmThank God the Repuglicans continue to become unhinged the way they are! It is so good to see. They are assuring they will never be respected again. Still very repugnant obviously…
September 9th, 2009 at 5:10 pmPerhaps Rep. McHenry (DRT-AU*) should send a copy his letter to Little Tommy Delay. I understand that he is a member of the “Dancing with the Czars” cast this season. Maybe he can do some undercover work.
*DRT-AU = Dining Room Table — Alternate Universe
September 9th, 2009 at 5:12 pmSpencer’s mom says:
Thank you, shoeless. One has to wonder if the Abstinence Czar, the AIDS Czar and the Birth Control Czar ever came to blows.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
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Doubt it. In the case of the Abstinence Czar, the blows came to him. (Thanks, DC Madam!)
September 9th, 2009 at 5:12 pmThis guy looks like Sherman T. Peabody! What a dork! How do these people find other people who are STUPID ENOUGH to vote for them? North Carolina, take a bow! You inbred idiots!
September 9th, 2009 at 5:13 pmThank you, shoeless. One has to wonder if the Abstinence Czar, the AIDS Czar and the Birth Control Czar ever came to blows.
I don’t think so. That would have been the responsibility of Jeff Gannon, his Blow-Job Czar.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:14 pmMr. McHenry, there are no czars. If I call you Henry McPatrick, that doesn’t mean that’s who you are no matter how many times I say it. These so-called “czars” are administrators of various departments in our federal government, with very long and cumbersome job titles that Reagan and the media started to refer to as “czars”. Why don’t you quit pandering to the base part of your base, do you legislative job, and let Obama and his team do their executive job?
September 9th, 2009 at 5:17 pmHey, Why the heck am I not on this list? My Great Great Great Uncle Nickoli was a Czar, that make me one to. Oops sorry wrong country.
This is part of the Repuglican conspiracy to over throw this government. This means that all of those involved with this kind of thing may be guilty of sedition. Lets bring back McCarthyism. That will put the fear of fear into them.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:17 pmRep. Patrick McHenry is a Czar.
There. He’s been identified as a czar. Let the investigation begin.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:24 pmI’m sick of the Czar word to be honest – isn’t their a better word in the English language?
September 9th, 2009 at 5:25 pmI hope McHenry gets slapped down by his chairman on this one. It verges on out-of-scope for the House; advice and consent is a Constitutional prerogative of the Senate and the House meddles with that at it’s own peril.
The ploy is obvious though. This McHenry chump wants to surf the big breaker set up by Glen Beck. He probably ought to see where the dust settles and the chips fall before he gets all jumped up.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:30 pmCome on all trolls and see if you can follow this we will start off with the name who first coined the phase czar
NIXON (R) NIXON (R) NIXON (R)
see thats not a hard thing right>>>>>>> so lets see if we can not get into a real discussion of real stuff the we need done.
once again trolls and you know who you are.
if you click your heels together 3 times and close your eyes>>>>went you reopen them>>>> you still in the same place but with sore heels.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:31 pmWe’re using a variety of sources and finding everyone who has been referred to as a ‘czar,’” said McCleary. “It would be appropriate for the WH to release a formal list.”
What a colossal waste of time playing conspiracy with freepers.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:32 pmSo now Obama isn’t allowed to pick his own advisors??? WTF is with these idiotic republicans.
Will some Democrat, I don’t much care which one, please step up to the plate and START DENOUNCING these whacko republicans?
PLeaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:37 pmIf you called the Czars Kaisers the unacceptable faces of capitalism would love it.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:38 pmAnd why werent the loons concerned when Hehr Bush used the word Czar?
Freepers and the gNOp are complete intentional whining hypocrites
September 9th, 2009 at 5:40 pmPresident Obama’s performance politically to date is a disappointment. The President has allowed the Republican Conservatives to define him and with little rebuttal. The political skills demonstrated during the election are desperately needed now. The Democrats have some well respected heavy hitters, its time these leaders get out in front. The Democrats can’t tolerate the present conservative agenda.
I am behind Obama 100%, but I get the feeling his legacy may be slipping away. The Republicans can’t be allowed to hijack a second Democratic administration.
Obama is the President. The Republicans and the country need to be reminded of that fact.
I am in no mode for any power sharing with the present Republican Party.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:42 pm24. RobertSeattle says: I’m sick of the Czar word to be honest – isn’t their a better word in the English language?
September 9th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Try Ceasar; nah, the Rs would think salad and that’s no fun, except for the confusion factor.
How about Kaiser? Nah, that’s no good either; being German for Ceasar or czar or tsar, is the least of it. They’d think roll. Of course, once they snapped on it being German, the Rs would be off on a tear about Nazis and Hitler and all that sheeyit again.
They’ll always ignore their own politicians use of the word; that’s always legit, as far as they’re concerned.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:44 pmWonder what his reaction would be if they refused to show up ? After all, isn’t the executive office above all this ?
September 9th, 2009 at 5:49 pmAh, freepers… just one step above the LGF crowd in the evolutionary scale (and 3 steps under pond scum).
September 9th, 2009 at 5:54 pmI’m all for oversight, but why does the Free Republic only call for Oversight when it is a Democratic Administration?
I don’t recall FR screaming over abuses in the Bush admin.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:56 pmI’ve got an idea, why don’t they schedule the oversight hearings for a basement room and then rush in an turn off the mikes so no hearing could be held? Or how about scheduling votes all during the time of the hearings? Or possibly call procedural questions so that nothing can continue?
These are all ploys the Repubs used on the minority party Dems when they had control of Congress.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:59 pmCute antic, Mr. McHenry.
“Executive Privilege” says you are a “kook”.
Now kindly get back to pretending to do anything to earn that paycheck.
September 9th, 2009 at 6:08 pmPresidents get to have advisors. This is the biggest non issue ever from the rightwing which SPECIALIZES in non issues
September 9th, 2009 at 6:33 pm44 ‘czars.’?
What is this imperial Russia?
September 9th, 2009 at 6:53 pmkwsventures says:
44 ‘czars.’?
What is this imperial Russia?
September 9th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
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Guess so. Which makes your side the Communists.
How’s that crow taste, eh?
September 9th, 2009 at 7:03 pmchiroptera toasterhead says:
kwsventures says:
44 ‘czars.’?
What is this imperial Russia?
September 9th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
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Guess so. Which makes your side the Communists.
How’s that crow taste, eh?
My side? You are uninformed about MY side. I like less, a lot less uncle sammy in my life. That doesn’t pass the commie smell test. sorry.
September 9th, 2009 at 7:07 pmkwsventures says:
You are an ignorant brainwashed piece of garbage. The president gets to have advisors. Obama has less of them than Bush. I didnt care how many Bush thought he needed. Only a moron who has Rush do his thinking FOR him really cares how many Obama has. Obama is responsible for what happens in the executive branch. His advisors have no power outside what they are given BY the executive branch. Stop being so stupid you silly chatty Kathy doll. Arent you embarassed the way you are used by rightwing screechmonkeys?
September 9th, 2009 at 7:21 pmkws has no side
he’s an anarchist
September 9th, 2009 at 7:24 pmIf the Dems allow this farce to occur then they deserve to lose the next election. The Dems should block this and let the Republicans rant. It makes no sense to give them a public forum to use to spew more garbage.
September 9th, 2009 at 7:32 pmI like less, a lot less uncle sammy in my life.
September 9th, 2009 at 7:48 pm–
Greatest nation in history though no doubt… I love that dichotomy…Let’s wrap some flags on some shit why don’t we…
I call for oversight of McHenry’s roommates!
He has already had at least one of his campaign workers/”roommates” found guilty of illegally registering and voting in McHenry’s district even though he didn’t actually live there.
Along with several other young men who supposedly shared McHenry’s apartment and had registered to vote in his district even though there was no evidence that they actually shared the small apartment with him.
I demand oversight NOW!!
And, BTW, we here in NC are NOT inbred morons as some of you seem to think.
We have turned a red state blue, we elected Obama, we have replaced Dole with a Democrat, and we have continued with our Democratic governor.
We may also have Blackwater, McHenry, Foxx, and other a88holes, but I don’t think you could point to any state during this period and claim that they’re a88hole free.
The inbred morons are in SOUTH Carolina, thank you very much!
:-)
September 9th, 2009 at 9:30 pm@43, tombaker says: kws has no side
he’s an anarchist
September 9th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
vent (kws) is the antichrist? holy crapola – that’s… oh, sorry, tombaker, you wrote anarchist, didn’t you? luckily I didn’t misread it as snarkist. that’d be a mess.
there are moments when vent seems on the verge of rationality, which makes me wonder why he’s jumped up on this czar deal. after all, a lot of people seem to have no problem in grasping the notion that it’s a nickname for a policy office executive administrator, and that they’ve been around for decades before the term “czar” was applied by RMN.
kwsventures, for the Russian monarch, the preferred spelling is “tsar”.
September 10th, 2009 at 1:24 am@ 41, kwsventures says: … My side? You are uninformed about MY side. I like less, a lot less uncle sammy in my life. That doesn’t pass the commie smell test. sorry. September 9th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
commie smell test? you kind of sidle up to folks and sniff butts to establish that? or is it something simpler, like sniffing bicycle seats?
and what’s this uncle sammy business? you got a couple of USMC prisoner chasers fore and aft when you go out to play, or a squad of MPs surrounding you? FBI/ATF hiding in the hedge? taxman at the door? most people have pretty minimal interaction with uncle sam, unless they go out and ask for it.
and just what is your fracking side, vent? nuisance of the day? troll of the year? or just another tiddling gameboy?
September 10th, 2009 at 1:34 am.
If czar had a silent “Y” at the end…
… You could play JUMBLE.
How ‘CZARY’ is that?
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September 10th, 2009 at 2:52 amThank you for your sharing.!
September 13th, 2009 at 11:27 amNot that the “Freepers” will care, but the term “czar” is n invention of the media. If any Congressional wingnut decides to investigate any of them, one would hope that the legislation actually includes their job title, i.e. Director of National Security, as opposed to the word “czar” as it does not actually exist… göz kapagi estetigi
September 15th, 2009 at 7:58 am