Comments on: Video: Republican pushback on czars begins

By: Lamar Alexander Opposes Czars Now, But Supported Them Under Bush | linkthe.com

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:36:46 +0000

[...] into attack mode on the Senate floor Monday, claiming that Obama’s use of czars constitutes an “affront to the Constitution”: ALEXANDER: According to news accounts, there are 32 or 34 so-called czars in the Obama White [...]

By: GayPatriot » Senator Doesn’t Know How Many Czars There Are

GayPatriot » Senator Doesn’t Know How Many Czars There Are — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:46:21 +0000

[...] Commenting on the same video, Ed Morrissey observes that the GOP pushback on czars “starts in the Senate, the legislative body Barack Obama has bypassed with his proliferation of unacc…“ [...]

By: Czar Gazing « Nice Deb

Czar Gazing « Nice Deb — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:24:27 +0000

[...] 1.) Hot Air: Following Glenn Beck’s lead, the Republican pushback on czars begins: Lamar Alexander (R-TN) delivered a blistering attack on the apparatchiks of Obama’s government and the way it undermines the checks and balances in the system: [...]

By: Blacksmith8

Blacksmith8 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:42:59 +0000

Ed, I found the problem:

A proper Congress would have balked at it regardless of the political parties involved.

See, right there you were thinking responsibility. Kay Bailout only thinks ‘where’s my cut’?

By: Jim Treacher

Jim Treacher — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:26:37 +0000

On Saturday, folks dressed up as the transparency (wearing plastic sheeting) and boob czars (will leave that to your imagination). Firefly_76 on September 15, 2009 at 2:54 PM

I won't!

By: Geochelone

Geochelone — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:04:06 +0000

We need a Czar Wars Defense initiative.

By: royzer

royzer — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:58:42 +0000

Term limits is the key, then idiots like Kennedy would’nt have been there for 47 YEARS!

By: Firefly_76

Firefly_76 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:54:17 +0000

Concur with the folks posting above wrt Sunstein that these guys are all bark, no bite; a day late and a dollar short.

On Saturday, folks dressed up as the transparency (wearing plastic sheeting) and boob czars (will leave that to your imagination).

Another person at the rally joked that we should storm the (Capitol) building, first 535 to grab the seats, keep ‘em (emphasis: this was a joke). Half the folks I talked to at the rally had pocket Constitutions, had at least read the dang document and understood separation of powers.

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:41:35 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t appointing czars an odd activity for a Bolshevik?

Kafir on September 15, 2009 at 2:29 PM

Commisioner= Commisar = Czar …. evolution of Progresive Language…

Kinda like… Founding Fathers= Classic liberal = Reagen Conservative = Libertarian = Both parties calling them Whackos…

Or… Conservative= Vast Right Wing Conspiracy= Bush/Haliburton/Hitler Nazis= Racist Mob

Its ALL about the evolution of Language!

/sarc… sort of… dam… or not…

By: Kafir

Kafir — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:29:37 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t appointing czars an odd activity for a Bolshevik?

By: conservativegrandma

conservativegrandma — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:20:28 +0000

My emails yesterday to my senators said this:
1. Please stop funding ACORN.
2. Please investigate the czars.

It only took me a minute or two. I beg you to do the same. It helps me feel less helpless against this juggernaut. Try it!

doctormom on September 15, 2009 at 11:53 AM

One of my senators was elected with help from Acorn–Al Franken. I am in shock he voted to stop the hud funding.

By: SouthernGent

SouthernGent — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:04:49 +0000

leadership in the Senate has utterly failed

Which is why Harry Reid can’t poll about 43% against any Republican in Nevada.

By: jeanie

jeanie — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:04:38 +0000

OK–I guess this is good but it’s probably more because our Legislators are ticked off about the WH power grab than anything else? NO, I’m going to spend a few minutes convincing myself it’s because they care.

By: Hening

Hening — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:55:53 +0000

I wish the Republican Party had the same drive to save this nation as the Democrats have to destroy it. These professional politicians are so afraid of not getting reelected that they wait until 1.8 million voters get on their feet to do something. The Republican Party needs a new brand of patriots that want the job done and are willing to lose their royal status over saving the ideals of this nation.

By: TrickyDick

TrickyDick — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:37:26 +0000

Czars are unconstitutional and will be a slam dunk if someone has the guts to push it all the way.

By: Blacksmith8

Blacksmith8 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:35:55 +0000

‘Bout damn time. Have these people been asleep at the wheel or don’t they give a crap that congress has been neutered?

Kissmygrits on September 15, 2009 at 1:01 PM

I’d like to rephrase this as:
‘Bout damn time. Congress has been asleep at the wheel. They just woke up from being neutered.
Or maybe some of them just woke up.

By: Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:34:20 +0000

2. Make congress live by the same laws under which U.S. citizens live . ( Healthcare, ect. )

Social Security

By: NJ Red

NJ Red — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:32:00 +0000

2.4 billion people, half of whom marched on Washington last weekend.

Bleeds Blue on September 15, 2009 at 12:11 PM

DARN COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS!!!!

By: Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:30:49 +0000

Until now, Congress has jealously protected its Constitutional prerogatives, a task in which the current leadership in the Senate has utterly failed.

Ed, better watch it. Howard Kurtz can label you a racist. You mentioned the constitution, in re: to Obama.

By: That's Right

That's Right — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:28:43 +0000

Let the Czar Wars Begin!…

If the Van Jones incident was the Ft. Sumter moment, yesterday Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) fired the next shot across the bow in the battle to decide the constitutionality of Obama’s appointment ……

By: radjah shelduck

radjah shelduck — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:21:37 +0000

http://brettsconstitution.blogspot.com/2009/09/and-czar-belly-sneetches-had-czars-upon.html

By: ginaswo

ginaswo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:11:31 +0000

I think KBH’s czar oped was excellent! didnt know she had it in her!

By: Geochelone

Geochelone — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:10:19 +0000

Term limits would not be needed if we did the following:
1. Eliminate congressional perks. (retirement plans, ect.)
2. Make congress live by the same laws under which U.S. citizens live . ( Healthcare, ect. )
3. Congressional pay raises must be voted on by citizens.
4. Congress must read any bill on which it votes .
5. Eliminate add-ons. ( earmarks )

Johan Klaus on September 15, 2009 at 12:32 PM

Since 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 will not all happen we need TERM LIMITS.

By: Mangy Scot

Mangy Scot — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:07:08 +0000

himself.

Dyslexic fingers.

By: Mangy Scot

Mangy Scot — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:05:56 +0000

Obie needs people to throw under the train as it comes off the tracks. Without the czars he has no one to blame but himself – and W.

You know he won’t blame himeself.