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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen you wish upon a czar - GOP stricken w/ virulent strain of Dumbola
For the better part of six years, President Obamas Republican critics have condemned the very idea using federal czars to address specific policy challenges. The criticisms have never really made any sense the Bush/Cheney administration relied far more heavily on czars than Obama but its nevertheless been one of the rights more common condemnations of the White House.
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The irony is truly extraordinary. It was none other than Jack Kingston who was so disgusted with the very idea of the executive branch utilizing czars that he introduced federal legislation in 2009 to cut off funding for these officials altogether. The bill didnt go anywhere in the Democratic-led chamber, but it picked up over 100 Republican co-sponsors.
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And yet, here we are. Faced with Ebola fears, the exact same far-right lawmaker who championed an anti-czar push is now calling for a new czar.
I should add, of course, the nations Surgeon General could presumably play a valuable role in the U.S. response, but right now, there is no Surgeon General the White Houses nominee believes gun violence is a public-health issue, so the National Rifle Association wont let the Senate confirm him.
But the other angle is the trajectory of this amazing conversation. It wasnt too long ago that congressional Republicans quite literally referenced Obamas use of czars as grounds for presidential impeachment. Now we see GOP lawmakers demanding to know why the White House isnt using a czar in response to Ebola.
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The irony is truly extraordinary. It was none other than Jack Kingston who was so disgusted with the very idea of the executive branch utilizing czars that he introduced federal legislation in 2009 to cut off funding for these officials altogether. The bill didnt go anywhere in the Democratic-led chamber, but it picked up over 100 Republican co-sponsors.
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And yet, here we are. Faced with Ebola fears, the exact same far-right lawmaker who championed an anti-czar push is now calling for a new czar.
I should add, of course, the nations Surgeon General could presumably play a valuable role in the U.S. response, but right now, there is no Surgeon General the White Houses nominee believes gun violence is a public-health issue, so the National Rifle Association wont let the Senate confirm him.
But the other angle is the trajectory of this amazing conversation. It wasnt too long ago that congressional Republicans quite literally referenced Obamas use of czars as grounds for presidential impeachment. Now we see GOP lawmakers demanding to know why the White House isnt using a czar in response to Ebola.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/when-you-wish-upon-czar
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When you wish upon a czar - GOP stricken w/ virulent strain of Dumbola (Original Post)
ashling
Oct 2014
OP
The foregone conclusion is that the major media will advance the major GOP whining and hypocrisy
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#2
The carriers of Dumbola are easy to spot. Spittle on their chins and flag pins on their lapels.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2014
#5
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)1. GOP to Obama = Impeach if he does, and Impeach if he doesn't.
I think we know the foregone conclusion.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)2. The foregone conclusion is that the major media will advance the major GOP whining and hypocrisy
and also smear the President with more lies and deflection from the GOP blockading of all things reasonable...all that ad cash money will do that.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)4. Damn liberal media!
Andy823
(11,495 posts)3. As long as the base buys it
They can pretty much do, or say, anything even if it's hypocrisy, lies, or just plain damn crazy, and they can get away with it. There is no way to educate their teapublican base, they are beyond that point. Fear, smear and hate rule the GOP base.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)5. The carriers of Dumbola are easy to spot. Spittle on their chins and flag pins on their lapels.