Beck calls Sunstein a "czar" while reporting on his Senate confirmation vote
September 09, 2009 5:37 pm ET
From the September 9 edition of Fox News' The Glenn Beck Show:
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We could pay for Health Care by enacting a Lie Tax against Faux News.
he has a book coming out titled "Arguing with idiots". what a hoot. i'm thinking he mistitled the book. it should be "how an idiot argues". i love the promo as well. he looks to be dressed in a nazi uniform.
Beck is a waste of time. But, the fact that there are so many people who believe him and believe that he has their best interests at heart is scary. That level of ignorance is scary for a democratic representative republic. Beck can't even keep track of who is a czar and who isn't anymore. Take a good look at it Republicans - this is what has become of your party!
(just parroting what our right wing friends have been doing for several weeks now, as if ratings are the end all be all of what is good and proper).
Read John Dean's book Conservatives Without Conscience. It's all about you.
What Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, Cavuto, Savage, and O'Reilly do is irresponsible. They serve to validate the crazed notions of a handful of people who would do terrible things in the belief that they are on the side of righteousness. They cause loons to kill Doctors, security guards, and cops.
All the left-wing crazy talk in the world won't have that same effect on the left-wing crazies because left-wing crazies, for the most part, are not armed.
It means that he's a better snake-oil salesman.
Jeez, this guy is getting more and more pathetic as time moves on.
Turns out, even the WSJ editorial board liked Sunstein, and some conservatives think Beck is barking up the wrong tree (he having to be confirmed before he can take his position). God forbid we have someone working in the administration that is FOR animal rights! OH NO!!! Not THAT!
Cass Sunstein
I think this really says all we need to know about where your arguing from. What is a czar to you? We know Beck is not sure what a czar is, so maybe you could tell us.
"You can call someone a czar and still mentiong when his confirmation hearing is." - Mag
WTF? Where is this madness going? Is it like the attempt to demonize speaking to school children, or advocatin for secession, or all the other ridiculous ideas the right has come up with to try and score political points against Obama. What the heck is the end game here? No more advisors for presidents? No more presidents being allowed to speak to school children? The short-sightedness of the right wing has actually become more amazing than their ignorance.
The American governmental usage of the term "czar" has been and continues to be informal. The only criteria that makes a "czar" a "czar" is if they are described in the media as such. Every "czar" position has an official title, such as secretary, director, adviser, coordinator, aide, or administrator of such and such. Some of these positions are senate confirmed, and some are not.
For example, Drug Czar, Budget Czar and Homeland Security Czar are ALL Senate confirmed positions and they all have formal titles. The only thing that makes them "czars" is a media references to them as such.
Your implication that every "czar" appointment is unconstitutional is patently ridiculous. By your definition, every president since FDR has been violating the constitution by creating or filling positions in their administration.
"with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, [the President] shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States"
Therefore the term czar is used to differentiate between an appointee who isn't confirmed by the Senate and one who is.
Yes, and my post does not refute that.
"Therefore the term czar is used to differentiate between an appointee who isn't confirmed by the Senate and one who is. "
Only by you and by right-wing professional liars like Beck. Meanwhile in reality, the term is widely used to describe both Senate-confirmed and non-Senate-confirmed presidential appointments. The three examples I gave you prove it.
I do find the right-wing "czar" frenzy quite curious considering that George W. Bush so far has got Obama beat in the number of "czar" appointees. Granted, Obama's administration is still relatively new, so that's likely to change.
So I guess Obama could still be called "President" before November 4th, 2008?
So I guess Judge Sotomayor could already be called "Justice Sotomayor" before her confirmation vote?
Your logic does not hold up here.
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