Gormy Cuss
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Thu Sep-17-09 04:15 PM
Response to Reply #15 |
| 23. It still makes me cringe and I wish that Democratic presidents didn't use it. |
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There must be another succinct word that could be used instead.
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| -Were you aware of the use of the term "czar" before Obama took office |
PA Democrat |
Sep-17-09 03:55 PM |
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My bad, misread it |
Prophet 451 |
Sep-17-09 03:57 PM |
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The "drug czar" dates back to the Reagan administration, IIRC. |
kestrel91316 |
Sep-17-09 03:57 PM |
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Yes indeed |
GCP |
Sep-17-09 04:09 PM |
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I remember that, too. |
Louisiana1976 |
Sep-17-09 06:15 PM |
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yep. czars left and right |
Liberal_in_LA |
Sep-17-09 04:28 PM |
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that's what I thought |
hfojvt |
Sep-17-09 05:07 PM |
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Try FDR... |
TxRider |
Sep-17-09 05:17 PM |
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That's whjat I thought too. |
mamaleah |
Sep-17-09 06:20 PM |
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Until this morning I thought it started with Reagan, but... |
phantom power |
Sep-17-09 03:58 PM |
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come to think of it, it makes perfect sense that Republicans invented "czars" |
phantom power |
Sep-17-09 04:00 PM |
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Except they didn't, we did, under FDR |
TxRider |
Sep-17-09 05:19 PM |
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"Not that facts will stop the inevitable GOP poo-flinging hissy fit." +1 n/t |
Bolo Boffin |
Sep-17-09 04:02 PM |
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I was thinking it was Nixon -- wasn't there a "poverty czar"? n/t |
LSparkle |
Sep-17-09 04:20 PM |
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1970 |
RoccoR5955 |
Sep-17-09 04:00 PM |
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Thank you! I thought it was a poverty czar but you're right it was energy n/t |
LSparkle |
Sep-17-09 04:20 PM |
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Thanks for that link! |
PA Democrat |
Sep-17-09 04:36 PM |
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almost 40, but who's counting. n/t |
RoccoR5955 |
Sep-17-09 08:29 PM |
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The Gambler was a drug czar during the Reagan years |
Kingofalldems |
Sep-17-09 04:00 PM |
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Bennett |
old guy |
Sep-17-09 04:02 PM |
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Winner |
Kingofalldems |
Sep-17-09 04:02 PM |
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Bill Bennet. First time I'd heard the expression. But I think he was Education Czar. |
Gidney N Cloyd |
Sep-17-09 04:05 PM |
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Bennett was Sec. of Education and then Drug Czar |
Kingofalldems |
Sep-17-09 04:09 PM |
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You're right. And he was appointed Drug Czar by Poppy Bush. |
Gidney N Cloyd |
Sep-17-09 04:09 PM |
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During the Reagan administration. (nt) |
redqueen |
Sep-17-09 04:00 PM |
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yes |
dana_b |
Sep-18-09 03:14 PM |
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Bush Jr. had 45 czars and Reagan had 1 called a drug Czar |
Riley18 |
Sep-17-09 04:02 PM |
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Yes. Everyone was. That's not their issue - it's just a made-up lie. |
BlooInBloo |
Sep-17-09 04:03 PM |
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Yeah, Beck and the Republicans know it's not true, |
PA Democrat |
Sep-17-09 04:07 PM |
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Nixon started the term and it made me CRINGE |
Warpy |
Sep-17-09 04:07 PM |
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It makes me feel the same way. |
LuvNewcastle |
Sep-17-09 04:14 PM |
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It still makes me cringe and I wish that Democratic presidents didn't use it. |
Gormy Cuss |
Sep-17-09 04:15 PM |
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I heard of it when I was a little kid |
Wetzelbill |
Sep-17-09 04:12 PM |
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I'm the first vote for "During Obama's Admin"... |
TCJ70 |
Sep-17-09 04:14 PM |
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That video makes me sick. |
drm604 |
Sep-17-09 04:14 PM |
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I worked in criminal justice during the CLinton admin, and heard about the Drug Czar |
Critters2 |
Sep-17-09 04:16 PM |
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Yep. Lame Right Wing Talking Points, vol. 74,300 |
treestar |
Sep-17-09 04:21 PM |
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Bill Bennett, the drug czar, is the first one I remember. |
Blue_In_AK |
Sep-17-09 04:24 PM |
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THE first was William Simon, "Energy Tsar" under Nixon and Ford. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Sep-17-09 04:28 PM |
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Nixon used them in the 1970s |
TexasObserver |
Sep-17-09 04:32 PM |
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Raygun's administration |
Ineeda |
Sep-17-09 04:35 PM |
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The term has been used by the media since the FDR administration. |
Obamanaut |
Sep-17-09 04:35 PM |
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I first heard it used by Ronald Reagan. |
Swamp Rat |
Sep-17-09 04:38 PM |
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Yeah, he was one of those Hollywood commies. They're the worst kind! |
PA Democrat |
Sep-17-09 05:03 PM |
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you can educate but you can't fix stupid and these assholes revel in their stupidity |
spanone |
Sep-17-09 05:07 PM |
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ROFL, Try FDR, he stared the czars in the 1940's... |
TxRider |
Sep-17-09 05:17 PM |
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Baseball Czar, Judge Landis. The Russians weren't using |
HubertHeaver |
Sep-17-09 05:36 PM |
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Wasn't Bill Bennett some kind of czar for bushsr? |
salin |
Sep-17-09 06:22 PM |
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a 2005 item refers to his 1989 appointment as HW Bush's "Drug Czar" |
salin |
Sep-17-09 06:25 PM |
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It goes back to Nixon. |
asdjrocky |
Sep-17-09 06:28 PM |
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I'm pretty sure there was one under either Harding or Wilson. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Sep-17-09 07:20 PM |
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YES I remember Nixon's energy czar |
Raine |
Sep-17-09 07:26 PM |
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Golly gee, one more thing to get outraged about |
BoneDaddy |
Sep-17-09 07:36 PM |
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Yup .... |
gleaner |
Sep-17-09 08:35 PM |
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I voted GW, but come to think of it I do remember "drug czars" before that. |
Maru Kitteh |
Sep-17-09 08:39 PM |
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The M$M has a huge advantage: Their audience doesn't fact-check. |
DCKit |
Sep-18-09 03:12 PM |
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Yep. The great Energy Czar from Doonesbury. 1974. |
gatorboy |
Sep-18-09 03:18 PM |
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