Clarice Feldman on The Czars

9Sep/098

Clarice Feldman on The Czars

I wish:

Were I in Congress, I'd demand that funds for these posts be cut off until a better system for scrutiny and accountability is offered and agreed upon. In the absence of oversight and Congressional scrutiny of this powerful inner circle in the White House the entire system of Constitutional checks and balances is meaningless.

Since they are in essence filling roles normally performed by cabinet or subcabinet officers subject to the Congressional confirmation process, at a minimum the President should immediately waive any claim of executive privilege with respect to his contacts and communication with these czars. And he should agree to make them available to Congressional committees to answer programmatic questions normally directed to confirmed officials. And Congress should insist on that before releasing funds to pay them.

Since it appears Congress is yet unwilling to insist on the preservation of its Constitutional prerogatives and the White House unlikely to change course on its own, I take it it's up to what we call the alternative media to keep plodding ahead and picking off by one by one those Czars who are manifestly unsuitable for these posts.

UPDATE: GOP Rep. wants Czars to testify regarding their responsibilities.

HUGE: Boren calls for removal of czars

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Edgell McHickfistter
September 9th, 2009 - 08:05

Channeling Glenn Beck?

Unsuitables! And Salem witch hunters know a unsuitable when they see a suit!

Hey, um, don’t the Dems own both houses of Congress nowadays? The Redumbs are Congressionally neutered, so to speak. Good luck with those committees.

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SBP
September 9th, 2009 - 08:09

Yeah, they do. Also the Presidency.

Good luck with that “health care”.

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Bob Reed
September 9th, 2009 - 08:14

Amen sister…

If Booooooosh! had employed even half as many “czars” as Obama, you can bet there would be congressional hearings going on right now…

I don’t object to the use of special advisors in an organizational fashion, but allowing “czars” to spend public funds circumvents the constitutional role of the house vis-a-vis funding, and the senate vis-a-vis confirmation of cabinet level officers who will be authorized to disburse public funds…

I could easily work up some good outrage over this flagrant disregard for our constitutional form of governance; if I wasn’t already convinced that O!&Co despised the constitution anyway…

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Edgell McHickfistter
September 9th, 2009 - 08:27

Must you openly sob like a butt-hurt Girl Scout?

I’m going to pull your pig tails unless you stop.

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Bob Reed
September 9th, 2009 - 08:36

Well edge,
What is your opinion on the “czars” holding sway over vast sums of public cake?

Doesn’t seem right that folks that are un-vetted, and that face no Senate confirmation, should handle that much taxpayer jack…

They’re really unaccountable. I mean, what would have happened if Van Jones had laid big bucks on GE, for what was 4ssentially a boondoggle project? If Obama didn’t mind, how could the public realize his removal?

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September 9th, 2009 - 08:42

Why don’t you focus on the real instead of faux fear.

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