Squeaky clean, huh?  Obama forgot about these 25 scandals.  [#12] Appointment of 'czars' without Senate approval:  Obama also appointed more than 30 unelected "czars" to positions in federal agencies while the Constitution requires that such appointments be vetted by Congress.  Article II, Section 2, allows the president to appoint ambassadors, judges and other officers "with the Advice and Consent of the Senate."  "Congress clearly has the authority to say, 'No money shall go to pay the salaries of X, Y, Z unless they're subject to Senate confirmation,'" legal scholar Bruce Fein told WND in 2013.  "That's really one where Congress, by its negligence, is not insisting on accountability."

How Mitch McConnell Stole the 2016 Congressional Elections.  [Scroll down]  When President Obama was in office, he had a more crude, direct way of ruling by oligarchy.  He blocked the Republicans from having any input on the budget process and installed 62 czars, bureaucrats, who decided how to appropriate federal budget funds.  President Obama's method, since it included historically high national deficits, was actually more unconstitutional.  This is because deficit spending not only deprives current voters of their opportunity to decide how their taxes are appropriated through congressional action, but forces future voters, by having to pay interest on the debt and pay down the debt, to have less influence on the national budget, since money that could go to policies of their choice is already spent on Obama's deficits.

Obama Safe School Czar Is A Supporter Of NAMBLA.  Kevin  David  Jennings is Obama's Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.  Wow!  Is that cool?  Obama is so concerned with 'the children' he's got an assistant deputy secretary just to monitor schools so they are safe.  Unfortunately, Obama chose a guy who's a radical homosexual who believes it's okay for adult men to have sexual relations with young boys (that's very young boys). What a perfect person to have directing educators.  In fact, NAMBLA thinks it should be legal for adult men to marry boys under the age of 10 years old.  I'm sure that Obama and his thugs did the proper vetting of Kevin  David  Jennings which means the Obama Administration must be pro-NAMBLA. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Obama himself thinks statuatory rape of a 15 year old boy is acceptable behavior.  Must be true since we all know that the Obama Administration has this thorough 62 page vetting document used for all potential White House employees.

WH Drug Czar: 'Abuser and Addict' Terms Stigmatize Drug Users.  White House drug czar Michael Botticelli said Thursday [5/19/2016] that using "terms like abuser and addict" to describe people with drug addictions makes it less likely that they will get treatment.  "Funding isn't our only barrier to expanding treatment.  We also have an enormous hurdle to overcome, and that's shame and stigma," Botticelli said.

Meet The Obama Czars Who Decide How Your Workplace Runs.  The president is responsible for appointing or suggesting a wide range of officials throughout the government.  No political appointee officially has the title "czar," but the term has become a popular shorthand in the media.  So-called czars are sometimes, but not always, limited to political appointees who didn't need legislative approval.  There are czars for education, law enforcement, border security, the bailouts, welfare and workplace rules among many other policy areas.  These are the eight most important labor policy czars appointed by Obama. [...]

Obama's New 'Anti-Islamic State' Czar Advocated Funding Hamas Government.  Robert Malley, President Obama's new senior adviser on defeating the Islamic State, advocated negotiations with Hamas and urged the international community to provide financial assistance to a Palestinian government that included the terrorist group.  He also acknowledged holding meetings with Hamas members.  The Obama administration announced Malley's appointment two weeks ago.

Obama Names Hamas Sympathizer as New ISIS Czar.  President Obama has appointed a foreign policy advisor known to be a friend of the terrorist group Hamas to be the administration's new czar in charge of countering ISIS.  The appointee, Robert Malley, has a history of sympathizing with Islamists, which makes the appointment all the more appalling.  According to the government watchdog group Judicial Watch, the White House downplayed the controversial appointment by "burying it deep in a press briefing delivered at a Paris hotel during the recent climate summit."

ISIS Czar a Terrorist Sympathizer Once Fired by Obama for Hamas Ties.  A radical foreign policy adviser fired by President Obama years ago for meeting with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas is back as the administration's new czar in charge of countering the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS).  The White House downplayed the new appointment by burying it deep in a press briefing delivered at a Paris hotel during the recent climate summit.

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Isn't there already a terrorism czar?

Obama Appoints Anti-Israel Hamas Supporter As New ISIL Czar.  President Obama has appointed second-generation anti-Israel activist, and former Iran deal negotiator Robert O. (Rob) Malley as his 'senior adviser on the counterinsurgency campaign against ISIL.'  Malley knows much about terrorism as his dad was close friends with Palestinian terrorist Yasser Arafat (they both were born and raised in Egypt and each was funded by the USSR).  While the sins of the father are not normally visited on the son, this son has chosen to follow in his dad's footsteps.

Conservative group calls for removal of 'transparency czar'.  A conservative group has called on Ambassador Janice Jacobs, the State Department's newly-appointed "transparency czar," to resign amid revelations that she donated the maximum amount permitted by law to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.  America Rising, a Republican political action committee, highlighted the "conflict of interest" created by allowing a Clinton supporter to decide which of Clinton's emails will be disclosed to the public and Congress — a reported part of Jacobs' new position.

Obama's 'Cybersecurity Czar' Is MIA As Hackers Run Wild.  In two weeks, we've learned that offshore hackers managed to steal 100,000 tax filings and personnel data on millions of federal workers.  Who, exactly, is in charge of cybersecurity in this administration?

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Ebola czar Klain to return to private sector in March.  The White House's Ebola czar is expected to leave after his 130-day assignment, with the deadly virus now appearing under control in the United States. [...] Klain was appointed by President Obama in mid-October after the first Ebola death in the U.S. sparked widespread concerns about such issues as medical protocol and an outbreak of the virus on American soil.

GOP senator asks hearing witnesses what 'Ebola czar' has been doing — and gets answers straight from a Dilbert cartoon.  White House Ebola response coordinator Ron Klain may have become an accidental folk hero to fans of crushing bureaucracy everywhere on Wednesday [11/12/2014], when a U.S. senator asked high-ranking Obama administration officials to describe his work.  The vague answers sounded like something plucked out of a Dilbert cartoon.  'Even though the President has named a so-called Ebola "czar" to coordinate our response,' Senate Appropriations Committee ranking Republican Richard Shelby complained, 'all reports indicate that he has no actual authority to direct government agencies here.'

What to know about Ron Klain's job as Ebola czar.  Ron Klain steps up to his new role as Ebola czar Wednesday morning [10/22/2014].  Here's a glimpse at what his role as the President's Ebola czar will and won't entail, according to sources inside and outside the White House.  Don't expect to see Klain briefing the public on the contours of the Ebola response.  That will be left to Tom Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Allergy and Infectious Disease Director Anthony Fauci and relevant cabinet officials, as required.

Who needs an Ebola czar?  To combat the Ebola virus, President Obama has named a political operative, Ron Klain, as his Ebola czar.  Defenders of the appointment say Klain is an experienced political operative who can "coordinate" the U.S. response to the virus.  Why do we need a coordinator?  What is the secretary of Health and Human Services for?  How about the surgeon general's office?

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We saw a similar reaction after 9-11-2001:  Faced with a crisis that demanded a reaction, the federal government just added a layer of bureaucracy (known as the Department of Homeland Security) to an assortment of previously-existing agencies and then waited for the news media to find something else to report.

This is What You Get When You Reduce Everything to 'Activism'.  Suppose you were the President Obama, in the Oval Office, or more likely at the golf course, wondering how to save the Obola administration before Ebola flushes it down the toilet.  You would think:  I need someone who is a cool head in a bad situation.  He would be someone that has a history of turning around failing operations.  He needs to be a man that inspires trust, and he needs to be the kind of person that would be prepared to set everything aside to help his country. [...] Instead, of course, the president has chosen Ron Klain to be the Ebola czar.  Because for Obama the best man for the job is always a political fixer.

Ebola Czar Day One: Mr. Klain's debut.  Political point man or medical manager?  That is the persistent question for Ron Klain, who officially begins his tenure as the nation's "Ebola response coordinator" on Wednesday [10/22/2014].

6 Times Obama Declared Crisis, Then Did Nothing.  Last week, President Obama finally began taking Ebola seriously — so seriously that he cancelled a campaign trip in order to hold an emergency meeting on Ebola.  He then appointed a new Ebola czar, Ron Klain, whose stellar qualifications for handling a possible Ebola outbreak include flacking for Janet Reno, Al Gore, and Joe Biden.  Finally, Obama held another Ebola meeting after going golfing.  Klain skipped the meeting.  It was the second such meeting Klain skipped.  Don't worry.  The Obama administration has top men on the job.

Ebola 'czar' to skip House hearing, aide says.  America's newly appointed Ebola 'czar' is not yet in the House — at least not the ones on Pennsylvania Avenue or Capitol Hill.  Ron Klain, appointed last Friday [10/17/2014] by President Obama to direct the nation's response to the Ebola crisis, sent his regrets Monday to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which had invited him to testify this Friday, a committee aide told Fox News.  Klain was invited to join Defense and Health and Human Services department officials also slated to testify at the hearing.

White House mocks criticism of Ebola czar.  The White House dismissed Republican criticism of the selection of longtime Democratic aide Ron Klain to head the federal Ebola response, suggesting the GOP was "seeking to score political points" before Election Day.

What Exactly Does a Government 'Czar' Do?  [Scroll down]  So, what differentiates a "czar" from any other government officer?  One difference is that he or she doesn't always have to be confirmed by the Senate, allowing the White House to act quickly to put a leader in place in times of crisis.  Here is a brief history of some of the czars the U.S. government has employed during past crises, giving a hint to what Klain may do, and how he may help or hurt the White House's Ebola response efforts.

Ron Klain and Solyndra.  Ron Klain is a sharp-elbowed Democratic political operative with no medical expertise.  Tapping him as "Ebola czar" may not be the president's best move when, as it is, no one can believe a word the Obama administration says.  And that's not just because Mr. Klain is yet another lobbyist recruited despite Mr. Obama's vow that his administration would shun lobbyists.  Klain was also a central player in the president's Solyndra fraud, which soaked taxpayers for over half a billion dollars for the benefit of Obama cronies.

Ebola Czar Ron Klain was Appointed to Cover Up New Cases of Deadly Virus, Not Protect Americans.  Dr. Nicole Lurie is the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  Lurie has been mysteriously absent from discussions of the Ebola outbreak.  The media seems rather incurious about her even though she's served in her very high-ranking position for five years.  She is one of only eight direct reports to the HHS Secretary.  But Lurie has a sordid background:  she was implicated in a major scandal three years ago, reportedly directing a $433 million grant to a major Obama donor "and away from a company that was developing a treatment now being used on Ebola patients."

Ebola czar Ron Klain was a Fannie Mae and Cigna lobbyist.  "They won't work in my White House!" candidate Obama proclaimed about lobbyists.  This was never true.  Obama has hired about 100 lobbyists, and now he's just promoted one of them:  revolving-door K Street Democratic operative Ron Klain is now Obama's Ebola czar.  Klain served as chief of staff to Janet Reno and then Al Gore in the 1990s, and as Joe Biden's chief of staff recently.  In between, of course, he was a corporate lobbyist.

Obama's New Ebola Czar Was Deeply Involved in Solyndra Scandal.  Bridget Johnson reported earlier that President Obama has appointed Ron Klain to become Ebola czar.  Klain's career is not in medicine, epidemiology, or any field related to disease control or prevention.  Klain is a laywer, a K Street lobbyist, and a career Democrat party operative.  Klain is not a doctor.  He is a Democrat loyalist.  Not only was he involved in Al Gore's 2000 election recount as Bridget reported, Klain was involved in the Obama administration's Solyndra debacle.

More about Solyndra can be found on this page.

Dual Control.  The selection of political Ron Klain as 'Ebola czar' has been criticized on the grounds that he has no medical or public health qualification.  But relatively little attention has been focused on the word 'czar' itself.  The term 'czar' in the American sense, begins with FDR.  It loosely described a type of inter-agency coordinator with the authority "to go outside of formal channels and find creative solutions for ad hoc problems, the ability to involve a lot of government players in big issue decision-making, and the ability to get a huge bureaucracy moving in the right direction ... managing competing power centers."  The term also meant something else: an official operating outside the regular offices of government who hasn't been confirmed by the Senate.

A czar is born: Competence in question, Obama spins.  After convening with top staff for two days to devise America's Ebola strategy, and roughly 12 hours after allowing that naming an Ebola czar could be a good idea, President Obama named a political crisis manager to the job.  Perfect.  Ron Klain's mission of mercy starts with trying to rescue the Democrats from losing the U.S. Senate and more of the House of Representatives thanks in part to Obama's demonstrated lack of command.  Klain's utter lack of medical expertise raises all too obvious questions about his ability to lead the government's response to a public health threat that demands sophisticated, near-instantaneous judgments on everything from treatment protocols to flight bans.

Obama will name Ron Klain as Ebola Czar.  President Barack Obama will appoint Ron Klain his "Ebola czar," knowledgeable sources tell CNN.  The president on Thursday [10/16/2014] signaled his openness to the idea to have one individual coordinating the entire federal response to any threat of an outbreak in the United States.  "It may make sense for us to have one person ... so that after this initial surge of activity, we can have a more regular process just to make sure that we're crossing all the T's and dotting all the I's going forward," Obama said.

Ron Klain named Ebola czar by Obama.  Responding to urgent calls from Congress and a fearful public, President Obama has tapped a former White House official to serve as his "Ebola czar."  Ron Klain, an attorney who worked for Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore, is president of Case Holdings, which handles business interests for former AOL CEO Steve Case, and general counsel at Revolution LLC, a tech-focused venture capital firm in Washington, according to the White House.

Cruz: We Don't Need Obama's Ebola Czar, We Need a President Who Will Lead.  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on Friday that America doesn't need an Ebola czar, but in fact needs leadership from President Barack Obama — and needs a president who will ban travel to and from Ebola-stricken nations.  "We don't need another so-called 'czar'; we need presidential leadership," Cruz said in response to the president appointing Ron Klain — Vice President Joe Biden's ex-chief of staff, who was at the center of the 2009 stimulus bill and the Solyndra scandal — as Ebola czar.  "This is a public health crisis, and the answer isn't another White House political operative."

White House defends Ebola czar's lack of medical experience.  The White House hit back at Republican suggestions Friday [10/17/2014] that President Obama should have appointed an Ebola czar with more medical experience, calling Democratic insider Ron Klain the right person to navigate Washington's bureaucratic maze.  Though the White House admitted that the former chief of staff to Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore is not an "Ebola expert," they said he was an "implementation expert."

Obamacare fix-it czar says website repair on track.  Jeffrey Zients, the management expert and former top White House budget aide tapped by President Obama to help fix the federal Obamacare website, said Friday his repair team is still on track to have the online portal working smoothly for the "vast majority of users" by the end of this month.

What Happened to All of Obama's Technology Czars?  Why does the White House need a private-sector "tech surge" to repair its wretched Obamacare website failures?  Weren't all of the president's myriad IT czars and their underlings supposed to ensure that taxpayers got the most effective, innovative, cutting-edge and secure technology for their money?  Now is the perfect time for an update on Obama's top government titans of information technology.

Cracking the Czars.  [Obama's] scandals have not yet had the impact they should, due largely to media manipulation, public inertia, and serious fumbling among Republicans and conservatives — for instance, Darryl Issa allowing the odious Lois Lerner 5th Amendment protection she was not entitled to.  The only solution is to continue the pressure.  Watergate required nearly eighteen months of simmering before it boiled over. The same is likely to be true here.  This leads us to the question as to why one of the most potentially fertile fields for administration scandal, the Obama czars, has been so far overlooked.

The Worst President Ever.  The very first example of the changes that would mark his administration was the announcement of Obama's "czars", a shadowy group of advisors whose power to set and influence government policy without any congressional oversight appears to have transcended that of his cabinet members, many of whom would contribute to lengthening the recession he "inherited" as the result of the 2008 financial crisis while increasing the national debt and deficit to heights never before seen in the history of the nation.

"The biggest problems that we're facing right now have to do with George Bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all.  And that's what I intend to reverse when I'm president of the United States."

— Senator Barack Obama,    
March 31, 2008    

This is an original compilation, Copyright © 2013 by Andrew K. Dart