Obama's Fat-Free Czar

Obama's Fat-Free Czar

This administration has more czars than you can shake a rolling pin at. It seems to give Obama a certain measure of comfort and satisfaction to bestow on a crony or a philosophical clone a prestigious title and, in many cases, a hefty raise.

Naming czars also serves to create a slew of loyal vassals faithfully beholden only to the president since czars generally escape the scrutiny of congressional oversight even though they do wield enormous power.

There is no such official title as “czar,” of course, but appointees to high level positions who have been assigned a specific policy area are routinely given the czar title for the sake of brevity. Rather than refer to the Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, we can just say, “Auto Recovery Czar.”

There’s no limit to how many such czars a president can appoint. George W. Bush had his czar share but Obama seems out to set a czar-record with at least 31–and counting– to date, not including the most recent, Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives. That’s a few steps up from Michelle’s “food initiative coordinator,” aka family chef, and Sam Kass may come to be known as the Fat-Free Czar. . .
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