Well, ladies and gentlemen, I think I have discovered what is wrong with the Tea Baggers. They seem to be suffering from a yet-to-be-documented disease that leaves them with highly selective short-term memory.
A small bit of evidence to support this hypothesis: Just very recently the Tea Baggers have been complaining that President Obama is appointing – gasp! – Socialist Czars to work for his administration. Just imagine, they declare, the Socialist in Chief is converting our government into the Soviet Union!
In fact, I had not one, but two passengers on one of my flights to Houston this week claim to have spotted a Czar from the air. It would seem the Czars are running amok.
Little do the Tea Baggers know … well, at least little do they choose to recall (remember, strange undocumented disease, highly selective short-term memory) not only have both President Bush the Smarter and President Bush the Lesser appointed numerous Czars to work within their administrations, but pretty much every president since Franklin Roosevelt appointed Czars, too. The Tea Baggers would make it seem President Obama was unique in this regard.
Granted, President Obama has set the record for Czars at 37 appointments, but President Bush the Lesser isn’t that far behind at 33 Czar appointments. It’s also worth mentioning that the Tea Bag Lord (President Reagan) also appointed Czars to work in his administration.
So there you have it, I cracked the case. The Tea Baggers are clearly sick and demented.
(A complete list of Czars can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/... )