Deseret News | Bennett denies hypocrisy on 'czars'

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Bennett denies hypocrisy on 'czars'

Bennett reborn | 4:45 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

One must remember that the aristocrat liberal is trying to rebirth himself as a conservative commoner. Never works. But Bennett does have the money, thanks to big banks and his son and daughter-in-laws' company Storyrock, to purchase the media blitz that will fool most of the people most of the time.

KnowledgeCzar | 4:49 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

Thank you Bennett!! AMEN to that!!! Why is nobody willing to oppose what so obviously needs opposing? Obama is Bush #3.

Go get 'em, Bob! | 4:50 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

Glad to see you fighting Obama tooth and nail.

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SITUATIONAL HYPOCRISY | 4:59 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

VOTE FOR BOB!

Attention Bennett | 5:00 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

Three words:
Turn off Fox

Bush had "czars" as well. Where was the uproar then?

Obummer | 5:05 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

Glad someone in Washington is exposing the obvious, Senator Bennett needs to wake up or he is GONE!!.....has Uerkle grown up to be POTUS?

Seriously? | 5:07 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

I cannot believe the fear-mongering that is happening right now among Republicans (especially those in conservative radio) in regards to presidential czars. Guess who started appointing czars in the first place? Ronald Reagan, the man who most conservatives hold up as the political ideal. This is a non-issue that is being used to frighten uneducated people who get their views of the world from shock jocks.

steve | 5:17 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

when are the people of utah going to see bennett for what he is a has been a joke that should not be heard again

Matt | 5:25 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

I don't even know what a czar is. It sure does sound scary though!

How many of you honestly know what they do?

l | 5:32 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

bob needs to leave the senate...not because of this issue, but because of many others

my slc | 5:42 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

Lets not forget Utah's own porn czar!

Paula Houston, “a proudly conservative 41-year-old” appointed by our own equally proud conservative governor Michael Leavitt in 2001.

Spencer W. Morgan | 5:46 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

He IS a HYPOCRITE, because he wants all of the big government in slightly different packages that Republicans push.

It doesn't mean he's wrong to oppose it, nor that we should accept the Czar's because the critics are hypocrites. It just means he's a bad spokesman for the correct position

Sterling | 5:51 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

"Bailout Bob" is trying the best he can to stay newsworthy until Utahns vote him out of office! No Bob, we don't like "bailouts" for your rich banker buddies, nor do we like your amnesty for illegals plans!!

Curious | 5:57 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

What kind and how many Czars did Reagan, Bush, Bush2 have? And how many does Obama have and more importantly, WHY?

Seriously? | 5:58 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

Matt, a czar is simply an informal (and probably ill-conceived) name for a presidentially appointed advisor. It's not even an official term within the government. We've had drug czars, housing czars, even a bird flu czar. They having nothing to do with former Russian leaders, and Obama was not the first president to appoint them. Google old news stories about George W. Bush or Ronald Reagan and you'll find plenty of references to their own czars.

Anonymous | 6:08 p.m. Oct. 22, 2009

They are what Russia has used.

i remember utah | 12:04 p.m. Oct. 23, 2009

having a porn czar! now that was funny

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