Steele refers to members of the Obama administration as ?numb nuts.?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 6th, 2009 4:33 am by HL
Steele refers to members of the Obama administration as ?numb nuts.?
During his guest-hosting gig on Bill Bennett’s radio show this morning, RNC Chairman Michael Steele commented on the Wall Street Journal report that the Obama administration plans to appoint a “Special Master for Compensation” to ensure that companies receiving federal bailout funds are abiding by executive-pay guidelines. Echoing the common conservative criticism of the Obama […]
During his guest-hosting gig on Bill Bennett’s radio show this morning, RNC Chairman Michael Steele commented on the Wall Street Journal report that the Obama administration plans to appoint a “Special Master for Compensation” to ensure that companies receiving federal bailout funds are abiding by executive-pay guidelines. Echoing the common conservative criticism of the Obama administration’s use of so-called “czars,” Steele wondered aloud, “can the people appoint a czar to make sure these numb nuts don’t do what they’re doing?” Listen here:
Transcript:
STEELE: And I think the president has now announced yet another czar. We probably have more czars in the United States right now then they’ve ever had in the entire Russian bureacracy going back to the days of the czars. But yet we have another czar that the president has who’s going to oversee, I believe, how we spend the money. I think that’s a, I remember hearing something about that, which I found to be somewhat fascinating. They, what do they call, they’re appointing a special master for compensation to ensure that companies receiving federal bailout funds are abiding by executive pay guidelines. Oh, ok that’s right, they want to make sure that nobody’s getting paid more than they’re supposed to be getting paid. Is that the goal here? So so, can the people appoint a czar to make sure these numb nuts don’t do what they’re doing because this is…ugh…Paul. Let’s just go to Michigan. Paul, what’s up man?
Bye-Bye Satyam
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ThinkProgress recently bid farewell to our good friend and colleague, Satyam Khanna. For more than two years, Satyam has tirelessly scoured every corner of the Internets to dig up interesting and insightful posts for ThinkProgress. Neither rain, nor sleet, nor slow news days could stop Satyam. A look at some of his posts:
McCain To Deliver Keynote Speech For Creationists [Link]
Fox News Sinks To New Low, Repeatedly Reports Parody Story As Actual News [Link]
Malkin: Sally Field Is The Type Of Mom Who ‘Buys Her Teenager Beer And Condoms On Prom Night’ [Link]
Rep. King Decries ‘Assault On Christmas,’ Calls On Americans To ‘Stand Up’ And ‘Worship Christ’ [Link]
Bush Rejects McCain’s ‘100-Year’ Occupation Of Iraq: ‘That’s A Long Time’ [Link]
Bush: ‘I Don’t Give A Darn’ What Americans Think Of Me [Link]
(You can read all of Satyam’s posts here.)
Satyam is off to law school now. We’ll miss you, Satyam — you’ll always be a part of our team!