Originally, the title Czar (derived from Caesar) meant Emperor in the European medieval sense of the term, that is, a ruler who claims the same rank as a Roman emperor, with the approval of another emperor or a supreme ecclesiastical official.
So how did this term find our way into American Politics?
Easy. The termanology was popularized by Ronald Reagan and is media slang to shorten the officials full title. In fact, a number of the Obama "Czar's" have been confirmed by the Senate, by some of the SAME REPUBLICANS WHO ARE MAKING THESE STATEMENTS!!
I wonder why Glenn Beck and Fox News don't explain this in their commentary.
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