ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR THE REV. JEREMIAH WRIGHT PATRIOTISM AWARD - AT 10:46 P.M. ET:  What is it about this administration?  Maybe it would be better if they used an ordinary employment agency to recruit their people.  Or Craigslist.  Consider this gem, from the Washington Times:

President Obama's diversity czar at the Federal Communications Commission has spoken publicly of getting white media executives to "step down" in favor of minorities, prescribed policies to make liberal talk radio more successful, and described Hugo Chavez's rise to power in Venezuela "an incredible revolution."

Mark Lloyd's provocative comments - most made during a tenure at the liberal Center for American Progress think tank - are giving fodder to critics who say Mr. Obama has appointed too many "czars" to government positions that don't require congressional approval.

And...

In one of his more eye-opening comments, Mr. Lloyd praised Mr. Chavez during a June 2008 conference on media reform, saying the authoritarian Venezuelan president had led "really an incredible revolution - a democratic revolution."

Then there's this:

"There's nothing more difficult than this because we have really truly, good, white people in important positions, and the fact of the matter is that there are a limited number of those positions," he said.

"And unless we are conscious of the need to have more people of color, gays, other people in those positions, we will not change the problem. But we're in a position where you have to say who is going to step down so someone else can have power."

If that doesn't chill you, try this one from Czar Mark:

"At the very least, blind references to freedom of speech or the press serve as a distraction from the critical examination of other communications policies," Mr. Lloyd wrote. "The purpose of free speech is warped to protect global corporations and block rules that would promote democratic governance."

COMMENT:  There will, of course, be the usual excuses:  "We didn't know he said it," "He's been misinterpreted," "This is all caused by Glenn Beck," "It's an attempt to embarrass the president."

But there's a reality here:  Mark Lloyd's views are consistent with those of a number of other worthies who've been hired by the Obama Revolution, either as paid warriors or as advisers.  We must finally come to the conclusion that the man at the top has no problem with these extreme positions.  Either that, or he's under the control of a section of his party that would prefer not to call the United States home.

September 22, 2009