Would-Be Car Czar Silences Press Over DWI Wife

Steven Rattner, the former New York Times reporter turned private equity investor, assiduously supported Hillary Clinton's presidential ambitions, hoping that he would be made treasury secretary in a Clinton administration. Such hopes dashed, Rattner got on board the Obama train, and it is now widely assumed he'll be given the new role of Car Czar -- the guy who oversees the bailout and restructuring of the auto industry.

I've often written about Rattner. And while I don't believe I've ever said anything particularly grievous about him, except that he's a social climber, in each instance his response has been nearly feral -- he's called my editors; he's written letters and had letters written on his behalf; he's dissed me to anyone, it seems, who would listen. Now, none of this is particularly vexing, but it's unusual. People who seek public office generally know about having to tolerate (or at least not overreact to) even an obnoxious media (nobody likes a heavy hand), as well as they know, for instance, to pay their taxes.

Well, Rattner, or the Rattner family, seems to have been at it again -- this time with more success at managing, or stifling, the media.

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Comments

[2008CaliforniaFan]

Rather than post the story here..... he says go to 'H I S Blog' for the details.

I s this also just an agenda to get Free pub for his ideas... IE:go to my blog..?
just a question....

[Rog49Thomas]

With all these czars, are we going to have a czar czar?

Or a revolution?

[Madmac]

I've got a better idea for a "car czar" Lee Iacocca. Someone who knows how to both build cars and rescue Auto companies from the brink...

[Hopalongpoppyseed]

Nobody in America is the Czar of anything.

[mlaiuppa]

We're really scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to dis every Democrat in sight, aren't we?

What next? He doesn't wear a jacket in his office?

[Merckx]

Michael,

What is your problem? Lay off his wife.
This sounds like a personal problem for you.

[KQuarksSuperKollider]

You forget we had a president for eight years that had a DUI.

Please it's the guys wife not even him who got the DUI.

[scooperss]

So you don't care that he misuses his authority on his own and his family's behalf?

Oddly enough, I do and I would hope other have a problem with this also.

[mlaiuppa]

Misuses his authority? Gee, you'd think he was the Governor of Alaska or something.

[FaceYourFears]

Thanks for the info....keep up the good work!

[RobHunt]

I've heard of "piling on" - but this is ridiculous. What eactly is your point? Clearly you have an ax to grind with this guy (someone we've never heard of) and you hope to torpedo his appointment.

Why not tell us what you don't like about HIM? Why not detail the reasons for your opposition to HIM?

Attacking his WIFE like this just makes YOU look like a petty gossip.