[SunStar]

WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush sidesteps Congress and names Mississippi Judge Charles Pickering to federal appeals court, sources say.

Bitchin!

[Steve_Seattle]

"President Bush sidesteps Congress . . . "

This is probably one of the mildest spins the press will put on this. Dan Rather will probably say something like, "In a move which some critics say undermines Congress's constitutional oversight of the president's judicial nomination powers, President Bush today appointed conservative Judge Charles Pickering to the federal appeals court. The rare recess appointment came over the objections of minority and civil rights groups, who said that Pickering is insentitive to minority concerns and threatens fundamental civil liberties." And so on . .

[T Lady]

To quote a line from Frank & Moon Unit Zappa's "Valley Girl" (which I just bought as part of an '80s compliation):
'Oh m'god!...like, totally!'

-Regards, T.