Bush Defies Senate Democrats, Appoints Pickering

Talon News ^ | 1/19/2004 | Jeff Gannon

[Behind Liberal Lines]

He should have given them all a recess appointment.

[theDentist]

My only question of this is: Why did he wait so long? He has known since Day 1 that the Dems would deep-six and delay on every jurist he puts up. As soon as a recess comes up he should just install them.

[sam_paine]

Ralph Neas, NOW, NARAL, Daschle and Schumer are all outraged, thus proving that this is a good thing.

[Condor51]

I'm saddened, and troubled that Sen Tammy Daschound (D-Munchkinland) did not say he was ''deeply disappointed, etc, etc, etc.''

[TheBigB]

Daschle is always "saddened."
Lieberman is always "troubled."
Hillary is always "evil."

Keep 'em straight. =D

[pabianice]

Stand by for an endless series of Rep ads this fall, as the RNC replays Liberal *ssh*les in the Senate slandering conservative judicial nominees.

[Keith]

he waited until it could be fresh in the minds of the voters...not a bad move at that...

[TheRightResponse]

Didn't Clintoon also appoint an Asian-American to the court in a recess appointment? Can't remember his name, but he was a ridiculous partisan activist in the human rights (sic) field.

[WorkingClassFilth]

How dare he! Shock! Outrage! Into the streets! ;)

I suppose a three year obstruction process and a final executive appointment could work pretty well at that (Didn't krinton pioneer this method?). Now, let's see if Robert Bork could be persuaded to return to the bench...

[sr4402]

he waited until it could be fresh in the minds of the voters...not a bad move at that...

It's about time. I wish he had make more recess appointments and made the Dem's really howl.

[KantianBurke]

It was actually a pretty smart move on Bush's part. He did the one thing that he knew would quiet down his base after the negative reaction to his amnesty proposal. It was a "chit" that he knew should be cashed in only at an appropriately useful time.

[TheBigB]

Bill Lann Lee.

[Xthe17th]

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), a Judiciary Committee member, called the appointment "a finger in the eye"

Graphic request.

[axel f]

My only question of this is: Why did he wait so long?

I've read the reason he waited so long is because Pickering will come up for a vote a year from now, and Bush is betting there will be fewer Democrats in the Senate so it will be easier to get him through.

[kennedy]

He should have given them all a recess appointment.

Janice Rogers Brown, Carolyn Kuhl, Priscilla Owen, and Bill Pryor probably don't want to give up their current positions for a 2 year recess appointment. Pickering is near retirement age so he probably decided that 2 years as an appellate court judge was better than none.

My preference would be for Bush to fill all of the open slots with recess appointments of the most conservative senior and retired jurists he can find. If the Democrats don't like it, then let them confirm the permanent replacements that Bush has nominated.

[Marysecretary]

When the democrats start to whine and cry and complain, you KNOW the President is doing something right! Good job!

[Puppage]

Bush Defies Senate Democrats

No. They defied HIM. They can give advise & council...they're not supposed to fillibuster, or gain a super majority. They was not the intent of our Forefathers.

[cake_crumb]

Oh, he's out for the throat of the Dem party. The Timing is absolutely excellent. No muss. No fuss. No more filibuster. Looks like Hillary! and co have been forcibly dministered a dose of Senate Ex Lax. At a time when they can do NOTHING about it but whine that the president is "frustrated with the slow pace of his dismemberment of the federal judiciary," and "forcibly installed" Pickering.

The above is a real quote from this article in The Chatanoogan... which also says Bush is Rove's "sock puppet". Sound familiar?

[deport]

Didn't Clintoon also appoint an Asian-American to the court in a recess appointment?

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No..... Clinton appointed only one Judge and that was Roger Gregory in the latter part of Dec. 2000 just before he left office in 2001. The one you are think about is Bill Lamm Lee who he appointed to the position of Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division in Aug 2000. Lee had been Acting Attorney General for a couple of years but was never confirmed by the Senate.....