HA ha...
Posted on 08/01/2005 11:02:02 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Today, in an unprecedented move, President Bush announced that he would use a recess appointment to install his embattled nominee John Bolton as Ambassador to the United Nations -- over the objection of Senate Democrats and many Republicans. The appointment comes amid unanswered questions regarding Bolton's involvement in an ongoing State Department probe about the use of false intelligence.
Bush's decision to circumvent bipartisan opposition to Bolton is another example of the White House's willingness to abuse their power and silence critics in an effort to reward loyal political allies, even at the expense of America's international stature and national security. Bolton has aroused significant bipartisan opposition in the Senate because the White House repeatedly stonewalled specific, legitimate requests from senators for access to Bolton's employment records at the White House and the State Department. Bolton attracted greater criticism last week when it was revealed that he had failed to report on his Senate questionnaire that he was questioned by the State Department Inspector General probing the use of false intelligence data in the run-up to the Iraq war.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement and sharply criticized President Bush's recess appointment of Bolton to the United Nations:
"In a truly arrogant move, President Bush abused his power by refusing to provide documents to answer legitimate questions about John Bolton and our national security, and his use of the recess appointment for one of the most important and sensitive posts in international diplomacy is troubling," said Dean. "Bolton is the next in a line of Bush nominees who have had their integrity called into question because of this President's continuing failure to fulfill his constitutional obligation to be honest and forthright with the Senate and the American people. By moving unilaterally to overrule the Senate and appoint a nominee who is being dogged by significant questions about his integrity on intelligence matters, Bush has reduced our nation's ability to cooperate with our allies on the war on terror."
Let's all repeat together:
Bill Lann Lee
Bill Lann Lee
LOL!!!
Abuse of power...BWAAAHAAAHAAA
Has Dean ever read the constitution?
What a twit!
Is this another example of "unbiased reporting"?
I am honestly astonished at what people...even here...will believe from the MSM at first. BUT "at first" are the key words here. I would rather have the last word, and the last laugh, than the first word and the big hoopla. ; )
Dems: "Recess appointment is an abuse of power."
Translation: "WAAAAHHH!"
When will they learn?
Their talking points have not changed:
False intelligence
Abuse of power
International acceptance
Troubling allegations
Unilateral
It's old, tired, and largley untrue, but it gets them airtime so they and their frineds in the MSM convince each other over and over that they matter.
LOL. Can I steal that for real life?
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I saw Rick Santorum on CSpan talking about his book. He was asked why Republicans can get mad about Bush's nominees when many of Clinton's appointees had been voted down by the Republican held congress. Santorum made a GREAT point. He said that he didn't disagree with "majority rules", ie if the Dems can get a majority to vote down the nominee in an up or down vote as the Republican held Congress did in the '90s, then, that is how it goes. BUT the way the filibuster is being used today AGAINST tradition of the Senate, the MINORITY is preventing Bush's nominees from getting an up or down vote. In this case, the MINORITY is now in charge of the Senate...and the 2004 elections did NOT put the Dems in charge.
The name of the source is misleading.
This is a press release by the DNC, not an article in US News and World Report.
Even they aren't that openly biased.
OIC now. The name of the link now reflects that. I thought it was a "US News (& World Report)" article.
Bubba made some 166 recess appointments.
Wahhhhhhhhhhh Wahhhhhhhhhhhhh
HAHAH I'm loving it ..Lets hope Bolton goes in there and flushes clean that sh*t hole called the UN.
Message to Dean: Get over it.
I hear you talking. Senator Biden also referred to the appointment as an abuse of power.
These intellectual frauds will find out soon enough that the American people are neither that stupid nor that gullible.
deeeen is an abuse of everything decent.
Actually, it's not even a law -- it's in the text of the Constitution.
On second thought, if it's in the text of the Constitution then to a 'Rat it is worthless. Only rights NOT listed in the Constitution get Constitutional Protection as far as they are concerned.
Bubba recess appts:
"approximately 140 including a homosexual ambassador to Luxembourg."
So that was a 'backdoor' appointment? :-)
It is unprecedented, in that President Bush has never used recess appointments.
However, if they are implying that recess appointments are unprecidented, then they flat-out lie*.
As usual.
* President Clinton made 56 recess appointments.
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