If you want to be technical about it, half of them are appointed from a list he receives from others (e.g. the deans of the law schools.)
Apparently it is lost on you that he had to pick from eligible people in New York. That was bound to produce a group that you dont like.
You will never be able to acknowledge Rudy's accomplishments. It's that simple.
I certainly do. I like what he did for New York.
But his positions do not qualify him as Presidential material. They just don’t.