What a riot....
Posted on 08/01/2005 5:55:40 AM PDT by Chuck54
Edited on 08/03/2005 5:44:46 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
President used the words "Partisan delaying tactics"
Game. Set. Match!
I cannot WAIT to hear the gnashing of teeth, the rending of cloth and the lamentations from the Left. This week is starting on a high note, Eh?
Do note that this wasn't a quiet recess appointment
It was an in your face Kerry, Biden, Kennedy and Dodd
Gosh I live this President :0)
I like how the President emphasized that Bolton had his full confidence and support.
"Just another thing for the Dems to scream and moan about. They've got a lot on their plate right now."
I love it! Bush is ramming it up their behinds with a red hot poker.
GOOD!
This is just too funny - here are a couple of samples of what's going on over at DU...
deminks (512 posts) Mon Aug-01-05 09:26 AM
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24. Total abuse of power.
Before you jump and say he has the right to appoint during recess, yes, but I think it was intended to be an emergent use only, not an excuse to appoint people who would otherwise not be approved.
IS THE WHITE HOUSE TRYING TO KEEP THE SENATE FROM DOING ITS JOB?
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-01-05 09:34 AM
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27. Recess Appt = a Sign of Failure and Dictatorship
Failure of leadership in working with elected representatives. And, of course, the ever-popular (with the B.F.E.E.) ANTI-democracy. Fine, have the two faces (Shrub and BOLTON) plastered all over the place: They ARE what they are about.
So, Clinton was a failure and a dictator...hmm.
Hey........if the left is gonna hate him no matter what he does, he might as well get what he wants, right?
(I love him too!)
She will soon learn her true importance to Americans. When she's the morning anchor on Algore T.V.
I hope you don't get mad me for saying this, but the above kind of oxymoronic, the DUmmies are in meltdown 24/7.
Great Stuff , gotta go , be back later to read the leftie hatespew
UN is not a nation, they can not reject the credentials of the ambassador.
The pablum is overflowing.
Look what you've done!! I'm melting, melting.
Was that Ray Orbison(?) and "It's Over" in the background?
probably dedicated to Kofi and his pals in the US $enate. :)
Godspeed Mr. Bolton (tee hee hee .. time to git sum)
Hooray! Bolton will bless the halls of the UN the same way he has done in his many other capasities.
President Clinton: 140 recess appointments over two terms. Among them:
* Former Sen. Wyche Fowler, D-Ga., ambassador to Saudi Arabia, August 1996. Put in the post two months after a bombing that killed 19 American soldiers stationed there, he received Senate confirmation in October 1997 and served until March 2001.
* Mickey Kantor, commerce secretary, April 1996. He replaced Ron Brown, who died in a plane crash, but left in January 1997 before his nomination went before the Senate.
* Roger Gregory, 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, December 2000. He was later re-nominated by Bush and confirmed by the Senate.
* Bill Lann Lee, assistant attorney general for civil rights, August 2000. Blocked by Senate Republicans, he was appointed acting assistant attorney general in 1997, then received the recess appointment to serve out Clinton's term.
* James Hormel, ambassador to Luxembourg, June 1999. A gay philanthropist whose nomination was blocked by Senate Republicans, he remained ambassador until near the end of Clinton's term.
Gotta love Google! :)
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