http://christopherfountain.com/2010/03/27/the-new-york-times-on-recess-appointments/
The New York Times on recess appointments (2006)
For What It’s WorthMarch 27, 2010...8:08 pm
The New York Times on recess appointments
Of course, that was then: This from 2006 – doubtless we can expect the same editorial tomorrow.
Seizing the opportunity presented by the Congressional holiday break, Mr. Bush announced 17 recess appointments — a constitutional gimmick that allows a president to appoint someone when Congress is in recess to a job that normally requires Senate approval. The appointee serves until the next round of Congressional elections.
This end run around Senate confirmation was built into the Constitution to allow the president to quickly fill vacancies that came up when lawmakers were out of town, to keep the government running smoothly in times when travelers and mail moved by horseback and Congress met part time.
Modern presidents have employed this power to place nominees who ran into political trouble in the Senate. Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton made scores of recess appointments. But both of them faced a Congress controlled by the opposition party, while the Senate has been under Republican control for Mr. Bush’s entire five years in office.
In some cases, Mr. Bush has used the recess appointment power to rescue egregiously bad selections that would never pass muster on grounds of experience and competence. (Remember last year’s recess appointment of the undiplomatic and Congressionally unacceptable John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations.)
Mr. Bush has used the recess appointment power to rescue egregiously bad selections that would never pass muster on grounds of experience and competence. (Remember last year’s recess appointment of the undiplomatic and Congressionally unacceptable John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations.) (Emphasis added.)
Ah, yes -- the silky, Drakkar-scented swwwiiiiiisshhhh of the pooves at the NYT sliding one past us.
"Last year" was 2002 ...... when, thanks to Turncoat Jeffords Who Will Burn in Hell Forever, the LYING RATS controlled the Senate .....
Of course Bolton was "unacceptable"! He was a Republican with a male member, a pair, and a backbone!!
Bunch of liars ......they have more ways to lie than Queen Zenobia had openings in her nightgown.