Bush pulled Fundraiser Sam Fox's "Ambassador to Beligum" nomination, knowing it will not go through, only to insert him into the job him during a one-week congressional break. Now he's there until the end of Bush's term. What a swell guy - taking care of his friends and supporters like that! Who said money can't buy you love?
LoL So what ? That's the way the game works. I'd just as soon nobody did it, but it's a pretty weak bash at "Mr. Nu-kya-ler". BTW - shruB's 34 short of the slob he took over for... he better get busy ! President Bush: 106 recess appointments... President Clinton: 140 recess appointments over two terms... A look at presidential recess appointments
Actually, your numbers are a bit off... "President William J. Clinton made 139 recess appointments during his eight yearsin office, 95 to full-time positions. During his first six years in office, President GeorgeW. Bush made 167 recess appointments, of which 101 were to full-time positions." Source
By the way... Even if Clinton did appoint more, it wouldn't make it any more or less a shitty thing to do. I'm hardly a Clinton apologist - I'm not even a Democrat - I just think this is a shitty thing to do, regardless who does it.
oops... Guess I should have known better than to quote the LA Times. BTW, I did not mean that Bubba was any worse than Bush for having perhaps plopped a few buds into positions. I did say: I'd just as soon nobody did it. I'm just saying I don't think we're any closer to Armageddon for this Bozotsky becoming ambassador to Belgium.
It can be a deft move, if some appointment traps ones political enemies into an opposition neither side wants to battle out. Lets both sides off the hook on some comparatively minor matter.
also, how many of Clinton's appointments were blocked by the congress and pushed through anyway? the problem is not the appointments, its the over-reaching the the presidential power by totally bypassing a congressional process.
also, its shows a total lack of respect for our own government, which is not a quality that a president should have.
It's a constitutional excercise of Presidental power. If I were him, I'd fill every single vacant position this way. Appoint the most conservative bastards you can find. Then, when you appoint more reasonable types via normal channels, they'll seem tame by comparison and get thru.
