Once again President Pissypants has chosen to behave like a little spoiled tyrant. With the possibly illegal recess appointments of scoundrels Swiftboater Sam Fox, Andrew G. Biggs, and Susan E. Dudley, Bushie said to hell with Congress, to hell with the American people, and to hell with democracy.
All that really matters is that the little Boy King get his way. But Barbara Bush is offering prayers of thanks everyday that the little tyrant is not throwing tantrums at her house.
On the bright side, President Pissypants is working overtime on the project of digging a deep deep pit of a grave for the Republican Party. Come January 2009, people will be dancin' in the streets all over the world as the Party of Liars and Incompetents is finally laid to rest.
New York Times:
The president used recess appointments to install Sam Fox, a major Republican donor from Missouri, to be ambassador to Belgium; Andrew G. Biggs of New York to be deputy commissioner of Social Security, and Susan E. Dudley of Virginia to be administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the office of Management and Budget.
Naming the three while Congress is in recess allows Mr. Bush to avoid the Senate confirmation process. The recess appointments allow the three to remain in their posts until the end of 2008, virtually the end of Mr. Bush’s second term.
Mr. Bush’s use of the recess appointment device, which is authorized in the Constitution, was an unmistakable gesture of defiance against the newly empowered Democrats. He has previously used the tactic to install judicial appointees unpopular with Democrats and to seat John R. Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations. . .
Mr. Fox, a wealthy businessman active in Republican politics, contributed $50,000 to the Swift Boat campaign that attacked Senator John Kerry’s Vietnam War record during the 2004 presidential race. Senator Kerry got a measure of revenge last month as he needled Mr. Fox in a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
What they're saying:
The Flypaper Theory: I don't think anyone can argue now that Bush has anything but complete contempt for our democratic processes and traditions.
Martini Republic: The Bush sliminess and smug arrogance of power never ends. Bush goes ahead and appoints Swiftboat Sam, even though the Senate has rejected him.
The Sideshow: In Connecticut: Chris Dodd is really pissed off at Bush for giving Sam Fox a recess appointment, and thinks maybe that giving it to him after withdrawing his name from consideration may have made it illegal.
Bob Geiger: Bush To Recess-Appoint Swift-Boat Scumbag Fox
The Moderate Voice: Bush’s Fox Recess Appointment Declaration Of Political War To Democrats.
Democratic Daily: That our president has no respect for the political process is thrown in our faces over and over again.
Liberal Values: George Bush still does not get the fact that this is a democracy and that there are other co-equal branches of government.
The Agonist: Bush Tells Senate to go Cheney themselves, appointing Swiftboater Sam Fox Ambassador to Belgium via a recess appointment. When asked why a recess appointment for someone the Senate had already rejected the president said, "well, they'll get to know each other on the playground during their recess!" [via ]
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