That power-hungry son of a bitch.

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It's not the first time this has happend. Before everyone starts the powerhungry bush thing, note to self that Clinton appoineted 140 people in the same manner.

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all politicians are the same. and yes, clinton pulled the same shit.

he's doing the smart thing here for his ideals. whether you like it or not is up to you.

Revolution. It's what's for dinner.

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As a legitimate procedural tool, it's his right, unfortunately. I can't very well defend the senate when they successfully filibuster something I disagree with and then harp on Bush for taking advantage of this when he has the chance.

Just as a filibuster looks obstructionist, however, Bush does this at his peril, because it isn't any secret that Bolton had a tough road to confirmation ahead of him and that Bush is basically doing an end-around the Senate. More people are finally watching what Bush is doing with a more critical eye, and I can't imagine that this will be particularly well received except amongst those few people that really have a hard-on for Bush or Bolton.

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1. Clinton appointed 140 during recess over 8 years.

2. Bush has already appointed 106 in 4 years.

3. Bush is appointing Bolton during recess ONLY because he couldnt get them through congress. Think about that. Republican House and Senate, and he still cant get Bolton through.

4. Reagan did just over 250 recess appointments in his 8 years.

Has anyone else noticed that our President has decided to take his annual MONTH LONG VACATION!?!?!

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4. Reagan did just over 250 recess appointments in his 8 years. [/quote]

:RightOn: that's my boy!!!

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i could see us all there now.

yao, would be standing in the back saying"its worse somewhere else" toasty would be standing on the side saying"I USED to be ok with this, but the more i look at it, it really is wrong at the core" i would say "its all wrong, and we cant fix it, just accept it" jenks would say "music is the answer" MJ would say " i love this shit, its entertaining" scaredawe would say, " michael moore could solve this" runningman sounds like "its worse in canada" davetlv " get over it, its not that bad, you're lucky" neoee " these people are plain stupid"

I love this shit. It's entertaining.

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Music is the answer.

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SEE ! 8)

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[size=7][color=red]Oi thesightless. . . . .

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You know, I USED to be ok with this, but the more i look at it, it really is wrong at the core... 8)

SEE ! 8)

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fuck it, we cant fix it. lets just deal with it. no sense in whining.

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Duderz, it's much worse somewhere else...

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At this point, it's better to have someone at the UN then no one. Let them debate it out in 2007. We're all more interested in the Supreme Court nomination now anyway.

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