Dubya flips off the Senate for a second time!

[deminks]

Bush Installs Pentagon Official

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1002049&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

WASHINGTON Aug 2, 2005 — President Bush again invoked a constitutional provision enabling him to bypass the Senate and install directly a nominee who had been blocked in the Senate. This time, he named Peter Flory to be an assistant secretary of defense.

The move on Tuesday came a day after Bush used the same powers to install John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

The Constitution gives the president the authority to put an official on the job without waiting for Senate confirmation when Congress is in recess. The official then can serve until the end of the current Congress, which in this case is January 2007.

Flory was first nominated to the post on June 1, 2004, but the nomination was blocked by Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, the senior Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a dispute over release of intelligence-related documents that Levin sought from Douglas Feith, the undersecretary of defense for policy.

Is the White House trying to keep the Senate from doing its job?

[lvx35]

1. He just wants to piss off everybody.

That's right senate republicans. Even you! He doesn't respect the senate and that means you! Get a guy in there who respects consensus at LEAST in the republican party if you want to stay relevant!

[FreedomAngel82]

6. It seems to me

that Bush is trying to get as many people through as he can. Is something going to happen that he knows about that we don't know about? Or is he worried for some reason about the Valerie Wilson case that Fitzgerald is doing? Very intersting how fast he's working. I haven't seen him work this fast since the day after the last election.

[lvx35]

11. Yeah that's a really interesting point. you may be right. n/t

[babylonsister]

10. And a fine job he's doing! nt

[Canuckistanian]

2. A serious question....

Why even bother bringing nominees before the Senate?
Why not just appoint them during recess and avoid any kind of confrontation at all?
Look what happened to Gonzalez. If they appointed him during a recess, there wouldn't have been all that fuss.

[arcane1]

3. because they can then complain about Dems "obstructing"

[FreedomAngel82]

9. Exactly

It's about the politics and giving their base something to whine and complain about for the next year midterms and all the upcoming races.

[LSparkle]

4. Yeah, why not just "install" Roberts while he's at it?

Must be because O'Connor's resignation isn't effective yet -- otherwise, he'd probably do that too. If Rehnquist takes a turn for the worse in the next month, I wouldn't put ANYTHING past Der F***er.

[Swamp Rat]

13. He's next

[deminks]

15. Good one, SR!

Thanks!

:thumbsup:

[Swamp Rat]

16. I've been busy lately...

dank u. :D

[lvx35]

5. Once upon a time America believed in this thing called consensus.

Meaning having dialogues where everybody puts there head together and decides if something/somebody is good for the country. Those days, apparently, are gone.

[LittleClarkie]

7. Well, we have to realize that both Dem and Repub presidents use this

Clinton had about 150 or so, Reagan had closer to 200.

I wonder if it's true that Ike used his recess appointment power to appoint three Supreme Court justices. A freeper person I know was telling me that last night. By the time it was time to reconfirm them, it was near impossible not to vote them in.

[dogday]

8. What do you get when you cross

a penis with a potato? A Dictator that is what he wants.....

[bloom]

12. "in a dispute over release of intelligence-related documents..." again

It's all part of the double-super secret initiative.

They can find out whatever they want about all of us and not divulge anything about what they are doing.

[burythehatchet]

14. Sorry to disagree

he is no longer in control, if he ever was. Not letting him off the hook, just saying that others are in complete control. I don't even think his chimpish opinion matters anymore.