Freeps slam Obama for recess appointments ("sneaking, lying, stabbing America in the back")

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Freep thread: Obama makes 15 recess appointments, blames Republicans

Responses:

Why even have a congress?

1 posted on Saturday, March 27, 2010 2:08:23 PM by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dictatorships are far more efficient than Democracies.

3 posted on Saturday, March 27, 2010 2:10:29 PM by kik5150

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The kenyan is just doing what he does best, sneaking, lying and stabbing America in the back...Republicans have nothing to do with that, it's all obama.

He knows the conservatives object to his radical appointments and he knows it's a back door way to get them appointed.

This president is a low-rent, bottom feeder, and deserves to be in prison.
7 posted on Saturday, March 27, 2010 2:13:00 PM by FrankR (Those of us who love AMERICA far outnumber those who love obama - your choice.)

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To: SmokingJoe

democratic government, the new play on words meaning communist government. The gullible rats painted themselves into a corner and now they have a community organizer telling them they are irrelevant, inept and useless. I'll agree but someone please tell the emperor he has no clothes and he is clown leader of the clown posse

13 posted on Saturday, March 27, 2010 2:17:35 PM by ronnie raygun (Cool heads prevail)

Recess appointments made by President George W. Bush

From SourceWatch

The following relates to recess appointments made by President George W. Bush.

* A. Paul Anderson to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner August 22, 2003. <1>
* Michael J. Bartlett to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board January 22, 2002. <2>
* Warren Bell to the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in December 2006. <3>
* Andrew G. Biggs was named to be Deputy Director of the Social Security Administration April 4, 2007.
* John R. Bolton as U.N. Ambassador in August 2005, after having been blocked by the Senate. Bolton was Bush's 106th recess appointment. (FSRN 1 Aug '05)
* William B. Cowen to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board January 22, 2002. <4>
* Susan E. Dudley to be Director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on April 4, 2007.
* Eric S. Edelman as undersecretary of defense for policy to replace Douglas Feith in the No. 3 position in the Pentagon. "Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee led by Carl Levin of Michigan, their ranking member, stalled Edelman's nomination to force the release of documents related to a specialized intelligence unit Feith set up before the conflict." <5>
* Gordon R. England to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, January 4, 2006. <6>
* Alice S. Fisher to head the Criminal Division in the Department of Justice, after the "nomination stalled over tactics at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, naval facility." <7>
* David W. Fleming to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation (Public) August 22, 2003. <8>
* Peter Flory as an Assistant Secretary of Defense, after having been blocked by the Senate. <9>
* Sam Fox was named Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenifotentiary of the United States of America to Belgium on April 4, 2007.
* Cynthia A. Glassman to be a Member of the Commission of the Securities and Exchange Commission January 22, 2002. <10>
* C. Boyden Gray to be the Representative of the United States of America to the European Union, with the Rank and Status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 17, 2006.
* Jay Phillip Greene to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation (Academic) August 22, 2003. <11>
* Floyd Hall to be a Member of the AMTRAK Reform Board, January 4, 2006. This is the second time that Hall was appointed in a recess appointment. <12>
* Tracy A. Henke to be Executive Director of the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness at the Department of Homeland Security. <13>
* Isacc C. Hunt, Jr. <14> to be a Member of the Commission of the Securities and Exchange Commission January 22, 2002. <15>
* JoAnn Johnson to be a Member of the Board of the National Credit Union Administration January 22, 2002. <16>
* Peter N. Kirsanow to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, January 4, 2006. <17>
* Charlotte A. Lane to be a Member of the United States International Trade Commission August 22, 2003. She was nominated on June 7, 2002 and again on January 9, 2003. <18>
* Robert D. Lenhard to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission, January 4, 2006. <19>
* Deborah Matz to be a Member of the Board of the National Credit Union Administration January 22, 2002.
* Ronald E. Meisburg to be General Counsel to the National Labor Relations Board, January 4, 2006. <20>
* Steven Kent Mullins to be United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota, vice James E. McMahon, January 9, 2006. <21>
* Julie L. Myers to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement), January 4, 2006. <22>
* Daniel Pearson to be a Member of the United States International Trade Commission August 22, 2003. He was nominated on November 14, 2002 and again on January 9, 2003. <23>
* John Richard Petrocik to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation (Academic) August 22, 2003. <24>
* Charles W. Pickering, Sr. to Federal Appeals Court January 17, 2004, from which he had been blocked twice by the Senate. <25><26>
* Daniel Pipes to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace August 22, 2003. <27>
* Benjamin A. Powell to be General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, January 4, 2006. <28>
* Anthony J. Principi as chairman of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, as well as eight members of the Commission, April 1, 2005.
* William H. Pryor, Jr. to 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals February 20, 2004, "in the face of a Democratic filibuster of the nomination." <29><30>
* Otto Juan Reich to Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs January 11, 2002. <31>
* Ellen R. Sauerbrey to be Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration), January 4, 2006. <32>
* Eugene Scalia to Solicitor of Labor in the U.S. Department of Labor January 11, 2002.
* Peter C. Schaumber to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, for the remainder of a five-year term expiring on August 27, 2010. <33>
* Dorrance Smith to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, January 4, 2006. <34>
* Enrique J. Sosa to be a Member of the AMTRAK Reform Board, January 4, 2006. This is the second time that Sosa was appointed in a recess appointment. <35>
* Michael E. Toner to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission March 29, 2002, for the remainder of a term expiring April 30, 2007; first announced November 21, 2001, and nomination sent to Senate March 4, 2002. <36>
* Juanita Alicia Vasquez-Gardner to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. She was nominated on July 24, 2002 and again on January 9, 2003. <37>
* Hans von Spakovsky to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission, January 4, 2006. <38>
* Dennis P. Walsh to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, January 17, 2006.
* Steven T. Walther to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission, January 4, 2006. <39>
* John Paul Woodley, Jr. to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) August 22, 2003. <40>

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Recess_appointments_made_by_President_George_W._Bush

[cynatnite]

1. Nailed it! n/t

[Chipper Chat]

2. Suck on it freeps.

To quote Rita Moreno:
"Smoke on your pipe and put THAT in"

[walldude]

3. "Dictatorships are far more efficient than Democracies."

Yeah as long as Bush is the Dictator... K&R.... One serving of crow coming up.

[jobycom]

4. For the life of me, I can't figure them out. Are they that stupid and uninformed, or is it an act?

Every time I hear them go off like that, accusing Obama of something Bush clearly did far more often, I can't tell if there's some satire in there, or if they are really just dumb. I keep looking for evidence of a Colbert-eque type routine, but for all the world they sound serious.

It boggles the mind. I mean, my cat is smarter than that, but she can't type. Rocks are smarter than that, but they can't speak. How can something that stupid even feed itself, or get dressed, or find a web site, much less actually use words? They are truly freaks of the nature. And evidence that if there is a god, we are all just gag gifts for his entertainment. No god could seriously make something like that with a straight face. Then again, it argues against natural selection, too. How can they even survive?

You get what I'm saying? They are stupid. That's what I'm saying. Wow.

[MrModerate]

9. Sadly, they're probably pretty average. It's (generally) not low intelligence...

they're suffering from, but denial. Whatever Bush did, it was OK because he was a real patriot. Whatever Obama, does, it's evil because he's a criminal genius from Kenya.

Keep in mind how many people believe in angels and are convinced their children are "above average."

[laughingliberal]

16. No sense of irony, I'd say

I believe we even tried to warn our conservative opponents all this 'unitary executive' shit wasn't going to be as much fun for them once the unitary executive was from the other party.

I've known a few who I tried to reason with and explain that the one who gets the most votes gets to be President. I kid you not, two have said, "Well, I didn't vote for him." There is absolutely no sense from them that they realize any vote but theirs counts.

Tee hee.

[damonm]

5. As I said in another thread...

Add recess appointments to the ever-growing IOOKIYAR (It's Only OK If You're A Republican) rule, along with "deem and pass", reconciliation, deficit spending, addressing schoolkids, marital infidelity, etc, ad infinitum.

[CLANG]

20. And allowing terrorists to fly into buildings!

[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

:thumbsup:

[napi21]

7. Unless I counted wrong, Shrub appointed 39 dduring recesses.

That ugnires the times when some Dems had to go into congross during recesses to prevent even more of them!
Horse S! I think Obama should recess appoint all of his nominees! I think there are over 70 of them. Shrub didn't have to deal with the Party of NO to everything & everyone!

[Luminous Animal]

8. And DU slammed him.

[vanboggie]

11. A significantly different situation

Chimp is an asshole.

[midnight]

27. True.

[cheri010353]

10. Reminder to Freeps

Elections have consequences. Sucks to be you.

[PinkFloyd]

12. If Republicans ever do take back over....

I hope the Democrats gives them every ounce of cooperation that they've given us. Hold up every single nominee for as long as they possibly can, filibuster every single bill they purpose, always vote no on everything, etc. Unlike the Bush years I hope they give them .000001% cooperation.

[Bitwit1234]

13. You know what who in the hell cares what they think

WE know bush did it. We know bush ruined this country. We know he is a POS drunk. So who really cares. Let them lie, and rant and rave and pee and moan all the want. Tell them to grow up, but that won't happen because they are such a bunch of childest misfits they never will.

[Contrary1]

14. Coming through loud and clear, Freeps.

[eridani]

15. Bwaahhhaaaaa! My only objection is that I wish Obama would do it more often

Looks like more than a year of complete obstructionism may be boosting his resolve at any rate.

[Skittles]

17. poor babies

:cry:

[upi402]

18. what... 46 by Bush.

No problem there? LOL

[Kablooie]

19. Their stupidity is making me sick to my stomach.

[cali]

21. and their deceitfulness. They claim over and over that Obama has done more

recess appointments in a year than bushco did in 8.

fucking pig shit liars.

[mwb970]

24. And stupid liars, to boot.

I mean, what kind of idiot lies about easily verified matters? Only people who are sure that even stark, clear evidence of their wrongness will not be believed by their "peers" (i.e. the other pigs wallowing in their own filth).

The level of delusion on the right is amazing. Conservatism truly is a mental disorder.

[pnorman]

22. I was just getting ready to Google for that. THANKS!

n/t

[barbtries]

23. big, big difference

here. gw waited for recess to appoint cronies and bushies. obama was stymied because the republicans wouldn't hold appointment hearings. their hypocrisy as always is breathtaking.

[Turbineguy]

25. Those lonely nights in Mom's basement.....

after the monkey's been spanked too many times.

[midnight]

26. I love the pic, and the list that follows.

Michael E. Toner to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission March 29, 2002, for the remainder of a term expiring April 30, 2007; first announced November 21, 2001, and nomination sent to Senate March 4, 2002 This one caught my eye....

[never cry wolf]

28. Shrub made a total of 171 recess appointments n/t