Re: So.....Obama isn't pushing for unionization of government contracts?
Cliff
> Republicans
>had blocked his nomination on grounds he would bring a radical pro-union
>agenda to the job, and they called on Obama not to appoint Becker over the
>recess.
>
>Obama went ahead anyway
So wingers will certainly lie & snivel.
Why should everyone be anti-union?
Why now should rethugs get a say in ANYTHING?
Let them throw snits & temper tantrums. We now well
know their lying ilk.
We all know by now how the last 15 years of ther total control
worked out. The rich got richer ....
BTW, Find those "WMDs" yet?
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Cliff
Cliff
>"Once again the administration showed that it had little respect for the
>time honored constitutional roles and procedures of Congress," said
>Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona
George W. Bush made 171 (+ ?) recess appointments; that was fine & dandy with
the rethugs. He even sent that idiot of a winger Bolton to the UN.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/27/obamas-recess-appointment_n_515978.html
[
....
Well, here's how McCain reacted in 2005 when President Bush was considering a
recess appointment for John Bolton, the controversial nominee to be United
Nations ambassador: "I would support it. It's the president's prerogative."
Indeed, just a few years earlier, McCain had succeeded in a one-man crusade to
persuade President Bush to install a favored nominee using a recess appointment.
Here's how UPI described it in 2002:
[
Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain prevailed in his fight with the White House to have
Ellen Weintraub, a former Capitol Hill attorney, named to a Democratic seat on
the Federal Election Commission as a recess appointment. McCain must now be
overjoyed that her colleagues have elected her chairman of the commission for
the coming year. In her new role, Weintraub, the wife of Wisconsin Democratic
Sen. Russ Feingold's legislative director, will have a lot to say about how the
regulations governing the McCain-Feingold campaign legislation will be written
an implemented.
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell also joined in the protests of Obama's recess
appointments on Saturday, calling them "stunning" and "yet another episode of
choosing a partisan path despite bipartisan opposition."
]
But back in 2005, under President Bush, McConnell spoke what is probably far
closer to the truth. When asked by a Fox News host if a recess appointment of
Bolton would make the atmosphere in the Senate more poisonous, McConnell replied
"no" and pointed out, "typically senators who are not of the party of the
president don't like recess appointments."
]
HTH
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Cliff