Bush slides another lackey in

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uscitizen

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Swift Boat donor's appointment sidesteps Congress
POSTED: 6:28 p.m. EDT, April 4, 2007
Story Highlights
• President Bush names GOP fundraiser Sam Fox ambassador to Belgium
• Fox was donor to Swift Boat Veterans during last presidential election
• Appointment during congressional recess avoids confirmation showdown
• Fox did not have votes for confirmation


WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush named Republican fundraiser Sam Fox as U.S. ambassador to Belgium on Wednesday, using a maneuver that allowed him to bypass Congress where Democrats had derailed Fox's nomination.

Democrats had denounced Fox for his 2004 donation to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The group's TV ads, which claimed that Sen. John Kerry exaggerated his military record in Vietnam, were viewed as a major factor in the Massachusetts Democrat's losing the election.

Recognizing Fox did not have the votes to obtain Senate confirmation, Bush withdrew the nomination last month. On Wednesday, with Congress out of town for a spring break, the president used his power to make recess appointments to put Fox in the job without Senate confirmation.

This means Fox can remain ambassador until the end of the next session of Congress, effectively through the end of the Bush presidency.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/04/bush.ambassador.ap/index.html
 
uscitizen said:
Swift Boat donor's appointment sidesteps Congress
POSTED: 6:28 p.m. EDT, April 4, 2007
Story Highlights
• President Bush names GOP fundraiser Sam Fox ambassador to Belgium
• Fox was donor to Swift Boat Veterans during last presidential election
• Appointment during congressional recess avoids confirmation showdown
• Fox did not have votes for confirmation


WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush named Republican fundraiser Sam Fox as U.S. ambassador to Belgium on Wednesday, using a maneuver that allowed him to bypass Congress where Democrats had derailed Fox's nomination.

Democrats had denounced Fox for his 2004 donation to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The group's TV ads, which claimed that Sen. John Kerry exaggerated his military record in Vietnam, were viewed as a major factor in the Massachusetts Democrat's losing the election.

Recognizing Fox did not have the votes to obtain Senate confirmation, Bush withdrew the nomination last month. On Wednesday, with Congress out of town for a spring break, the president used his power to make recess appointments to put Fox in the job without Senate confirmation.

This means Fox can remain ambassador until the end of the next session of Congress, effectively through the end of the Bush presidency.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/04/bush.ambassador.ap/index.html
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Yeah, he slipped a few more foxes into the henhouse. He also appointed a strong proponent of privatization to the social security adminstration, and an anti-regulation guru into the regulatory affairs slot.

Same old, same old. 2008 can't come fast enough.
 
Well withdrawing the nomination and then waitiing until the senate is on Easter recess and appointing the guy.....
 
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