Playing by the RULES, . . .

Much to the dismay of Senators Charles Schumer, Edward Kennedy and George Voinovich, George Bush appointed John Bolton to be the ambassador to the UN day before yesterday. This is provided for by the US Constitution, . . . the president can appoint someone during a Congressional recess, and that person can serve until the next Congress takes office, which will occur in January 2007. So Bolton it is. He’s our guy, over at the tacky-decorated place with too many floors, and all the funny flags out front.So why do extreme leftist Democrats have their panties all up in a bunch over Bolton's appointment??

It has absolutely nothing to do with the reasons they've given. Stories about abusing subordinates and manipulating intelligence aren't why the left opposes Bolton. Instead, it's because Bolton is not an internationalist United Nations worshiper. He believes the United States is a sovereign nation and the world's only superpower. This irritates the hell out of the leftists, like Chuckie Schumer, Kofi Annan and Teddy Kennedy. They believe the United Nations should be the world's only superpower, with taxing authority and military control over its member nations. The next 19 months will be interesting down at UN, . . . . hopefully with Bolton swinging the axe, so we can reform that tax-exempt building that could get by without the top third of its floors.

The best part of the whole idea, is to listen to the media, and the whining Democrats, you would think that a recess appointment was a rare abuse of power. It would be easy to infer that such an outrage hadn't taken place in what, . . . about 100 years??

Nope, . . . . Actually it’s quite the contrary. Let's go to the tape, James. Let’s shine a little light of truth, on the matter:According to research that even my good friend, Bill Pelton, could do, using the four most recent presidents, here are the numbers of recess appointments made:

--President George W. Bush: 110 recess appointments in 4 1/2 years in office.
--President Bill Clinton: 140 recess appointments in two terms.
--President Bush Senior: 77 recess appointments in his one term.
--President Ronald Reagan: 240 recess appointments in two terms.

So let's see, . . . according to MY calculator, that's 567 recess appointments in the last 25 years, or an average of just over 22 a year.

Bush had the power to put Bolton in the ambassador chair and he did it. Other presidents, both Democrat and Republican, have done the same thing. It's nothing new. Ike even used the recess appointment to put 3 Justices on the Supreme Court. Can you imagine the squeals of the Democrats today if Bush did the same thing??

God Bless,
Dan'L