It's perfectly legal, but then again so is bestiality
Pocket vetoes, recess appointments, presidential findings, and a host of other political tactics are perfectly legal, but they leave a taint that all the moral bleach in the world won't remove. Consider the latest:
Bush Appoints Bolton, Bypassing Senate - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON -
President Bush installed embattled nominee John Bolton as ambassador to the
United Nations on Monday, bypassing the Senate after a testy five-month standoff with Democrats who argued that the tough-talking conservative was unfit for the job."
"Bush put Bolton on the job by means of a recess appointment, an avenue available when Congress is in recess. Under the Constitution, Bolton's appointment will last until a newly elected Congress takes office in January 2007.""Republican Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio, who had stunned the White House by opposing Bolton, said he was disappointed by Bush's decision."
"I am truly concerned that a recess appointment will only add to John Bolton's baggage and his lack of credibility with the United Nations," Voinovich said.
I'm also disappointed. Republicans spent the Clinton years complaining about unseemly political behavior yet the same is quickly becoming a staple of the current administration. Mr. Bush usually appears to have the fine morals typical of a Christian yet his second term is tracking as anything but a reflection of that standard. Well, it was this president that made me drop my life-long loyalty to the Grand Old Party when I registered as an independent.
