My, my....how times (and opinions) change.....amazing.

[Barbella]

Democrats in 2008 held the Senate in "pro forma" session to block recess appointments by President George W. Bush. At the time, Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, while serving in the Senate, strenuously argued against such an exercise of presidential power.

When Bush appointed John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations, then-Sen. Obama said the nominee was, as a result of the temporary position, "damaged goods." Noting the Senate had rejected the nominee -- though unlike Cordray, Bolton faced bipartisan opposition -- the senator said the U.S. would have "less credibility" at the world body.

At a Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Biden said, "No president is entitled to the appointment of anyone he nominates," adding, "That's why they wrote the Constitution the way they did. It says 'advice and consent.'"


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/04/obama-administration-tests-constitutional-power-after-controversial-appointment/#ixzz1iXDWhMGh

 

[OldGaffer]

Politics, its a

, aint it?

 

[Barbella]

What's even more of a

is the hypocrisy of people who see nothing wrong with this kind of chit....

 

[OldGaffer]

Both parties do it, its called politics.

 

[Alinvegas]

Just remember that when Newt does it.

 

[OldGaffer]

Just remember that when Newt does it.

I remember when Bush did it.

 

[Boca]

=Barbella;143832]What's even more amazing is the hypocrisy of people who see nothing wrong with this kind of chit....

No chit....remember the hell these deviants raised over the Patriot Act and computers recording not converstions but just telephone numbers?

And now these same freaks are defending their boy for signing a law that gives him the power to indefinitely detain, without a hearing or trial, Amerian citizens he declares to be terrorists? Come to think of it, didn't Biden recently say as much about the Tea Party?

 

[Lapcat]

Just more of the same leftist DemocRat HYPOCRISY, of course. Nothing ever changes with lefties....

unless it gets worse.

 

[Lapcat]

Yes, and leftist DemocRats have set several new precedents over the past three years.....

all of which may come in reeeely handy for the next GOP President and congressional majority next year.

Both parties do it, its called politics.

 

[Barbella]

Yep. The hypocrisy is nothing short of mind boggling.

 

[Barbella]

Yep. They can't think far enough ahead (or even think, at all) to imagine it's gonna bite them in the ass sooner or later.

 

[PhilFish]

You guys recall inBB how dems would bleat about how Bush would use the recess appointment to get his picks in there...in order to make his move to make himself president for life....


funny that....

 

[BRU]

there seems to be a lot of that going on around here too. LOL!

 

[Barbella]

Short memories....:-D

 

[Boca]

Yep. The hypocrisy is nothing short of mind boggling.

Let's not be so quick to assign hypocrisy to those who increasingly appear to be enemies of freedom and liberty. I mean really...our friends here aren't smart enough to just fake being so stupid about what they say one day and what they say the next .

 

[Barbella]

Well, you've got a point there....they're NOT faking stupid. They just are.

 

[Friday13]

That didn't stop Shrub tho, did it, Barb? This might be enlightening...

Despite the inevitable conservative complaints that President Obama is engaged in some kind of massive overreach by recess appointing Richard Cordray as the nation’s chief consumer financial protection watchdog, the truth is that Obama has used his recess appointment power very sparingly. After today’s appointment, President Obama will have made a total of 29 recess appointments. By comparison, George W. Bush made 171 recess appointments; Bill Clinton made 139 recess appointments; George H.W. Bush made 77 recess appointments; and Ronald Reagan made 243. When you divide these numbers by the number of years each man spent in the White House, it reveals that Obama is far and away the least likely president to invoke this power:

President Obama has made fewer recess appointments than any recent president

 

[OldGaffer]

That didn't stop Shrub tho, did it, Barb? This might be enlightening...

Never confuse a Winger with facts, it makes their heads explode.

 

[GordonGecko]

It's funny how Barbella and Lapcat and Alinvegas talk about the hypocrisy of the Left not opposing Obama for making recess appointments....


when THEY didn't oppose Bush doing it, but DO oppose it when Obama does it?

What's that called????

 

[GordonGecko]

Never confuse a Winger with facts, it makes their heads explode.

OG, if they don't believe it's true....it's not a "fact". Even if it's history.