tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412826294594900386.post2629540194853422582..comments2023-04-12T08:12:17.855-05:00Comments on yellowarmadillos: Recess appointmentsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12068839756237461498noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412826294594900386.post-33097166298637283452012-01-07T08:04:47.723-06:002012-01-07T08:04:47.723-06:00I will agree with Wayne that agreeing with Tribe m...I will agree with Wayne that agreeing with Tribe makes me nervous, so I won’t. While I believe the tactics the Rs were using to prevent an appointment is “in appropriate” so is the tactic of waiting until the Senate is not in session to make an appointment the Executive knows the Senate will not approve.<br /><br />Sure, the appointment may (?) have been legal, but so was the Rs tactics, so Tribe and I will disagree on this one.<br /><br />I have always been a believer that language and choice of words is important in any conversation. A fact that politicians and journalists know well. So if the senate is in a legal session is it accurate to characterize the session as “phony”, or if legislators go AWOL, an illegal act making them subject to arrest, is it accurate to characterize that as “inappropriate”? I would quibble.<br /><br />Having said all of the above, some of our greatest leaders have been rule benders and often we consider them great for that very reason. So, Os recess appointments don’t send me into a rage of indignation over rule bending. Do I wish he had not done it? Yes, and it has nothing to do with my like or dislike of the appointees or the positions they will fill. The entire episode is “silly” which brings us back to Wayne’s comment concerning corporal punishment. Someone needs to get a whipping.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669679191229234850noreply@blogger.com