Click the link for the interactive graphic ...

http://americansforprosperity.org/obamachart.php

My horse died 2 years ago. Never did stop beatin' him though.

and,, how Bush did business too(and probably other presidents with the authority to make recess appointments)

politifact.com

President George W. Bush appointed Bolton to be ambassador of the United Nations after senators held up the confirmation in two separate votes of 56-42 and 54-38. The nomination required 60 votes before formal approval.

Opponents said Bolton was the wrong person for the job because he was known as a critic of the United Nations. Democrats said that history made him poor choice to become ambassador to the organization.

But Democrats were also angry that Bolton had submitted inaccurate information to the Senate. The State Department inspector general had interviewed Bolton about the accuracy of intelligence leading up to the Iraq war, but Bolton had submitted testimony indicating that he had not been interviewed.

That dispute prompted Senate Democrats to send a letter to Bush protesting the recess appointment. Obama was one of 36 senators to sign the letter. (Joe Biden, now Obama's vice president, and Hillary Clinton, Obama's secretary of state, signed it as well.)

"In light of the fact that John Bolton was not truthful to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the questionnaire he swore was truthful, we ask that you do not make a recess appointment of Mr. Bolton to be the Ambassador to the United Nations, and instead submit a new nomination to the Senate," the letter said. "Mr. Bolton's excuse that he 'didn't recall being interviewed by the State Department's Inspector General' is simply not believable.

"Sending someone to the United Nations who has not been confirmed by the United States Senate and now who has admitted to not being truthful on a document so important that it requires a sworn affidavit is going to set our efforts back in many ways," the letter said.

Obama, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told the Chicago Tribune, "To some degree, he's damaged goods," adding, "I think that means we'll have less credibility and, ironically, be less equipped to reform the United Nations in the way that it needs to be reformed."

But Obama also said that he thought Bush was within his rights in making the appointment. "The president is entitled to take that action, but I don't think it will serve American foreign policy well," Obama said in an interview.


my thoughts on recess appointments,,,

This president has done nothing(outside of healthcare reform) that is new to the office of president. Its not the rules HE made,, its the rules that were in place before he came.

lol, ur a sick man,,,,lol

I just get sick of reading this stuff, from any party. We could go in circles for hours, and what does it accomplish really? It just makes us hate each other. Especially on a site that is supposed to bring us together. Sigh.

awwwww,,,cheers (thats sparkling grape juice,,and NOT liquor,,) lol

That's what they always say, then 10 mins after I drink it, I'm giggling like a school girl.

Oh, well. Keep fighting the good fight.

I'm out, hope to see you around there pretty lady.

I love watchin' y'all try to defend the indefensible ... it's a trip ... not necessarily a GOOD trip, but a trip nonetheless ...
best entertainment for the money in any town ...

likewise,,,

have a great one sugar,,