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How The New York Tiems Reported Obama’s 15 Gimmicky Recess Appointments

by | 29th, March 2010

THE media is biased. Well, yes. And the Pope has a balcony and Katie Price sleeps on her back. But the New York Times circumvents the issue of prejudice and spin by simply leaving out a story that paints Barack Obama as being just like George Bush, a man it calls gimmicky and opportunistic.

On January 9, 2006, the New York Times wrote;

Seizing the opportunity presented by the Congressional holiday break, Mr. Bush announced 17 recess appointments–a constitutional gimmick that allows a president to appoint someone when Congress is in recess to a job that normally requires Senate approval. . . . Modern presidents have employed this power to place nominees who ran into political trouble in the Senate. Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton made scores of recess appointments. But both of them faced a Congress controlled by the opposition party, while the Senate has been under Republican control for Mr. Bush’s entire five years in office

Says the paper of record on Obama’s 15 recess appointments…

Nothing.

Someone should tell the NYTimes so that they can write about it…





Posted: 29th, March 2010 | In: Politicians Comment | TrackBack | Permalink