Can’t Bear the Plain Light of Day 0
A Republican President.
A Republican Congress.
And he can’t get his appointments through.
I am reminded of an old Firesign Theater Album.
What’s worrying about many of Mr. Bush’s recess nominees is the caliber of the candidates and the importance of the jobs in which they have been installed. Even before Wednesday’s raft of appointments, the ambassador to the United Nations and the head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division held power by virtue of this maneuver. Now Mr. Bush has added the number two official at the Defense Department, Deputy Secretary Gordon R. England, and the head of the immigration bureau, Julie L. Myers — hardly minor jobs.
This whole charade of recess appointments could be avoided if the current Federal Administration chose to nominate competent persons for appointive posts. But that’s too much to hope for. Ideology trumps competence. And we all know what trump brings us: Greed, conceit, and bankruptcy.
