Bush Bypasses Senate to Install Official
What they didn't mention in the headline is "Bush Uses National Tragedy to Dodge Scrutiny."
Or "Bush Shows What His True Priorities Are on Return to Washington."
Or "Chris Gets Irrationally Angry at Putz Politician Doing what Politicians Do."
What they didn't mention in the headline is "Bush Uses National Tragedy to Dodge Scrutiny."
Or "Bush Shows What His True Priorities Are on Return to Washington."
Or "Chris Gets Irrationally Angry at Putz Politician Doing what Politicians Do."
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If you google on the headline you'll find it in Google News, where it's on a bunch of different papers, not just the LA Times.
For example, The Washington Post.
Oops.
Bush used a "recess appointment" Wednesday to name Alice S. Fisher to lead the agency's criminal division. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., had blocked the nomination because he wants to talk to an agent who named Fisher in an e-mail about allegedly abusive interrogations at the U.S. military prison camp at Guantanamo.
Some seem to think it's a chance to put the spotlight on unsavory elements from nominees' pasts, thus furthering their own political goals of making the party in power lose face.
Some seem to think it's time to line up and rubber-stamp any plausible nominees, putting their trust and faith in the man in power.
Some seem to think it's the time to put the spotlight on unsavory elements from nominees' pasts, in order to make sure that a good person is installed into the position.
So, if you want a person who tortures her prisoners in charge of our domestic law enforcement, then sure, go ahead and rubber stamp the nominee in...