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Things That Make You Go…. “Huh?” (the games people play) UPDATE X 2: So Much Dishonesty On Both Sides. This Stuff Is Just Pissing Me Off

Republican House Leader John Boehner is complaining that the Obama administration is committing an “extraordinary and entirely unprecedented power grab,” for making a recess appointment. “The precedent that would be set by this cavalier action would have a devastating effect on the checks and balances that are enshrined in our constitution,” Boehner said.

Checks and Balances.

Hmmm.

The Legislative branch IS in recess… Well, except for the ploy by Republicans to try and keep the Senate and House from being “officially” on recess for more than three days, a trick used during the past Memorial Day non-recess recess with the explicit intent to prevent the President from making a recess appointment to the same position being filled today.

Somehow, that isn’t a bit of an abuse of power?

But the irony is the fact that this latest complaint of a “power grab” is coming from a man who just voted to give the executive branch the unbridled and unchecked power to detain any American citizen he or she chooses, simply by accusing that person of being involve in terrorist activities, without trial, without the protection of Constitutional rights.

Disgusting.

All these people need to go!

UPDATE: Well, how the worm turns! The liberal press is leaving out a specific detail that make this even worse for Democrats! Turns out the “Pro Forma” strategy was pioneered by Senate Democrats to try and block Bush appointees!

UPDATE 2: Oh look…. When the Democrats did this to Bush, his White House team of lawyers recommended that he ignore the Senate / Harry Reid ploy, and make the appointments anyway! Bush declined to do so (but he’s stupid, don’t you know). Haven’t found a link to confirm it yet, but my bet is, that the Republicans at the time thought this was, to steal a line from ex-Senator Tom Daschle, “OUTRAGEOUS!”

Let it be noted too that the 10 day standard is nowhere to be found in the Constitution; that Theodore Roosevelt President Theodore Roosevelt once made recess appointments during an intra-session recess of less than one day, and that the 10 day standard has been a courtesy of restraint employed by the Presidency for only the last twenty years or so.

Here is the Bush White House lawyer’s take on the use of this tactic.

Democrats are as big a bunch of liars as Republicans! There. I said it! I am SOOOOO sick of this crap!!!! God I really despise these people!