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Originally Posted by Godless Dave
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Originally Posted by D. Scarlatti
I think you're being a little hard on the Democrats in this instance. Although the Constitution doesn't differentiate between the two, the Senate, in its advice and consent role, gives the president greater leeway in choosing his cabinet than in making life appointments to the federal court, for example.
Senator Feingold delivered an articulate statement of this principle during John Ashcroft's hearings in 2001. I don't think it's unreasonable to extend to the executive greater deference for its term appointments, as noxious as they may be, as opposed to its life appointments, and the Democrats have been digging in their heels on those.
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There's noxious, and there's criminal. Lying to Congress about Iraq's WMD capability was criminal. |
Particularly when it was used as a rationale to perpetrate an illegal and ill-advised war that unnecessarily put American lives in jeopardy as well as irreparably damaging our international reputation. They have made the United States a rouge nation. I personally think it's treasonous.
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