Topic: Bush
He's our guy! Notes on George Bush.
An infrequent feature on Slate Magazine is the Bushism of the Day. These are compiled by Jacob Weisberg. Here's what appeared today.
"I want to thank the astronauts who are with us, the courageous spacial entrepreneurs who set such a wonderful example for the young of our country."Well, "special" isn't exactly a word. But you know what he meant. Close enough.Washington, D.C., Jan. 14, 2004
His use of the word "entrepreneurs" is odd though - these guys started small businesses up there from 1969 through the early seventies? Who were their customers?
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Last year on Martin Luther King Junior's birthday, George Bush celebrated by giving a speech in which he argued that the University of Michigan affirmative action program was wrong-headed and unnecessary and should be ended. Bad timing? An "in your face gesture" showing where he stands on such matters?
This year, on the day after, and after he was booed in Atlanta making a short stop at the memorial on his way to another fundraiser, he celebrated by installing Charles Pickering onto the bench.
Better timing. Wait a day.
Bush Installs Pickering on Appeals CourtOh well. Martin Luther King Junior is dead. He won't make any trouble.
The Associated Press Friday, January 16, 2004; 3:17 PM
WASHINGTON - President Bush installed Charles Pickering on a federal appeals court Friday, bypassing Democrats who had stalled his nomination for more than two years, sources said.
Bush appointed Pickering by a recess appointment which avoids the confirmation process. Such appointments are valid until the next Congress takes office, in this case in January 2005.
Pickering, a federal trial judge who Bush nominated for a seat on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, has been waiting for a confirmation vote in the Senate.
Democrats have accused him of supporting segregation as a young man, and pushing anti-abortion and anti-voting rights views as a state lawmaker. They also have said they wouldn't be able to trust Pickering to keep his conservative opinions out of his work on the federal appeals court.
Posted by Alan at 14:42 PST
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