Smack!

This is actually rather funny on several levels - it is also a good thing in and of itself. Last month John "Magical Mystery Hat" Kerry and his fellows on the Democratic side of the Senate, derailed the appointment of Sam Fox as ambassador to Belgium. Why? Because Fox had contributed to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The group that Kerry and his sycophants claim sunk Kerry's bid for the Presidency. (That claim is bull puckey, Kerry sunk Kerry - and he and a lot of others people know it. That is why magic hat boy isn't running again.) But today, Bush took advantage of the Congress being in recess and appointed Fox anyway. Good for him.

The Democrats have been abusing the hell out of the nomination process for a long time. A president has a right - regardless of what party he is from - to have the people he wants serving in his administration. In years past, the Senate might give a nominee a hard time, but they very seldom rejected them out of hand. It has become commonplace lately - and that is going to come back around in that big, old karmic wheel.

But, as Powerline notes, the "discrediting" of the Swiftboat vets exists only in the minds of the left and in the MSM. Remember Christmas in Cambodia? Never freaking happened - Kerry flat out lied his magic butt off - for years. The Swifties called him on that and nailed his hat-clad butt to the wall. Despite the screeching from the left, Kerry got caught out and sank himself in the eyes of the voters. Bush did the right thing by ignoring the Senate. Let's face it, it isn't as if Belgium will be a hotbed of controversy anytime soon - one hopes.

UPDATE: Bruce Kesler, a Vietnam vet, is very, very happy. The left is is a major snit - go look at Memeorandum. They are going totally ape over this. Like I said, funny on a lot of levels.

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