Fox, The New Pork

Show of hands... who out there remembers Sam Fox?

Here's a hint. He's the wingnut that contributed to the swift boat ads against Senator Kerry in the 2004 presidential race.

It seems as if, yet again, bushco has rewarded his loyal scumbags.

Recognizing Fox did not have the votes to obtain Senate confirmation in the Foreign Relations Committee, Bush withdrew the nomination last week. On Wednesday, with the Senate on a one-week break, the president used his power to make recess appointments to put Fox in the job without Senate confirmation.
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"It's sad but not surprising that this White House would abuse the power of the presidency to reward a donor over the objections of the Senate," Kerry said in a statement.

Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said he plans to ask the

Government Accountability Office to issue an opinion on whether the recess appointment is legal.

Recess appointments are intended to give the president flexibility if Congress is out for a lengthy period of time, such as the four-week adjournment in summer. But Dodd said the law was not intended to circumvent lawmakers' approval.

"This is really now taking the recess appointment vehicle and abusing this beyond anyone's imagination," said Dodd, a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. "This is a travesty."

Bush also used his recess appointment authority to make Andrew Biggs deputy director of
Social Security. The president's earlier nomination of Biggs, an outspoken advocate of partially privatizing the government's retirement program, was rejected by Senate Democrats in February.


Welcome to the kingdom of the shrub! We have no say, we have no voice. Our wants and needs mean nothing here in the kingdom, only his. He calls health care of the elderly "pork". He calls billions of dollars of annual profit for Exxon, free enterprise. He sends young men to war, without cause, without proper training or body armor. He calls the ELECTED president of Iran a dictator. Maybe he should look into a mirror?

Fox, a 77-year-old St. Louis businessman, gave $50,000 to the Swift Boat group. He is national chairman of the Jewish Republican Coalition and was dubbed a "ranger" by Bush's 2004 campaign for raising at least $200,000. He is founder and chairman of the Clayton, Mo.-based Harbour Group, which specializes in the takeover of manufacturing companies.

Fox has donated millions of dollars to Republican candidates and causes since the 1990s.

In answer to questions about the Swift Boat donation, Fox has said he gives when asked, insisting he was not involved with the writing of the ad scripts and never saw them before they aired but had been aware of the general thrust of the group.

Fox issued a statement saying he is "delighted and honored" to accept the ambassadorial appointment.

"As the son of a man who fled Europe to find freedom and a better life, I am especially humbled by the opportunity to return to that continent as this nation's representative," he said.

Do you think he cares that he's "delighted and honored" to be serving a communist dictator and best and a hitler clone at worst?

Do you think that we, the people, the tax payers should sit back while this continues? We, the tax payers, pay shrubs salary. Yet he cares not for us, just his own "pork".