Slightly OT: Isn't there some correlation between your party and which Nationals hat the fans wear? Don't the Republicans wear the red one with the W, and the Democrats wear the blue one with the D.C.? After his track record with the Rangers, I wouldn't want W anywhere around my baseball team. But it warms my heart to see Barbara behind homeplate at the Astros game even after HW has called it a night. She is the best fan in politics.
Man, when you're in the same company as stroked-out Wilson and resigning-in-disgrace Nixon, that's something.
Didn't want to start another thread, but WOW! Bush gives the finger to congress again! This guy is unbelievable-- BREAKING: Bush names Swift Boat funder as ambassador. “President Bush named Republican fundraiser Sam Fox as U.S. ambassador to Belgium on Wednesday, using a maneuver that allowed him to bypass Congress where Democrats had derailed Fox’s nomination. … Recognizing Fox did not have the votes to obtain Senate confirmation, Bush withdrew the nomination last month. On Wednesday, with Congress out of town for a spring break, the president used his power to make recess appointments to put Fox in the job without Senate confirmation. This means Fox can remain ambassador until the end of the next session of Congress, effectively through the end of the Bush presidency.” http://thinkprogress.org/
When the Dems won, I thought Reid and Pelosi had set up a schedule so the Congress was never officially "out of session." They knew Bush would do this and if they caved and went back to business as usual, they deserve the totality of the blame.
