RW bloggers to pay Bolton's salary?

[AnnInLa]

Was reading Michelle Malkin's site, and saw where the RW bloggers are agitating for calls to the White House, Congress members, to urge them to stand up to the DEMS over the appointment of Bolton to the UN. She said that if bush makes a recess appointment of him again, Bolton would have to serve without a salary. So, she, Hugh Hewitt and others are going to hold a fundraiser drive to get the $$ to pay his salary.

Is this true, about the salary bit?

Isn't there a way the recess appointment can be blocked?

(I won't link to MM, you know how to get there.)

[Deep13]

Maybe they can pay for the war while they are at it.

:eyes:

[Vexatious Ape]

6. Now thats a good thought.

[LSK]

1. what recess appointment??? he is there until january regardless

I dont understand?

Come January Bush has to renominate him or choose someone else.

[wakeme2008]

2. but no pay on the second recess nom

that what they are looking to come up with money for.

[LSK]

3. but he would not get to serve

Recess nomination means he is nominated while Congress is not in session, which happened last time. That is not the case come January.

[wicket]

11. Bush has already renominated him

More info HERE

[LSK]

14. yes, but he needs to be approved come January

Or else hes out.

[wicket]

16. Yes, and when they recess in the 2nd week of December...

...until the new Congress is sworn-in in January, Bush could do another recess appointment during that time.

[LSK]

17. why? his current term would still hold then, wouldnt it?

[wicket]

22. Hey I agree with you

I think it would be a disaster if Bush goes this route, but it is an option they are considering. Just relaying the info :hi: More info here

To recap, the Administration is considering two options. The first option is to offer Bolton a second recess appointment to his current position. The second option is to appoint Bolton to some lower position and then appoint him Acting Ambassador.

Let's start with option 1. Successive recess appointments have been few and far between in American history, and there is no record of the practice ever being used to keep such a controversial nominee as Bolton in such a high-level post as U.N. Ambassador. It would be unprecedented.

And while no court has ever ruled that successive recess appointments are unconstitutional, the legal consensus seems to be that the importance and controversy surrounding Bolton's nomination make the Senate's Constitutional role of advice and consent more important, not less.

Moreover, if Bolton accepts a second recess appointment as U.N.
Ambassador, he cannot be paid.

That brings us to option two, making Bolton an "Acting Ambassador." It turns out that such a move would run contrary to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (FVRA) of 1998, passed by a Republican Congress to prevent exactly this type of nonsense after Bill Clinton elevated Bill Lann Lee to "Acting" Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights without Senate Confirmation.

[benddem]

18. yes but if he makes another

recess apt. the govt. will not pay his salary. :rofl:

[wicket]

23. That would be the icing on the cake!

:rofl: :rofl:

[sniffa]

4. her fundraiser

"$0.10 of every book soLd wiLL be donated to his saLary"

[LTR]

19. Tell me that isn't a real book!

:rofl:

[bluerum]

5. Then he would be paid by a corporate interest. I would find that

extremely odious.

Public servants, "diplomats" representing the United States on the world stage, being paid by private corporate interests. This must be illegal.

[AnnInLa]

7. This is what she said, under "Blogging for Bolton"

"If the White House were to proceed with a second recess appointment for Bolton, he would have to serve without pay. Claudia Rosett proposes a fund-raising drive to pay for Bolton's salary. Hugh Hewitt seconds that idea. Thirding it!

I cannot stomach the idea of Beltway GOP elites cutting and running from Bolton. Make sure to make a call today."

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. The thought of Freepers and Repugs and RadRights funding a UN post is hilarious !

[grizmaster]

9. It's true

Any recess appointments extended beyond a year carry no salary.

[zbdent]

10. Wonder if there's any way there could be one

Senator or Representative who would stay in DC over the "recess time" which could block Congress from going into full "recess" ... kinda like how the Dems were trying to keep the Repukes from having a vote "in absentia" a few years back when the Repukes tried to get a Dem arrested when the gavel was struck at the exact same moment the phrase "Any objections?" was stated?

[Junkdrawer]

12. Chump change for Scaife, Rockefeller, or the DuPonts...

If anything, they'll use the "bloggers" as cover.

[blogslut]

13. Maybe Bolton

should sell his mustache hair to wigmakers! He would make millions!

[patcox2]

15. Wouldn't that be bribery? Gov. officials cannot accept gifts.

Malkin is really really stupid. Does she think? Its not legal for a high government official to accept cash gifts.

[gratuitous]

20. So what's Bolton going to do with a dollar eighty-five?

Assuming, of course, that Malkin makes good on her pledge of one dollar, which is by no means assured.

[KoKo]

21. Hey Michelle.....Get a Life! It's OVER Baby! Sheesh....unbelievable n/t

[Fleshdancer]

24. I doubt the former VP of the American Enterprise Institute is short on cash

He worked pro bono as an assistant to James Baker between '97 and '00 and I'm sure he can afford to do it again if it comes to that.

Instead of raising money for people who truly could use the help, a group of right wing blogging idiots are going to raise money for the rich. While they're at it, maybe they can spend a few thousand dollars and give Tom Cruise a nice wedding gift. :eyes:

Ironically enough, the amount they raise will probably be less than a quarter than what Bolton pays on his mortgage each month. Maybe he his wife can use it for gas money or perhaps John can get his mustache professionally trimmed.