jks
--- Nathan Newman <nathanne at nathannewman.org> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "andie nachgeborenen"
> <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com>
> >There is nothing in this that shows particular
> >ignorance of the way the govt works, and Nathan
> >concedes the key point, that the Prez usually
> defers
> >to the wishes of the opposition party here, so
> Clinton
> >was responsible at least for not blocking Powell.
> The
> >only issue is whether Powell hada track record
> thats
> >should have alerted Clinton that something was up.
> jks
>
> Of course the post showed ignorance of how
> government works. To ignore that
> Powell was a GOP pick for the FCC is either ignorant
> or disingenuous.
> Blocking the choice of the opposition party Senate
> Commerce Committee
> chairman to the FCC is essentially a declaration of
> political warfare. It
> would have meant with a Senate controlled by
> Republicans that every single
> one of Clinton's appointees would have been blocked.
> Especially since the
> Dems had a majority on the FCC, such a move to block
> a GOP nominee who could
> not control policy would have been an insanely
> stupid thing to do.
>
> The fact is that Powell's views only mattered once
> Bush won election and got
> to appoint the swing vote, giving Powell a third and
> deciding vote to enact
> policy.
>
> -- Nathan Newman
>
> --- Nathan Newman <nathanne at nathannewman.org> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "R" <rhisiart at charter.net>
> > -on a day like today, when the FCC has made US
> media
> > about as monopolistic
> > as
> > -anything can get, it's good to take a long look
> at
> > who appointed Chairman
> > -Powell to the FCC board in the first place. we
> > all know who made him
> > -chairman, but let's take a long look at who put
> the
> > incompetent, uncaring
> > -powell on the board where shrub could easily
> > promote him.
> > -Mr. Powell, a Republican, was nominated by
> > President William J. Clinton on
> > -July 31, 1997, and confirmed by the United States
> > Senate on October 28,
> > -1997.
> >
> > I really just wish people would learn elementary
> > information about how
> > government operates before they post ignorant
> > attacks like this.
> >
> > Like many independent commissions, the FCC
> requires
> > that there be a balance
> > between Democrats and Republicans on the
> commission.
> > (Note that today's
> > deregulation decision was opposed by the two
> > Democratic appointees). Powell
> > was appointed to fill one of the GOP slots,
> > recommended by John McCain who
> > headed the Senate Commerce Committee. Presidents
> > usually defer to the
> > opposition party on who they want in such slots,
> and
> > Powell had no
> > particular ideological record at that point to
> pick
> > a war over in turning
> > down McCain's pick.
> >
> > This is why I just can't take the anti-Dem
> arguments
> > seriously at this
> > point. They are so intermixed with complete false
> > information about how
> > government actually functions.
> >
> > -- Nathan Newman
> >
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