Senator Ted Kennedy spewed forth his usual hypocritical vitriol this week on the subject of President Bush's recess appointment of John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations:

The abuse of power and the cloak of secrecy from the White House continues. ... It's a devious maneuver that evades the constitutional requirement of Senate consent and only further darkens the cloud over Mr. Bolton's credibility at the U.N. Source.

Wow..."abuse of power," "cloak of secrecy," "devious maneuver," "evades constitutional requirement," "darkens the cloud...over credibility." Clearly Mr. Kennedy doesn't like the Constitution's explicit grant of the power to U.S. Presidents to make recess appointments found in Article II, Section 2, Clause 3: "The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate."

Just one question Sen. Kennedy, did you ever say one negative thing--just once--about any of President Clinton's 140 recess appointments? While I could be wrong, I spent a little time searching and couldn't find where Kennedy ever criticized Clinton's use of recess appointments in such manner. Either the 73 year old senator just discovered the horrors of recess appointments or he's intentionally making completely baseless accusations (also known as lying) which he knows a willing media will gladly trumpet to the masses.

Just an historical note, Senator Edward Kennedy's brother, President John F. Kennedy appointed Thurgood Marshall, the first black to serve on the United States Supreme Court, by using a recess appointment in order to overcome possible resistance in the Senate. So, you've got to either admit that Senator Kennedy is a lying horse's butt, or that he believed his brother abused his power in a devious maneuver improperly evading Constitutional requirements when Thurgood Marshall was appointed and that Marshall served on the Supreme Court for twenty-four years under a dark cloud of questionable credibility.