Reply #48: Yes, he has.

[gcomeau]

And people are criticizing them stupidly.

If you think he appointed an incompetent, then sure, say so.

if you think he appointed someone who has an opinion you don't like I don't give a shit as long as they do the job Obama tells them to do, and are capable of doing it well. Period. They aren't setting the policy direction of the government, they are carrying it out. It's a fairly simple concept that a lot of people seem to be having great difficulty with... due in large part no doubt to the fact that for the last eight years the chimp in chief has been a complete ineffective and we're not used to people actually directing the government in a coherent and effective manner, but that's something we should probably be trying to get over now.