not about partisanship or philosophies...Cheney is out of control and drunk with power
This week saw another round in Dick Cheney and his office defying the wheels of justice, Congress and anyone that dares question the Vice President. Now it seems that Cheney's game is essentially about switching which branch of the government they belong to at their convenience and discretion. If someone wants them accountable to the executive, Cheney's office claims to be a member of the legislative branch using Dick's title of Senate President for cover. Then, if Congress wants to question him, solicit documents or whatever, Cheney's office then claims membership with the executive, and claims executive priveledge.
Oh, how convieeeenient."
Have you had enough of this guy pissing on the constitution and acting above the law? I have.
I don't care what your political persuasion is, would you sit pat while anyone from the "other side of the spectrum" carried on in the same fashion? He has shielded an array of information such as the industry executives who advised his energy task force, details about his privately funded travel and Secret Service logs showing who visits his official residence.
And now this mess with the National Archives And Records Administration. This would be an instance of Cheney claiming to be a member of the legislative branch. Not only that, it has recently come to light that Cheney has been trying to eliminate the office for some time now. And they have not been cooperating with them since 2003.
The arrogance of this man is astounding. He is singlehandedly attempting to rewrite the Constitution. And it needs to stop. I'm not even going to go into everything this man has done to defy the law, and set himself above it as no other Vice President has ever even come close to doing.
Again, even the most hardened conservative or neoconservative would be spitting fire if this was any Democratic President. Why is anyone defending this man at this point? No matter who it is, no man is above the law. And this isn't over anything trite or superficial. Dick Cheney has clearly been shown to basically to have been running his own lil government. He set up his own intelligence agency for Christ's sake! He answers to no one. even when he shoots a man in the face, he feels he was under no obligation to report it to anyone.
Allowing this man to go on unchecked is truly insane. Congress needs to step up, get on the fast track and reign him in. Everyone knows that stooge Alberto Gonzales won't be any help. Fredo is just happy to be holding on to his own job at this point and merely serves as a blocker for the President. That is sick in itself, what our Federal Justice Department has become, but that's a whole 'nother issue. As far as Cheney is concerned tho, he surely feels safe knowing that no one from Fredo's office would ever come sniffing round his neck of the woods. So it is surely up to Congress.
Hopefully, they won't let the American people down the way they have on the issue of Iraq. It is time for some brave men of courage to stand up to the Vice President and his bullying and deceptive, coniving ways. They need not fear the political consequence. Nor should they care.
But will they? Or will they allow Cheney to run out the clock and slip into the dark, shadowy night? That's a question that only the Congress can answer. Let's hope they answer it soon.
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