This is too good for words. Vice President and potential war criminal Dick “the devil” Cheney is now claiming his office will not comply with a Presidential order requiring him to disclose the number of classified documents they generate because the Vice President’s office is not “within the executive branch”. He is now claiming the Vice Presidency is part of the Legislative Branch, even though the office of the Vice Presidency is mentioned in the part of the Constitution that creates the Executive Branch.
Hell, maybe Congress can censure the bastard!
This is a dangerous argument as one, it undermines the executive orders of the President, and two, it undermines Congress’ right of oversight, while carving out an institution not mentioned in the Constitution, one that answers to no one.
What are you hiding Mr. Cheney? Is it information that will incriminate you for starting an aggressive war responsible for death in the hundereds of thousands? Is it information that proves you were in leagues with your former company and big oil, profiting from selling defective equipment to our soldiers at gouge-level prices? Or is there more, much more that we pathetic peasants could never understand? Come on Mr. Vice President, you can tell us. We know that all the blood on your hands and money in your pocket was collected with good intentions. We know you did it for the interest of your countrymen. Trust us the way we trusted you. Just give us a few misdemeanors at least, you can continue to hide the felonies if you’d like.
I know there are still some Republicans who love Cheney, this is mere programming, however, from talking point politics. As soon as most Americans wake up to the fact that this guy has done more damage to America than even Osama (bin Used-for-Political-Gain) himself. I know that’s a harsh statement but think about it, it’s true. He was the insider along with Rumsfeld who pushed for the Iraq War, which so far, has taken more American lives than 9-11 and killed over 100 times that in Iraqi lives. Not to mention his pacts with the oil industries, the contracts with Halliburton (allowing them to get rich and fat off the death in Iraq) and covering it all over with politics he doesn’t even subscribe to. Remember, he stuck by Bush’s gay marriage initiative even though his daughter is openly gay and had a child.
There is a special circle in hell reserved for guys like Cheney, it’s called the den of Satan. I know if I were the devil I’d be high fiving Dick Cheney till my hands were blistered.
This administration is getting desperate. With Bush’s approval rating now lower than every President since WWII except Nixon, I fear what comes next. Desperate people in power often resort to extreme measures.