Cost Of Cheney’s Executive Office: $4.75 Million
Cost Of Cheney’s Executive Office: $4.75 Million
Reacting to the Office of the Vice President’s assertion that it is not an “entity within the executive branch,” Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) will introduce an amendment this week to cut off funding to Cheney’s office. Last night on MSNBC, he was asked how much money is spent on Vice President Cheney for an executive office he claims he’s not apart of:
MATTHEWS: Do you know, Congressman, how much money — how much money is spent by the taxpayer to give this guy a huge operations staff, a huge policy staff? He’s got travel all over the world. Do you know how big a budget he has right now?
EMANUEL: He has a residence. He has an entire operation that supports him as vice president. And then he also has, as you said, the travel. I mean, it’s in the millions of dollars.
Now we have a number. Roll Call reports today that President Bush has requested $4.75 million in fiscal 2008 to fund the Vice President’s operations (parts of which are housed, notably, in the Executive Office Building.)
In related news, Emanuel’s proposal is gaining steam in the Senate. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), who chairs the subcommittee that funds the vice president’s budget, yesterday warned Cheney that “his office would risk losing its budget” unless the vice president agrees to follow the executive order. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) also said he would “seriously consider” legislation to defund Cheney’s office, calling it “one of the only resorts we have.”
UPDATE: The White House budget request is HERE.
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Looks like Cheney may have painted himself into a corner. Lets just hope the Dems don’t cave in this time.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:02 pmI agree Krazny. The suggestion to cut Dick-tators funding is brilliant. I hope they have the fortitude to see it through.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:04 pmif the Dems cave on this one, I’m moving to Japan.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:04 pmReally makes you miss Al Gore…
June 26th, 2007 at 12:05 pmCheney is clearly part of the executive, and we all know this. The sad reality, is that the US executive branch has now become the greatest threat to peace, liberty and prosperity in the entire world.
It violates the law, creates its own, wages wars, depletes our economy, destroys our environment and on and on and on…
We need to return to Our constitution, and we need to think about taking away the tools these people use to violate it.
Some further thoughts:
“Leaders Don’t Kill People…”
June 26th, 2007 at 12:08 pmhttp://www.populistamerica.com/leaders_dont_kill_people
Really makes you miss Al Gore…
no it doesn’t!
June 26th, 2007 at 12:09 pmCheney can’t have it both way….when asked to testify OR in legal arguments..he uses ‘Executive Privilages’ as a shield…
June 26th, 2007 at 12:09 pmBUT, when Cheney is asked to show records KEPT and all needed documents for oversight…he claims he is not part of the ‘Executive Branch’…So, what is Cheney falls under..?!
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Nothing to see here folks.
Nobody will be held accountable. Nothing will happen to Cheney.
Scumbag Politicians are never held accountable.
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June 26th, 2007 at 12:11 pmYes! It does!
June 26th, 2007 at 12:11 pmWhat’s Cheney’s favorite food?
Dicktator Tots. (Rim shot)
To Hell with ‘defunding’ his office; how about ‘defanging’ him?
Treason. Lies. Unamerican behavior & activities funded by citizen’s tax dollars. Corporate greed. NeoTurd supreme.
These are a few of my favorite VP words.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:12 pmIt would be incredibly gratifying to see the Democrats bring Cheney to heel.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:12 pmChimpy will just amend the executive order to specifically exempt himself and Darth Cheney.
After all, Chimpy’s the Executive Guy.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:14 pmSo it’s now a “Play or no pay” deal.
Take it all away from him, I say.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:14 pmDefund Prick Cheney’s Executive office, change the locks on the office and his taxfunded residence, then send in the criminal forensic experts to pour over his taxfunded computers, office and residence.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:15 pmTell him he can have the broom closet down the hall to conduct his Legislative operations….and by the way here are a couple of subpoenas for you and your entire staff with ABSOLUTELY NO EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGES ATTACHED! Thanks so much for playing….and on to the Lightning Round where all convictions are doubled you miserable piece of crap!
Image, though, if Gore had pulled so much power out of thin air. Republicans would never have gone for it, but they’re a willing party to it now. Typical: Republicans are fine with lack of oversight as long as it’s a republican ‘executive branch’ that has no oversight.
Anyway, Clinton was too strong a leader for Gore to be a shadow president. Not true for Bush, in fact the opposite is true: Bush is weak and inexperienced, so Cheney could walk all over Bush without the would-be leader getting in his way.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:18 pmIf Cheney is a member of the Senate, maybe he should be investigated by the Senate Ethics committee.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:18 pmPlease Vice President if you don’t believe you are an entity in the executive branch submit your letter of resignation to the legislative branch instead.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:18 pmCopy this and send it to your Senator.
Support Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) in his bid to cut off funding to Cheney’s office. Cheney cannot have it both ways. He claimed interference with Executive Privelege over the energy talks held in the WH with Ken Lay sending info in from another room. Now he claims he’s not in the Exec. Branch.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:18 pmHe really does act as if he runs America. It is hard to imagine this man is a heartbeat away from the presidency. Lord help us.
I would be so LMAO at the absurdity of all this if it didn’t sound so much like Idi Amin’s Uganda or Juan Peron’s Argentina……
This guy has completely subverted the office of President for his own nefarious agenda, violated the civil rights of countless Americans, spied in every corner of the government, and (more than any other single individual) is responsible for the incredible drought of goodwill toward the U.S. by the rest of the world.
And now — like the snake he is — he is using contortionism to wriggle out of the line of fire. Unfortunately for him, more and more of us are seeing him for what he is.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:21 pmSenator Chambliss and Senator Isakson,
The recent claims by Vice President Dick Cheney that he is not a part of the Executive Branch violate the clear job description of Vice President in the US Constitution, and demand bipartisan action. The VP is simply playing semantics in order to avoid an executive order. He is not above the law that has goverened out country for 226 years.
Please stop adhereing to party lines, and do what is right here. Vote to cut the Vice President’s office funding if he insists on usurping the Constitution. It’s the honorable and right thing to do. And as my reprsentative, I’d like to believe that that is what you represent, regardless of your party affiliation.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:21 pmno it doesn’t!
Comment by bill — June 26, 2007 @ 12:09 pm
Yeah, I suppose there are you raging masochists who like the evil Dick-ator better…
June 26th, 2007 at 12:23 pmI have a constitutional question…or I think it is. Don’t smack me for not knowing, please. :)
If Bush were to have an accident, you know, if he, for example, went hunting with old Dick, and Cheney ascended to President. Would The Dick be able to select his VP at will? Would Congress have a say in nixing it?
I know if Cheney left, Bush could appoint a new VP of his choosing (at least I think that’s how it works), but could Cheney?
June 26th, 2007 at 12:25 pmgood time to post these again… add 2 from christy’s list:
CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD
8 0 0 . 8 2 8 . 0 4 9 8
8 0 0 . 4 5 9 . 1 8 8 7
8 0 0 . 6 1 4 . 2 8 0 3
8 6 6 . 3 4 0 . 2 9 8 1
8 6 6 . 2 2 0 . 0 0 4 4
8 6 6 . 3 3 8 . 1 0 1 5
8 7 7 . 8 5 1 . 6 4 3 7
.
call your peoples, please!
June 26th, 2007 at 12:25 pm.
Ok folks, time to freak out. An eleven trillion dollar budget for such things as studying ant farts and building bridges to nowhere and youre swooning over this piddly amount?
I know I know, youre all going to flame the hell out of me, culminating in some hysterical rant about Cheney keeping an invisible UFO in the White House basement to zap nasty liberals during the next election, so have at it.
I really only show up here to see the batshit crazy things you people come up with. FLAME ON!
June 26th, 2007 at 12:25 pmone of the only resorts we have.â€
June 26th, 2007 at 12:26 pmWrong, Chucky boy, IMPEACH the bastard.!
#16 If Cheney is a member of the Senate, maybe he should be investigated by the Senate Ethics committee.
Comment by vmckimmey
June 26th, 2007 at 12:28 pmExcellent idea. But I wonder if senate and ethics are an oxymoron.
anyone who drools over the clinton/gore years, now that we are under bush/cheney, is simply reinforcing the dominant paradigm of a disastrous two-party model. clinton did so many horrible things, as did the repubican congress that served him.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:29 pmUp Cheney’s prostate ~
June 26th, 2007 at 12:30 pmNot the amount in question, the tactics of avoid, deny, stall, obfuscate that are in play.
Let’s see how he does in a broom closet.
Poor brooms.
It is hard to imagine this man is a heartbeat away from the presidency. Comment by leftcoast — June 26, 2007 @ 12:18 pm
i heard someone bring this up yeaterday, that he is 2nd in line…
my first thought:
oh shit… he’s gonna off the shrub…
…
June 26th, 2007 at 12:30 pmBush gets slammed by high school seniors!
June 26th, 2007 at 12:30 pmhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19424797/
Bush invites 50 Presidential Scholar high school seniors to White House, surprised when they hand him a letter asking him to please stop torturing terrorism suspects.
I’m very surprised the map behind him is of the US and not the Iraqi oilfields.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:30 pmIt’s time for Mr. C to wind down his visit to Washington and get ready to enjoy his bastion of taxpayer funded retirement homes, protected by the Treasury Dept’s. finest, for the rest of his life. Let’s start working on putting all the power he’s stretched out of the Constitution back in the bottle where it belongs, shall we? Doesn’t he have a book to write with Tom Delay on the abuse of power?
June 26th, 2007 at 12:31 pm#22 I know if Cheney left, Bush could appoint a new VP of his choosing (at least I think that’s how it works), but could Cheney?
Comment by MsJoanne
June 26th, 2007 at 12:31 pmMsJoanne, Cheney would just do away with the legislature all together.
The Dems can’t pass this w/out GOP support and those folks are all scared to death of Cheney–so it’s just one more empty gesture.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:32 pm#24: No one has “freaked out” over the expense. But then, I’m not surprised you missed the point of this exercise.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:32 pm$4.75 million is a lot of money to spend on a non-entity.
Cancel it.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:33 pmSen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) also said he would “seriously consider†legislation to defund Cheney’s office, calling it “one of the only resorts we have.â€
Defunding Cheney’s office is an appealing, but gimmicky, statement. It should go forward but no one should argue that there aren’t other options.
Cheney could be brought up on charges; he could be subpoenaed; he could be IMPEACHED!
C’mon people…Do you think that the White House could scrape up a measly $5 million dollars to replace these funds?
June 26th, 2007 at 12:33 pmCheney will just pilfer funds for Iraq to use for himself. It’s time to impeach Dick and give him life in prison for his crimes.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:33 pmWhat can you expect from an administration that has to break it’s own executive orders now that breaking the established ones has become blase!
June 26th, 2007 at 12:34 pmHe he woops. I didn’t see the TP post about this below.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:35 pm{hangs head in shame}
#29 oh shit… he’s gonna off the shrub…
Comment by katy
June 26th, 2007 at 12:36 pmKaty,
Bush’s safety is my greatest concern. So much fear-mongering legislation has crept into our system that a takeover, although sounding paranoid and conspiritorial, scares the baheebeejeebees out of me.
The trouble is that the $4.75 million is chicken feed for Cheney. How much is he making from Halliburton every year?
Also, if they take away his plane AF2, then there will be a whole fleet of corporate jets ready and willing to fly anywhere he wants.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:38 pmJay, I’m with you. Impeach the little dictator before he has a chance to gain more power.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:38 pmShrink Prostrate,
June 26th, 2007 at 12:38 pmYou remind me of the VP; all dried up & no one to blow.
Mark, you’re missing the point, which isn’t defunding. IF he’s not part of the Exec branch, he loses executive priveledge. If he becomes part of the senate, he has the senate ethics committee to deal with. Either way, he loses.
I think that this point he loses no matter what, but that hasn’t been the case thus far for vasoline boy so I’m not counting him out just yet. Praying for it, yes. But being agnostic, that’s probably not going to get me too far. :-D
June 26th, 2007 at 12:39 pmCutting funding is bullshite and a red herring. We cannot allow our elected officials to decide which branch of government they are a part of and which they are not. That is already specified in a law to which they must be made accountable.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:40 pmCaption:
‘Now, if I can just get rid of that pesky little cheerleader, I can rule the world!’
June 26th, 2007 at 12:40 pmLOOK!
CONGRESSIAL FOOLS!
Cheney controls BILLIONS!!!!!!!!!!
Why the hell would he care about $4.75 million?
Take away the secret funds for the secret (Black Programs) programs. He controls BILLIONs of dollars not millions.
Take away his authortity to control or direct, spend, any funds at all.
Take away his authortity. Because you can bet in some hinden section of some law he will use to continue to control the Billions of dollars he currently controls for
“National Program Office” NPO
and
Contitutity of Governerment” COG
Both were used openly and report on the morning of 911. Check the reporters covering the invacation of Congressional leaders on 911.
stop the billions
June 26th, 2007 at 12:41 pmThat number could only include the most obvious costs that couldn’t be off-loaded to another budget. Secret Service protection alone costs more than that. Cheney has long played games with his budget, even down to who pays the monthly electricity bill at his official residence at the Naval Observatory.
Emmanuel’s legislation had better include expenditures by all government agencies to or for the benefit of the vice president or his executive office. That’s a legitimate response to Cheney’s laughable claims. If it passes, Bush would veto it. But it makes the point that Cheney’s fantasies have real world consequences, including the destruction of the White House’s credibility.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:46 pmYou remind me of the VP; all dried up & no one to blow.
Comment by Zimzone
hILARIOUS!!
June 26th, 2007 at 12:46 pmWhat’s the fuss? Even if the Congress cuts funding, Halliburton will see no problem throwing their pocket change ($4.75 mil) to pay for all the functions of the VP’s office.
Heck, perhaps Cheney would see it as a great idea to get a phat pay raise. Imagine: the first government employee to earn millions a year.
This all all part of the strategy of a corporate-style Government. And if it works, maybe Bush and his cabinet secretaries will follow suit.
Careful Rahm…
June 26th, 2007 at 12:48 pmThe US constitution will only become relevant again if/when a Democrat again becomes president. Then and only then will you see the Repukes and the Media pay attention to the actions of the executive brance.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:48 pmSaddam Hussein gave about as much access to UNMOVIC weapons inspectors in 2002 than Bush aides gave to the ISOO.(National Archives’ Information Security Oversight Office.)
June 26th, 2007 at 12:48 pmYou can just hear the collective groans, from a lot of conservative Republicans. Just when they thought, all they had to contend with was bushy boy, here comes the ‘emperor’. I think, Chaney was put in as VP, because it was known, no one would off Bush, since having Chaney take over, scared the hell out of everyone.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:53 pmExecutive Order 13292, gives the ISOO the authority “to conduct on-site reviews of each agency’s program established under this order.” Neither the president nor the vice president run any agency. But here’s how EO 13292 defines “agency”:
June 26th, 2007 at 12:53 pm“Agency” means any “Executive agency,” as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105; any “Military department” as defined in 5 U.S.C. 102; and any other entity within the executive branch that comes into the possession of classified information.
That’s President Bush’s language: he amended the executive order on March 25, 2003. (Basically, he gave the vice president power to automatically declassify information; it became an issue in the Valerie Plame leak case.) He could have easily cleared up any confusion about ISOO’s ability to investigate his own office with a few uses of the word “exempt,” but he didn’t — and now he’s insisting that the order contains an implicit exemption.
I know if Cheney left, Bush could appoint a new VP of his choosing (at least I think that’s how it works), but could Cheney?
Comment by MsJoanne
I think leftcoast has a valid point, but the constitutional answer is (according the the 25th Amendment) that the POTUS may nominate a veep if the office is vacant, but the nominee must be confirmed by BOTH houses of Congress.
The last time this happened was when Gerald Ford was confirmed as Vice President in 1973 — both houses approved him overwhelmingly. That was interesting to me (yes, I’m old enough to remember this first-hand) in that I’m sure more than a few legislators knew they were confirming the next president. Ford was squeaky clean, had a reputation from both parties for being an honest guy, and (most importantly) had absolutely no association whatsoever with any of the Nixon-Agnew thugs.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:55 pmThanks, guys and gals!! That’s what I was looking for.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:56 pmInfarct now!
June 26th, 2007 at 12:57 pmI think, Chaney was put in as VP, because it was known, no one would off Bush, since having Chaney take over, scared the hell out of everyone.
Comment by Nance — June 26, 2007 @ 12:53 pm
yep, another take on it… offers some consolation…
but this guy is so evil… HE would do it… well, have it done…
June 26th, 2007 at 12:58 pm…
Sorry, MsJoanne — I erred. Ford’s confirmation wasn’t the last time the 25th Amendment was enacted. The last time was the nomination and confirmation of Nelson Rockefeller to replace Ford as veep once Ford ascended to the presidency.
And yes — if anything happened to Bush and Cheney wound up in the Oval Office (God help us), he would then nominate a veep of his own, who would have to be confirmed.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:58 pmThe ultimate defunding?
June 26th, 2007 at 1:04 pmI think most of us agree Bush, Cheney, Gonzales and a handful of others should be impeached. But do you think that’s where our energy should be focused now? Complaining about how awful the past 7-8 years have been and demanding retribution? Or should we be more focused on the future to make sure, absolutely sure that we turn this shit around in 2008? I’m as depressed/angry as the next person about ALL this mess, but I would be horrified if our focus continued to be fixated on what is essentially the past and not OUR FUTURE.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:06 pmThere is the option of impeachment, but the Dems disarmed themselves and made themselves powerless by taking it off the table. What reason would Chaney have to comply with anything other than his own sociopathic needs. There is no accountability.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:07 pmsnake: you can’t have the money
June 26th, 2007 at 1:09 pmweasel: screw you, I’ll spend anyway
snake: your checks will bounce
weasel: then I’ll accumulate debt
snake: we’ll cancel your accounts
weasel: the credit company only recognizes my authority
snake: we’ll inform them the money will not be repaid
weasel: they don’t care, I advocate for them as VP
snake: that’s bribery, an impeachable offense
weasel: at the time I borrowed it, you said you’d pay, not them
snake: at the time you borrowed it, you said you’d follow the law
weasel: the laws change, and you changed them
snake: fair enough. since you’re part of the legislative branch, we’ve provided you with a new office off the lobby of the capital, and passed new requirements for the performance of VP duties which include mopping the barber shop floors, changing the light bulbs in the dome, and giving guided tours. 9-5, zero tolerance for attendance, just like regular Americans
snake: that’s unconstitutional
weasel: so sue me. see you on Monday, bring a mop
“But do you think that’s where our energy should be focused now? Complaining about how awful the past 7-8 years have been and demanding retribution? Or should we be more focused on the future to make sure, absolutely sure that we turn this shit around in 2008? I’m as depressed/angry as the next person about ALL this mess, but I would be horrified if our focus continued to be fixated on what is essentially the past and not OUR FUTURE.
Comment by Jesse — June 26, 2007 @ 1:06 pm”
I hear this argument all the time…..
It is a very rediclous one…..
We cannot move forward if we are riddled with CRIMINALS in postions of power.
Either we are a Nation of LAWS or we are not! Which is it???
I believe the rule of law is MORE IMPORTANT than which party gets into office.
By holding the criminals to the law it will tell possible future criminals that they WILL pay a price!
Right now there is no need to even worry about anything……
Without FIXING the past, how can you have a future????
Sorry, but I don’t want a future based on the fact that the law means NOTHING!
June 26th, 2007 at 1:12 pmTo answer Jeese
Do you really think that bush/chaney/rove are really going to allow the Dems to win in ‘08 given their actions to this point? These people are operating way outside the lines with no accountability but hearings they ignore.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:12 pmI would be horrified if our focus continued to be fixated on what is essentially the past and not OUR FUTURE.
Comment by Jesse
Why would future leaders follow the rules if these guys are allowed to walk away with no repercussions.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:23 pmCheney should be in jail. He is a traitor!
June 26th, 2007 at 1:25 pmCT V_1
do you think Cheney could convince Bush to allow the Oval Office to be renamed the The Official Halliburton Oval Office?
June 26th, 2007 at 1:27 pmRemoveBush/jp — I agree that those who break the law need to be punished. I agree that at some point these people need to be punished. I’m more concerned that ALL our energy is being consumed bitching and comparatively little getting honest people elected and moving forward to repair the damage done.
You say we cannot move forward if we are riddled with criminals in positions of power, I say we cannot move forward if we are completely consumed with the past and not focusing on the future.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:28 pm“Comment by Jesse — June 26, 2007 @ 1:28 pm”
So by your logic…..
We should not bother to catch the Bank robbers, we should simply figure out how to ensure they cannot steel from the banks???? After all, we would just be looking back if we try to catch them only to prosecute them for their crimes…
Why can’t both be done????
You do realize that Congress actually works on multiple things at one time, don’t you????
June 26th, 2007 at 1:34 pmHoisted on his own petard!
Looks like the slimy, power hungry bastard has taken himself to the edge of the cliff. Now let’s see Congress push his corrupt ass over!
What a colossal moron. It’s clear that he didn’t think this through. Was too concerned with the power grab not realizing Congress gives him the money to do it!
If Congress doesn’t de-fund his office and make him look like the fool he is, we should call for the resignation of ALL OF THEM. I’m sick and tired of the Dems inaction when it comes to backing this administration into a corner..this opportunity has fallen right into their laps…if they pass it up then we’ll know they’re like a Bell without a clapper….totally useless.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:37 pmsorry jesse - you can take that one away with you…
it is the FUTURE that demands that the people
June 26th, 2007 at 1:42 pmutilize their constitutional rights of IMPEACHMENT
of their criminal leaders.
.
do you think Cheney could convince Bush to allow the Oval Office to be renamed the The Official Halliburton Oval Office?
Comment by Whoa_now
Absolutely. Bush can issue the executive order and return that 4.75 mil “to the people.” As well, Bush can seek approval from the SEC to allow direct investment, in the form of stocks, etc., into the “Halliburton Oval Office,” all unregulated, where we can see that stock plunge and the VP’s office go out of business.
Cheney would then be put on trial for deceiving investors and be sentenced to have his pacemaker removed.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:44 pmI’m truly shocked more people in the media aren’t like “wtf?”…Cheney is insulting their intellect and their integerity everyday, and they swallow it like swine. Far too few good people left in politics.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:52 pmYour telling me that dick won’t have access to $4.75 million. He might not like raising the cash but you know he can steal it at the drop of a hat. And if he isn’t in a stealing mood someone like rupert will drop the cash at his doorstep. Symbolic jesture but hardly a crimp in the vp’s style.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:55 pmDe-funding his office strikes me as a childish response. What should be done is this: Congress should accept that he is the President of the Senate, and then evoke its own authority to oversee the Senate.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:55 pmThis is not about the money; cutting the funding is just the means to an end.
Cheney doesn’t care where the money comes from, as long as it’s not his own. But he’s got plenty of corporate backers who’d pony up the $4.75m to fund his office, if it came to that (which of course would be highly illegal).
The key here, is that by cutting the funding, Congress is forcing Cheney to stop trying to have it both ways, by essentially making him pick a Branch.
Is he part of the Executive or is he part of the Legislative?
If he picks Executive, he has to open his documents for oversight.
If he picks Legislative, he can’t claim Executive Privilege anymore and his documents are open for oversight.
Either way, he loses, because let’s face it, anyone who goes to these lengths to maintain secrecy, must be hiding something.
But that’s a moot point anyway, as the Branch to which his office belongs is not his to pick. Article 2 of the Constitution places him squarely in the Executive Branch, so this is just a political exercise and a waste of taxpayer money.
Impeaching the rat-bastard would be more appropriate, although it’s not nearly enough punishment for this arrogant ass, who really should be in Gitmo getting a taste of his own medicine.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:58 pmHow this nation can tolerate this outright evil bag of scum, I will never understand.
I’m truly shocked more people in the media aren’t like “wtf?â€â€¦Cheney is insulting their intellect and their integerity everyday, and they swallow it like swine. Far too few good people left in politics.
June 26th, 2007 at 2:00 pmUsing media and intellect AND integrity in the same sentence is laughable. I agree with your assessment otherwise. ;-)
Depression has taken it’s toll on me of late..I do not see any changes or reighting this sinking ship untill the Dem’s get a handle on the major problem’s, namely all the illegal cover up’s and evil of this administration…So far all we have is word’s, posturing and stalling….Oh I forgot, caving….cheney/ bush and this entire administration of evil doer’s has run wild and loose since day one and appear’s the dem’s are going to allow them to run out the clock..
This type of game plan worked well for the Denver Broncos when Elway was their quarter back, but then it was a game and no ill intent was involved, just winning..To be number 1..
In the game of life and death of our country and the world there is much more at steak, entire countries, entire tribes, all our freedom’s, if there are any left, future generation’s that could be damaged geneticly by the evil doer’s bad deed’s are at risk……
Have you written, called, emailed Palosi, Reid, all the rep’s on both sides today.? If not why not.? Are there any marches planned?….
What are you all doeing for posative change and pramoting the arrest of these criminal’s.? I’ve done my part today, join me…Get off the blog’s for a few minutes and do what ’s right to fix the mess..Blessings, impeach then Peace
June 26th, 2007 at 2:01 pmJoCr: How are you going to keep your administration from being corrupt?
June 26th, 2007 at 2:05 pmJohn Edwards: Transparency. If you have to keep something secret, perhaps you have something to hide.
6-15-2007
Give Fatty some cheese curds, He should have died a long time ago. Can’t you see him dressed up like the pear assed Himmler ?
June 26th, 2007 at 2:33 pmThe Dems have Darth Cheney….they cannot let him go.
June 26th, 2007 at 2:36 pmAnd the folly continues on! A couple of quotes from the Constitution and the VP, defending the secrecy of his Energy Task Force:
ARTICLE II:
Section 1
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, TOGETHER WITH (emphasis added) the Vice President, chosen for the same Term…
“[Cheney] said that a congressional probe into the workings of his energy task force “would unconstitutionally interfere with the functioning of the executive branch.”
June 26th, 2007 at 2:44 pmfrom Dana Milbank in today’s WP
Here.
I have prepared a test for anyone who wants to take it. It will help clear up our current constitutional crisis.
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June 26th, 2007 at 2:50 pmHey Richie-Rich, Play on playa!!!
CHENEY 2008!!!
June 26th, 2007 at 3:14 pmSpencer. You don’t need to take the Quiz.
You get an “A” for the semester.
June 26th, 2007 at 3:15 pm4.7 million. He could get twice that funding with one phone call to an oil buddy. It would be just another way to privatize the government and make it easier to hide the truth from the American people. Start impeachment procedures now.
June 26th, 2007 at 3:24 pmI really quote Cheney as he is a known liar and equivocator. However, this is an appropriate time to turn his own words against him. Cheney, Go F__ck yourself!
June 26th, 2007 at 3:34 pm>Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) also said he would “seriously consider†legislation to defund Cheney’s office, calling it “one of the only resorts we have.â€
*cough*, impeach, *cough*.
June 26th, 2007 at 3:39 pmIMPEACH HIM NOW!!! Or dont you care about America and the Constitution? didn’t they all swear an oath to upload it? Isn’t an oath an instrument of the law. IMPEACH THE SCUMBAGS NOW!
June 26th, 2007 at 3:51 pmOk, but what if this happens? Cheney says “Fine, I don’t need your money” then gets operating expenses from donors. A privately funded 2nd in command government offical! Alas, not too far removed from what is really happening already.
June 26th, 2007 at 4:07 pm#12
Maybe that will shut the lefties up and close this non-issue.
June 26th, 2007 at 4:09 pmWhat happened to the backbone that the democrats once had. Back in the 80’s they put up a fight. Now when the republicans blow on them they fall down. Damn it…they are in the majority in congress and every time they make bush veto a bill they should shout it loud and far and wide. The bush and the republicans are under mining this country.
June 26th, 2007 at 4:09 pmThe Dems will cave.
Join the national poll to impeach Cheney:
June 26th, 2007 at 4:16 pmhttp://www.usalone.com/hr800.php
Cheney will just get $4.75 million in donations from his fat cat crony pals on K Street to fund the OVP.
Or Halliburton will just write a check, paying Cheney for services rendered.
As part of this proposed amendment, Democrats can stipulate that absolutely no money from any source will go to pay Dick Cheney’s salary or the salary of anyone in the OVP, nor can any money from any other source cover the OVP’s other operating expenses.
Guaranteeing compliance will be another matter, unless hefy (per diem) fines are also included in the bill, so that oversight is possible, which Cheney would fight all the way to the Supreme Court.
Alternative: Impeach Cheney, the bastard.
June 26th, 2007 at 4:25 pmPigeon feed for a man who’s raking in millions on Halliburton’s payroll. He’s working for the REAL powers that be. And if you look deeply enough in any democratic senator’s mouth, you will clearly see Dick Cheney’s blood engorged penis.
June 26th, 2007 at 4:49 pmRepugnicants, we’re coming to get you!
June 26th, 2007 at 5:00 pmOh come on, do you really think the spineless democratic wimps will stand up to Cheney? They’ll whine and say what a bad guy he is, but when it comes down to it, they’ll give the criminals in the white house everything they want.
Even Emmanuel’s comments were guarded and wimpy. “Should” not fund Cheney? Why not, “We will cut Cheney’s funds.”?
June 26th, 2007 at 5:27 pmif the Dems cave on this one, I’m moving to Japan.
Comment by whiteyfresh
Why Japan? Its current Prime Minister, Abe, is very rightwing and the grandson of another former PM (Kishi), who for a while had been banned from politics as a war criminal. Abe’s poll ratings are about as low as Dumbya’s, however his party still holds a majority in Parliament.
June 26th, 2007 at 5:31 pmIn any case, I think Rahm’s idea is great, and I hope the Dems don’t back down. Of course, impeachment would be even better.
#12
Maybe that will shut the lefties up and close this non-issue.
Comment by me12(yrs. old)
Yes, we already know how you only believe in free speech for rightwingers.
June 26th, 2007 at 5:33 pmCheney should be in jail. He is a traitor!
Comment by Patriot — June 26, 2007 @ 1:25 pm
Cheney should be in Hell, he is Satan!
June 26th, 2007 at 5:40 pmHere is the latest
June 26th, 2007 at 6:46 pmhttp://rawstory.com/ news/ 2007/ Cheneys_chief_of_staff_rebukes_Kerry_0626.html
Chimpy will just amend the executive order to specifically exempt himself and Darth Cheney.
After all, Chimpy’s the Executive Guy.
Comment by Tom3 — June 26, 2007 @ 12:14 pm
#12 Maybe that will shut the lefties up and close this non-issue.
Comment by m12 — June 26, 2007 @ 4:09 pm
that was hilarious, coming in at the 90s… ah hahaha…
June 26th, 2007 at 6:52 pmand not even comprehending that tom3 was being facetious…
(look it up, kid)
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The Dick has a spectacular load of Karmic retribution coming his way. There has never been a more evil, depraved, dastardly miscreant in America. He can smirk all he wants about his lawlessness. The unbreakable law of the Universe is the law of equal return. So lay in the Verve Cliquot. He’ll get his and 6 billion people are gonna love the show.
June 26th, 2007 at 6:54 pmIf you’re interested, here’s a diagram of Lesson 1 from Dick Cheney’s School of Government
June 26th, 2007 at 7:53 pmIf you’re interested, here’s a diagram of Lesson 1 from Dick Cheney’s School of Government
June 26th, 2007 at 7:54 pm> #12 Maybe that will shut the lefties up and
> close this non-issue.
Hahahahah. A single conclusory statement that this is a “non-issue”
from our resident sphicter BowelMovement 1-2.
If you know for sure its a non-issue you must have a heckuva lot more information than the rest of us. Pray tell, dear bowel movement, what sort of possible transgressions by a president are an “issue” for you? Do you think Nixon, for example, did anything that was an “issue”???
June 26th, 2007 at 8:43 pmDick is two months my elder. I looked up his ancestry (http://www.wargs.com/political/cheney.html) and statistics indicate that he has six years left in his despoilment of our planet. The fact that he is bald and graying (whitening?) is indicative of his accelerated aging. I still have a full head of hair with only a few gray spikes and none of my forebears have died before 96 except through war or accident since 1328. Running my statistics through the actuary machine yields a end time of 2039. An aunt just passed away at 102.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:07 pmmissmolly said:
“Unfortunately for him, more and more of us are seeing him for what he is.” [Comment — June 26, 2007]
And therein lies the beauty.
You cannot lie in the pursuit of truth,
You cannot kill in the pursuit of peace.
Peace,
June 27th, 2007 at 10:51 amJohn