June 28, 2007
Cheney Plays Julius Caesar and Like Then Must be Stopped (Legally)
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Most outrageous is Cheney's recent claim that his office is not in the Executive Branch and is not an agency of government that fits within the matrix of checks and balances that affect the presidency.
If that absurd assertion is allowed to stand, then the Office of Vice President must be de-funded by Congress immediately, and all powers related to the Vice President immediately made null.
If the Vice President thinks that there is no authority to which he reports, then he has committed a high crime against this nation and its democracy.
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Republicans and Democrats in Congress should be unifying now on all fronts to immediately contain the power of Cheney and his team if they in fact do not feel that there are any controls on them that should be acknowledged.
Bush was never a Julius Caesar type. Cheney, however, is.
-- Steve Clemons
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http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/002198.php