Boy, that Dick Cheney sure is special: “Every executive agency in the government, including the president’s office, is required to issue an annual report disclosing statistics on document classification and declassification activity. Every executive agency, that is, except for one: the vice president’s office.” Or so they believe. Impeach, already!
It makes sense to impeach Big Dick first. He’s the power center. Bush is merely the impetuous figure head with the blind spot.
Of course, any real movement towards impeachment will ignite a power grab by the Cheney Administration the likes of which this country has never seen. Would the democracy survive? I like to think so. My fears are two-fold: A terrorist attack that is used as political fodder to solidify the Cheney Administration and the lack of any real information about what occurs if the US is attacked again. The question of what exactly happens when we do go to Red Alert has never really been answered, but the words “Marshall Law” have been mentioned in close proximity. There’s not really any wiggle room beyond where we are at Orange Alert. And, historically, Marshall Law allows for great advances in the securing of power by regimes that wish to maintain their grasp upon power.
I’m not interested in conspiracy theories. But, I can see how it might unfold that way. Also worth noting, how the bombings in London were not particularly used as a prop as 9/11 was used to prop up a failing administration. Unless I’m missing something.
Benen says: “At the risk of sounding intemperate, this is insane.”At the risk of sounding even more intemperate, Dick Cheney may need to be removed from office. This makes Dick Nixon’s theories of presidential power look like childsplay.
