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hot damn, the plot thickens

shirtless, beepers and suntans

03:10 / 28.01.02

it's funny how everything the Veep says about presidential power is exactly the opposite of the way things really are.

Francine I

06:02 / 28.01.02

For fuck's sake.

grant

18:12 / 28.01.02

quote:Vice President Cheney yesterday said he would not give congressional investigators records from the administration's energy policy development, inviting what legal experts say would be the highest profile court fight between Congress and an administration since Watergate.

Cheney framed his forceful rejection of the demand for information in broad constitutional terms, professing a desire to restore presidential power to a level not seen in decades. "I have repeatedly seen an erosion of the powers and the ability of the president of the United States to do his job," he said. The vice president said it was "wrong" for past administrations to have acquiesced to congressional demands.

Ierne

18:32 / 28.01.02

However:
A victory in court would only prompt congressional committees to issue subpoenas for the information, Fein said, and "the damage to the public perception of their honesty is going to be irreparable. The people would say there's another coverup."...The Bush administration already faces a public relations problem on the Enron situation. Sixty-seven percent of Americans surveyed late last week believe the administration is either hiding something or lying about its relationship with Enron, up from 53 percent the week before, according to a CBS-New York Times poll released Saturday. – from the article

See? We are paying attention...

(side note: does this mean Cheney's not dead?

Has anyone seen him?)

The Damned Yankee

23:14 / 29.01.02

Dubya can already unilaterally send us into a "War On Terrorism" without official declaration or approval from Congress, and Cheney says the Presidency isn't powerful enough?

The fat, bald bastard is hiding something. Oh, it's true! It's true!

[ 30-01-2002: Message edited by: The Damned Yankee ]

Baz Auckland

11:54 / 31.01.02

quote:Originally posted by Ierne:
(side note: does this mean Cheney's not dead? Has anyone seen him?)

I assumed they dressed him up as that new guy in charge of Afghanistan... he does look like an actor to me.

grant

12:47 / 31.01.02

Ben Kingsley, specifically.

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