Reich-wing Insanity

Dick Cheney has taken the most unconscionable step yet since his reign in office as the Vice President. He’s declared that he is not part of the Executive branch of the government, and therefor not subject to laws governing the Executive branch.

See the full assembly of nonsense here.

The Constitution clearly states that the Vice President is part of the Executive branch. Article II, Section 1 is clear to anyone with even a modicum of reading skills. To claim otherwise is beyond absurd. When it is used to obstruct the law, the law stating that the Executive branch must provide the Information Security Oversight Office when requested, then it is a criminal claim.

The Democrats, as usually, are making a stink about it all, but doing nothing of substance to force the issue. The move to be made is simple: demand that the Vice President submit the required information to the Information Security Oversight Office, or face arrest for obstruction of justice.

Cheney knows full well that he’s lying. When congress requested the names of those involved in Cheney’s energy task force, back in 2001, Cheney respond by stating that the request was out of line, because conversations between the President and Vice President in the Executive branch were not subject to Legislative branch review.

As if this situation in and of itself isn’t crazy enough, President Bush has now come out stating that the Oval Office is not part of the Executive branch and is not required to comply with the Executive orders that Bush himself wrote!

Ladies and gentlemen, if these claims are held unchecked by the Legislative branch, I submit this as the final bit of a long, long line of evidence, which shows that the Constitution has been usurped by criminals, including congress.

As the American Idle are not prone to move to any action, we have finally lost it all. Welcome to the new American empire of the Reich-wing.

UPDATE - 2007-06-27: Cheney’s office was subpoenaed. This at least drags it all into the public sector.

UPDATE - 2007-06-28: The Bush administration has asserted Executive privilege and is denying the subpoena request.