Thursday, June 28, 2007

The VP Should be Doing KP


Quote of the day:
“I want candy.”
--Bow Wow Wow

Quote of the day no. 2:
“James Gandolfini shot by closure-seeking fan.”
--Currently the number one e-mailed story on theonion.com.

Before the 2000 election, I watched the debate between the vice-presidential candidates. Both Joe Lieberman and Dick Cheney seemed confident and on top of the issues. I remember thinking either of them would do a fine job. Boy, was I ever wrong.

For the record, here’s a bit of Eugene Robinson’s column from the June 27, 2007 Washington Post. Nothing more need be said.

“A remarkable series of stories in The Washington Post about Cheney’s unprecedented role [as vice president] began Sunday with the amazing tale of how, two months after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Cheney got Bush to sign an order denying foreign terrorism suspects access to any court of law, military or civilian.

“Cheney presented Bush with the order, which had been written ‘in strict secrecy’ by Cheney’s lawyer, as the two had lunch.

“Within the hour, the document had been made official by Bush’s signature--and neither Secretary of State Colin Powell nor national security adviser Condoleeza Rice had been informed.

“Rice was ‘incensed,’ according to the Post, while Powell didn’t learn of the order--which had enormous implications for U.S. foreign policy--until he heard it announced that evening on CNN.”

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