Wonders Never Cease

A GOP Plan To Oust Cheney
Sally Quinn of the Washington Post reports:

"The big question right now among Republicans is how to remove Vice President Cheney from office. Even before this week's blockbuster series in The Post, discontent in Republican ranks was rising.

As the reputed architect of the war in Iraq, Cheney is viewed as toxic, and as the administration's leading proponent of an attack on Iran, he is seen as dangerous. As long as he remains vice president, according to this thinking, he has the potential to drag down every member of the party -- including the presidential nominee -- in next year's elections...."

Now if the Yakkety-Yak-No-Act Democrats would get off their rear ends and actually initiate impeachment proceedings, Hell, I might even reconsider voting for one or two of them.

Might reconsider. Then again, at this late date, with virtually no meaningful leadership from the Dems (Kucinich excepted), probably not.

The sad thing is, that the Republicans, yet again, have the ability to take the lead, usurp the Democrats' power, force Cheney out, install a replacement they deem would be politically helpful to them in the coming election, and, essentially, show up the Democrats as ineffectual wimps.

All the Dems have to do to prevent this distasteful scenario is to impeach Bush & Cheney, constitutionally putting Nancy Pelosi in charge (better her than another neo-con). That would empower Pelosi and the Dems to get us out of Iraq and pass meaningful domestic legislation that would otherwise take years to pass (since Bush intends to veto just about anything to do with spending on healthcare, social security, education, or anything else that might benefit non-elite Americans). With the successful passage of popular social legislation under their belts, the Democrats would be optimally positioned for the 2008 election.

So how come the Democratic Party can't figure this out? Obviously, something more sinister is going on in our "Two!-Two!-Two-Parties-in-One!" system of government.

Calling all Independents.....

Also See:

• Michael Winship | Cheney: "Oh, How I Wish He'd Go Away!"

  "The Bush White House man who wasn't there isn't the president," says Michael Winship. "It's Vice President Dick Cheney, who, if you believe in karma, may be returning in the next life as an especially pernicious mildew. Or, if the gods are feeling larky, decorative kale."
  

• I.- I.- I.- I. - Invoke, Impeach, Indict, Imprison - This Patriot's Refrain - The Smirking Chimp


• Democrats to target funding for Cheney

  "House Democrats, responding to Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion that his office is exempt from certain national security disclosure requirements, said Tuesday they will try to strip some of his funding," according to the Associated Press.

• Leaving No Tracks | Part IV | Cheney Backed Business Over Environment:

  Jo Becker and Barton Gellman of the Washington Post conclude their four-part series on Dick Cheney with a look at how Cheney worked to manipulate environmental concerns for the benefit of business.
  

• Waxman Probes Mishandled Data:

  Rachel Van Dongen, writing in Roll Call states: "Diving into yet another high-profile clash with the Bush administration, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-California) threatened Tuesday to subpoena current and former White House officials over the alleged mishandling of classified data."

• The Banality of Greed:

  "As the Iraq war that Vice President Dick Cheney created continues to shred American - and many more Iraqi - lives, further documentation has emerged proving that, even during failed wars, the merchants of death profit" writes Truthdig's Robert Scheer.

• Crooks and Liars: � Colbert: Cheney's Shadow Branch (VIDEO)


• The Raw Story | Cheney, others served with subpoenas by wiretapping investigators


• The Raw Story | Report: Cheney backs off on claim that he is 'fourth branch of government'


• Official: Cheney Urged Wiretaps:

  "Cheney told Justice Department officials that he disagreed with their objections to a secret surveillance program during a high-level White House meeting in March 2004, former senior Justice official James B. Comey told senators yesterday. Comey's disclosures, made in response to written questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee, indicate that Cheney and his aides were more closely involved than previously known in a fierce internal battle over the legality of the warrantless surveillance program...."

• Comey Implicates Cheney in Wiretapping Reprisal:

  "Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey told the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in written remarks Wednesday, that Vice President Dick Cheney blocked the promotion of a top Justice Department lawyer after the official called into question the legality of the White House's secret domestic spying program...."

• Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency | washingtonpost.com


• AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Cheney Spies On White House Staffers

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