Comments on: A Very Good Point By Kit Bond http://washingtonindependent.com/50730/a-very-good-point-by-kit-bond National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: marcoselmalo http://washingtonindependent.com/50730/a-very-good-point-by-kit-bond/comment-page-1#comment-44345 marcoselmalo Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:59:39 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=50730#comment-44345 That's a very convincing "maybe" by my lights. The partisan political angle says the Dems play if for all it's worth to provide Pelosi cover and to damage Cheney. But beyond the momentary back and forth for political advantage, there is a serious problem of the division of powers and checks & balances. Cheney's finger prints are all over this. An Imperial Presidency is bad enough, but an Imperial Vice Presidency?<br><br>I'm an ex-Republican who will continue to vote LP until the GOP can get its act together. But Cheney really needs to be exposed for the unAmerican rat that he is. The sooner that GOP congressmen and senators confront Cheney for his misdeeds, the sooner I'll come back to the fold. That's a very convincing “maybe” by my lights. The partisan political angle says the Dems play if for all it's worth to provide Pelosi cover and to damage Cheney. But beyond the momentary back and forth for political advantage, there is a serious problem of the division of powers and checks & balances. Cheney's finger prints are all over this. An Imperial Presidency is bad enough, but an Imperial Vice Presidency?

I'm an ex-Republican who will continue to vote LP until the GOP can get its act together. But Cheney really needs to be exposed for the unAmerican rat that he is. The sooner that GOP congressmen and senators confront Cheney for his misdeeds, the sooner I'll come back to the fold.

]]> By: strangely_enough http://washingtonindependent.com/50730/a-very-good-point-by-kit-bond/comment-page-1#comment-44004 strangely_enough Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:23:28 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=50730#comment-44004 What Digby said:<br>"Does that sound like something about killing Al Qaeda or spying on Muslims in America? They did that anyway. This is something else." What Digby said:
“Does that sound like something about killing Al Qaeda or spying on Muslims in America? They did that anyway. This is something else.”

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