Off The Record
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| Author | Date | Time | Title | |
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| B Ruberton | 2007-01-14 | 12:00:32 | One slim hope for Democrats to be victorious in Iraq. |
| The new Democratic majority in Congress is struggling to find a way to curtail the power of the President as Commander in Chief. The plan to propose a non-binding resolution or to cut off the funding for the war will not have any reasonable affect any time soon. Surprisingly their best hope may lie with a man who helped to bring down a major New York crime figure several years ago.
Attorney Ted Wells, who is defending “Scooter” Libby in the Plame, perjury case, is going to call Dick Cheney to testify under oath. This move could set in motion the series of events, not seen since Nixon, that could give the Democrats their say at last. Now I’m not comparing Dick Cheney to John Gotti, exactly, but their paths will cross in the form of Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald. With plenary power to investigate the Plame affair as he sees fit, Fitzgerald holds to key to many of the dark secrets of the Bush administration. The question is how far will Fitzgerald go? Many people feel that Mr. Cheney is the force behind the shadows that surround the current White House. Should Mr. Fitzgerald shine some light on anything that is perceived as less than honorable the fact that Mr. Cheney is now under oath could back him into an inescapable corner. The Holy Grail, of course, for Democrats would be a scandal that forces the resignation of the Vice President. The 25th Amendment of the Constitution, Section 2 states “Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress”. Now the power vested in Congress to the Democrats last November is fully recognized. A simple majority will decide who will be Vice President. How long it would take for Mr. Bush to nominate someone who is acceptable is unclear. Eventually the people would have someone in place that reflects their views more closely than Mr. Cheney. If the President is still headstrong in his ideas to escalate this war, with a favorable successor in place to the presidency, the Congress can move forward on any of a dozen articles of impeachment and hopefully start the dawn of a new day. Stranger things have happened before and certainly will happen again. Unfortunately the movement in the Plame case is so slow that the current administration could outlast the proceedings. |
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| Author | Date | Time | |
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| B Ruberton | 2007-03-20 | 21:41:53 |
| Well, the Plame case is long over and we never had the chance to hear from the VP. Although he is still in power, he seems to be diminished in some way. I suppose that is a small victory. It is still possible that Mr. Fitzgerald will pry some further information from Mr. Libby in order for him to avoid some real hefty jail time. It seems more likely that Bush will pardon Libby and the case will be closed. Or will it? There is still the civil case that the Wilson’s have started. Just like in the O. J. trial, the civil case may hold a whole new set of results opening even more doors into the secret world of Bush Incorporated. |
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