Dick Cheney Caught Using Torture

Despite claims that his administration does not use torture, “Vice” President Dick Cheney was recently caught in the act of publicly torturing logic. In fact, many claim that Cheney’s use of torture on logic was a flagrant act of contempt for his constituency -that is, the American people.

His method of torture is the claim that the office of the Vice President is not part of the executive branch of government – since a subset of the duties of VP is to break tie votes in the Senate – and is therefore not required to obey an executive order that requires his office to explain his handling of sensitive documents. In other words, how many secrets Dick has is a secret.

So the Vice Presidency – being clearly not part of the legislative branch, and, through the use of tortured logic, is neither a part of the executive branch – is its very own branch of government. The Dick branch of government. One that stands outside the pesky confines of the Constitution.

Or so it is how Dick Cheney would have us believe through his use of torture.

One may find oneself exclaiming, “Does he think he can get away with such an obvious abuse of power?” or “Doesn’t he care about the Constitution or the people he supposedly serves?” or “Does he think we’re all stupid or something?”

The answers, respectively, are: yes, no, and yes.  

“President” Bush has abdicated much of his policy-making power to Dick Cheney (i.e. the thought process part) – probably more so than any other president in the nation’s history – and Dick Cheney has open contempt for the American people, the Constitution, and those with whom he goes hunting.

He must be stopped short. He will use torture again unless we take action now.

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Photo Credit: Associated Press photo by Eric Gay

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