Kerry: Cheney has shown through the years...a disrespect for the Constitution

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Video:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/08/30/kerry_cheney_has_a_disrespect_for_the_constitution.html


In our interview this morning, John Kerry hit back at Dick Cheney's charge on Fox News that the Attorney General's decision to investigate possible CIA abuses is an "outrageous political act."

“Dick Cheney has shown through the years, frankly, a disrespect for the constitution for sharing of information to Congress and a respect for the law and I’m not surprised that he’s upset about this,” Kerry said this morning on “This Week.”

[Catshrink]

1. Didn't Cheney call the Geneva Convention a "quaint document?"

or was that Shrub himself?

[LiberalAndProud]

2. Wasn't that Gonzales, Attorney General extrordinaire?

[Catshrink]

5. Maybe so...

One of that evil cabal. Poor Gonzo can't find a job. :rofl:

[LiberalAndProud]

7. His long unemployment ended last month.

July 9 at 9:48AM
Unemployment Goes Down Among Former Attorneys General Named Alberto Gonzales
POSTED BY: Mary Phillips-Sandy
With all the grim unemployment data that's been floating around, you've probably been asking yourself one question: "How is former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales holding up in this recession?" Remember, he'd been having a dickens of a time finding a new job, for some reason, after getting downsized, for some reason, from his last one.

Well, good news! Ex-AG A.G. has got himself a new gig, at Texas Tech University…

Gonzales will work to recruit minority students for the Lubbock-based college's diversity office and teach a junior-level political science seminar on "Contemporary Issues in the Executive Branch," according to a statement from Texas Tech.

http://www.indecisionforever.com/2009/07/09/unemployment-goes-down-among-former-attorneys-general-named-alberto-gonzales/

(Naturally I had to go to Comedy Central to find a link.)

[Vattel]

8. For me, one of the defining moments of the Bush years

was when Gonzo, speaking to the Senate, suggested that there was no constitutional right to habeas corpus. That was also the day I started to appreciate the virtues of Arlen Specter. He was so red-in-the-face angry at what Gonzo said that I thought he was going to have a stroke.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

3. The only "outrageous act" is allowing the treasonous cretin to remain unchained.

[MUAD_DIB]

10. I like Senator Kerry. He is my senator, but frankly until

all the Democrats in Washington put aside the "Mr. Nice Guy" approach to politics we will have to be bothered by the birthers, deathers, liars and Cheney's of the Republican party.

If John Kerry thinks that Cheney didn't adhere to the constitution of the United stated then he has a responsibility to the American people to investigate, indict and incarcerate the former VP.


Until the Democrats learn how to break some republican kneecaps we will have to revisit the BS of the GOPygs each and every day.

[blm]

11. Kerry uncovered more government corruption than any lawmaker in modern history - most of DC opposed

his work, obstructed his investigations, and ostracized Kerry for years, including his own party.

It's past time Democrats stand WITH those who work for accountable and open government and stop feeding into the media narrative against our best.

BushInc would have been fully exposed long ago on the basis of Kerry's investigations had a few powerful Dems sided with him throughout the 90s instead of protecting the secrecy and privilege of BushInc.

[MUAD_DIB]

12. That's great.

Kerry and the Dems need to take off the gloves.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

17. Our "Democracy" cannot survive tolerating

these types of powerful individual's crimes against the nation and its people. Be it fear or money, the barriers need to be removed to bring all these f'rs to justice.

[karynnj]

19. US Senators do not have the power to indict or incarcerate anyone

Kerry's committee does not have the jurisdiction to investigate Cheney. That question was not innocent it was designed to get Kerry to criticize either Obama or Holder - and his answer was great.

[MUAD_DIB]

21. He may not be able to initiate one, but he does have the voice to call for one.

[politicasista]

22. He does, but he can't do this all by himself

We have to put pressure on the ones who aren't on board.

[MUAD_DIB]

23. Who is on board??!! If anybody had been on board we could have started

investigating the bastards two fucking years ago...or at the very least on Jan 21 of this year!


I'm tired of waiting for our guys to actually do something.

[karynnj]

24. Maybe that is a clue why Kerry can do only what he is doing

Feinstein is saying that Holder's actions are premature. Kerry is solidly backing Holder in his effort here and to my knowledge he is the first or among the first to do so.

[MUAD_DIB]

25. The way I see it Kerry and all the Dems need to be

hammering BushCo every day that they aren't moving healthcare forward.

Make that the news instead of letting the RW crazies and teaBaggers catch the spotlight.

[4lbs]

4. Wouldn't be surprised if we found out he had a bunch of copies of it made so he could wipe his butt.

That's the type of person that Dick Cheney has become.

[opihimoimoi]

6. TURNS OUT THE MAN IS E V I L

He disgusts me...sickens me...he is evil in person...and a GOP as well...

[blm]

14. well, evil AND a GOP...that's called redundant....

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[bridgit]

9. A most continuous disrespect for the Constitution

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

13. I think we ought to just ignore Dick.

The man has an approval rating lower than most STDs.

[ProSense]

15. "sharing of information WITH Congress" Kerry said "with."

Cheney is nervous, as is the case whenever he come out from under his rock.

[Octafish]

16. Cheney learned how to fail upward from Rumsfeld.

How Cheney Got His SNEER: The Curse of Dick Cheney

Then, there's the treason angle:

Plame Affair makes clear: USA is run by TRAITORS.

Add the lying, Big Time:

Know your BFEE: Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ford Covered Up CIA Murder of American Scientist

So. Yes. Dick Sneer Cheney and his mentor and cronies have a lot of explaining to do to a U.S. Senate inquiry, under oath.

[opihimoimoi]

18. Ditto...trying install a sketch pad for rapid cartooning...will call soon

[Cleita]

20. That's putting it mildly.

He has in fact used it as a doormat to wipe his feet on. Let the investigations begin.