Hold That Dick Accountable
The Dick in Question (click on thumbnail for a larger Dick)
FOR FAR TOO LONG, Congress has almost completely ignored its responsibility to hold the executive branch accountable for its actions. In particular, Dick Cheney appears to have worked outside the law nearly since the day of his inauguration as V.P., and he has gotten away with every bit of it. (See Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s Articles of Impeachment against The Dick by clicking here).
Perhaps a strong showing on election day will embolden Congressional Democrats. A small, but not insignificant peice of good news appeared today:
Democrats from the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary committees last week sent a letter to the White House demanding that it preserve all records produced by the Bush administration. The letter, obtained by the Associated Press, expressed particular concern that the office of Vice President Cheney would not comply with the law.
The letter, sent by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Sen. John D. Rockefeller of West Virginia and Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, asks White House counsel Fred Fielding to detail steps being taken to preserve White House documents and hand them over to the National Archives and Records Administration.
I urge all IHWYJS readers to write to your representatives in Congress - let them know that no Dick is above the law. Hold that Dick accountable. Also, feel free to use the word “Dick” gratuitously when you write.
Dick.
