White House's Orwellian Spin on Cheney's Self-Exemption from Executive Branch - Sheer Insanity, Claim it's an 'Interesting Constitutional Quesiton'
This is sheer insanity! Perino claims Cheney's claim that VP is not part of Executive Branch is 'interesting Constitutional question'. It isn't a question of the Constitution, the VP IS part of the Executive Branch and always has been...for more than 200 years. Now, suddenly, the Bushies figure they've discovered a new Constitutional interpretation.
During a heated press briefing today, White House spokesperson Dana Perino tried desperately to downplay yesterday’s report showing that Vice President Cheney has exempted his office from a presidential executive order designed to safeguard classified national security information. At one point, Perino called it “a little bit of a non-story.”
She repeatedly said that Cheney exempt from a mere “small portion” or “small section” of the executive order, and that President Bush never intended for the executive order to apply to Cheney any differently than it applies to the president’s own office.
Perino later contradicted herself: first, she stated definitively that Cheney’s office is “complying with all the rules and regulations regarding the handling of classified material.” But when questioned how she could be sure, Perino said it was a “good question” and admitted she isn’t “positive” that his office is in compliance.
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