The looser the cannon, the wilder the salvo (self-appointed Pres.Cheney)

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http://www.cleveland.com/news/esullivan/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1140082914231450.xml&coll=2

Thursday, February 16, 2006
Elizabeth Sullivan
Plain Dealer Columnist

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Seizing presidential prerogatives in wartime suits Cheney, but it isn't enough.

He also has to show his disdain for the Constitution's checks and balances through countless means, big and small...

If that means operating his own intelligence-gathering and dirty-tricks operation independent of the Oval Office to counter the ill wind of criticism over Iraq WMD, that's also as Cheney wants it.

Deferring to the president is so vexatiously messy and slow. So on a number of key occasions, Cheney has taken matters into his own hands...

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1. Ms. Sullivan, that was extremely ballsy, please stay out of small planes

I commend you on writing on of the finest op-ed pieces I have read in the 'traditional' newspapers since this evil cabal has taken power. Thank you.