Rahm Emanuel To Cheney: Please Get The Heck Out Of The White House

[CatWoman]

:rofl:

Call it the Dick Branch of the American government.

Rahm Emanuel's office just sent out a nifty chart illustrating Veep Cheney's latest. As you may have heard by now, Cheney reportedly exempted his own office from the presidential order establishing government-wide procedures for the guarding of classified national security info. He reportedly did this by asserting that his office is not an “entity within the executive branch.”


That inspired the following from Rahm's office:




Rahm's statement:

"Today, we discovered that everything we learned in U.S. government class was wrong. Evidently, the Vice President does not consider himself a part of the executive branch, and therefore believes he can obstruct meaningful oversight and avoid being held accountable. If the Vice President truly believes he is not a part of the executive branch, he should return the salary the American taxpayers have been paying him since January 2001, and move out of the home for which they are footing the bill."

http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/jun/21/rahm_emanuel_to_cheney_please_move_out_of_white_house

[malaise]

1. Brilliant

K & R

[TwilightGardener]

2. Truly awesome--gold star for Rahm!

[Phredicles]

So what does Mr. Emmanuel propose that the congress of which he is a member

DO about this? We all love a snarky letter, but I'm mightily tired of seeing things end there.

[indie_voter]

10. I agree. Action speaks louder than words and all that...n/t

[mmonk]

3. How about impeachment as the constitution calls for Rahm?

That's a nifty and clever statement but meaningless in the long run.

[ProgressiveAmPatriot]

4. Humor is the only way to cut through the absurd n/t

[OzarkDem]

5. Rahm will accomplish more

if he focuses on Cheney and the rest of the GOP and stops wasting his time trying to mess with grassroots Dems.

Keep focusing on the other team, Rahm. They're the opponent, not us.

[autorank]

6. Great chart. K*R...now lets walk the walk...Cheney won't change, so it's Impeachment time!

[mod mom]

9. Amen to that!

this means he can't claim executive privilege, right?

Let the war crimes trials begin!

[autorank]

13. Well, I don't know. Does The Hague recognize "executive" privilege?:)

[mod mom]

14. Silly boy-Cheney is not part of the executive branch-didn't you hear him say so?

So it MUST be true!

;)

[mod mom]

15. If Cheney not Executive, surely he must comply to Senate Rules (CREW):

Under his argument, if Mr. Cheney is not subject to executive branch security requirements, surely he must be subject to Senate rules.

To safeguard sensitive information, in 1987 the Senate created the Office of Senate Security, which is part of the Secretary of the Senate. The Security Office’s standards, procedures and requirements are set out in the Senate Security Manual, which is binding on all employees of the Senate.

So, if Mr. Cheney is a member of the Senate, he must adhere to the following:

•a requirement that any of his staff needing access to classified information undergo a security clearance and complete written non-disclosure agreements;

•physical security requirements, that the Security Office is empowered to implement, including any necessary inspections;

•investigations of suspected security violations by employees, such as the security violation committed by Scooter Libby when he unlawfully disclosed the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson, then a covert CIA operative.

In addition, Mr. Cheney and his staff would be subject to investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee, which has the responsibility to investigate allegations of improper conduct which may reflect upon the Senate, including violations of law and the rules and regulations of the Senate.

more at:

http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/29166

[BattyDem]

7. Greg Sargent calls it "The Dick Branch of the American government"

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[blondeatlast]

8. BRILLIANT! Can we have the keys to No. 1 Observatory as well, Dickie? nt

[blondeatlast]

11. K

[yodermon]

12. Glad to hear Rahm is Co-Sponsoring Kucinich's Dick-Impeachment bill, then.

Yay!