What's up with Cheney?

**EKYhunter** · 06-26-2007, 10:37 AM

I saw a piece on the news last night regarding the VP. Seems he's now claiming that as the VP, he's not part of the executive branch of government. I think his claim relates to not wanting to answer subpoenas or something. Did anyone else see this or hear about it? Didn't he claim executive privillege some time back about not disclosing who had attended a meeting regarding energy policy? So if he's not part of the executive branch, which branch would he a part of?

**Texan_Til_I_Die** · 06-28-2007, 03:44 PM

I'm not sure what incident you're referring to, but the VP is definitely part of the Executive branch. The only exception I can think of might be an instance where the VP was acting to break a tie vote in the Senate. Then, it might fall under the Legislative branch.

**wtnhunt** · 06-28-2007, 04:58 PM

Had not heard about the claims that he was excluding himself or claiming he was not part of the executive branch. Did hear today though something about a refusal of subpoenas to the white house, but unfortunately did not hear all the story.

**Flintlock1776** · 06-28-2007, 10:26 PM

It is a stall. They don't have much time left in office. Procedural move. Then when the end of term comes who cares, the dems hope they will busy running the show. Hide your weps.

Like the lefty news that keeps coming out with polls saying Bush ratings are down. So what? He's got the job til the end of term.

**EKYhunter** · 07-02-2007, 09:26 AM

I wasn't sure what it was about either. I thought I'd post about in here as someone else might know. I caught the tail end of the story on Fox last Monday or Tuesday.

**slugshooter** · 07-19-2007, 12:46 AM

Yeah, for some reason, Cheney and the rest of his administration (notice how I didn't say the Bush Admin.) seem to think they are immune from anything because they are the Executive Branch. Those who know me on here know I am not a fan of the current admin, but I have mellowed a bit. As was stated earlier, it is a stall tactic if you understand the political game, but Cheney saying that the Office of the VP is not a part of the Executive Branch just makes himself look like an idiot. I notice that he never did say what part of government his office fell under.