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June 23, 2007
The Most Powerful Man In The World
George W. Bush is living those limitations on presidential power in Iraq.
But the Office of the Vice President, and current office holder Dick Cheney, apparently suffers no such limitations.
It turns out that every VP in our history was mistaken in thinking that he was a powerless afterthought.
Thanks to Cheney and his chief advisor, David Addington, we now learn that the Founders constructed a constitution in which the Vice President, not the President, was in fact the most powerful man in the world.
Why? Because a VP is both of the executive branch and legislative branch. Sort of like a mythological centaur.
What's even better is that the VP, a constitutional officer in both Art. II and Art. I, suffers none of the limitations of a president.
Just look at the Constitution, and Article II in particular. It's full of pesky categories listing a president's powers.
But the VP suffers no such indignity. A VP is, well, like Superman -- with powers and abilities, we have now learned, far beyond those of mortal men.
Posted by shertaugh at June 23, 2007 10:05 AM
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Superman? Maybe. But as Spiderman might point out, with great power comes great responsibility. What is Cheney responsible for, at least that he will admit to?
Posted by: dbomp at June 23, 2007 9:24 PM
No defense of Cheney, who deserves to be impeached, but the fact remains, the Vice President is also a member of the legislative branch.
Pointing out this quirky fact doesn't lead to the assumptions made by the Office of the Vice President, of course, but there are conceivable circumstances where it would be true - such as the circumstances/thinking/processes/advice/etc. surrounding a Senate tie breaking vote by the President of the Senate.
Posted by: cya at June 24, 2007 7:06 AM