Is Dick Cheney eligible for a Golden Duke? On the merits, you’d have to say, yes. But the rules are that the bad acts in question had to occur principally in 2007 or be first discovered in 2007. With Cheney, that makes it a harder case, but one reader has narrowed the focus.
Without prejudging the final decision on eligibility, I’d say this nomination in the category of “Outstanding Achievement in Corruption-based Chutzpah” mostly fits into the 2007 parameter:
I nominate VP Dick Cheney for having the audacity to claim that he was not part of the Executive Branch, and therefore not subject to any Executive Order signed by the President. Not only did he get away with this excuse for 4 years – since 2003 – he even tried to abolish the Information Security Oversight Office despite having one of the worst records in history regarding leaks of classified information.
This from an individual who still seeks to ensure that all communications (phone, e-mail, mail, etc.) between US citizens can be spied upon without any requirement of probable cause while simultaneously claiming “Executive Privilege” to avoid releasing his own correspondence or any other WH communications.
What better example of corruption and chutzpah, especially when you consider his active role in creating a Unitary Executive. Of course, [there’s also] the amount of time it took for the MSM to catch on to this after TPM revealed the shocking truth and the appalling response from the WH (Dana Perino’s statements were mind-blowingly bad). Never mind the 4 years this went unnoticed…
Let it be said that attempts at TPM flattery are unlikely to sway our fiercely independent contest judges.
