The imperial Vice Presidency
Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Sidney Blumenthal writing for Salon:
Even as the spotlight shines on the opaque Cheney, the light reflects on others as well. By shielding Bush from alternatives, Cheney has locked in certain decisions that Bush stubbornly defends as his own. The president’s plight is not that of a removed ruler tragically kept from knowing what his government is doing in his name. He has had time to observe the consequences. He is aware of what Cheney says to him. The Decider decides that Cheney will decide what the Decider decides. This is not a case of if-only-the-czar-knew. In the seventh year of his presidency, Bush’s decision making consists of justifying his previous decisions.
This is in response to the recent Washington Post series: Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency which anyone following the disaster that is the Bush administration needs to read.
