Massachusetts Senator needs to read the Constitution

Former Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Fox News Sunday and reminded us all why we miss him (Wall Street Journal link);

Mr. Cheney described himself as being isolated among advisers to then-President George W. Bush, who ultimately decided against direct military action.

“I was probably a bigger advocate of military action than any of my colleagues,” Mr. Cheney said in response to questions about whether the Bush administration should have launched a pre-emptive attack prior to handing over the White House to Barack Obama.

“I thought that negotiations could not possibly succeed unless the Iranians really believed we were prepared to use military force,” Mr. Cheney said. “And to date, of course, they are still proceeding with their nuclear program and the matter has not yet been resolved.”

He went on to criticize the Obama Administration for beginning a witch hunt against CIA agents who extracted intelligence from our more reticent enemies;

“It’s clearly a political move; there’s no other rationale for them to be doing this,” the former vice president said of the Obama administration review.

Mr. Cheney was particularly critical of Mr. Obama’s statement that he had not influenced the attorney general’s decision, and charged the president with waffling on his earlier pledge not to unearth old allegations. “I think he’s trying to duck the responsibility for what’s going on here, and I think it’s wrong,” Mr. Cheney said of the president.

Of course, this raised the ire of the only Senator from Massachusetts, who happened to appear on another show on some lesser known and lesser watched network.

“Dick Cheney has shown through the years, frankly, a disrespect for the constitution for sharing of information to Congress and a [dis]respect for the law and I’m not surprised that he’s upset about this,” Kerry told me this morning on “This Week.”

I’d like the only Senator from Massachusetts to point out for the rest of us where in the Constitution it says that the Executive branch of government needs to share information with the legislative branch. Well, other than this line;

[The President] shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient….

The only Senator from Massachusetts obviously isn’t well read and probably doesn’t even understand his duties and responsibilities. Massachusetts is obviously poorly served by their lone Senator, who until recently, voted the way his mentor told him to vote. Obviously, thinking for himself isn’t one of his strong suits.

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