In an editorial in Benton County, the Republican Vice President of the United States is called out for what he is, a shadowy and frightening liablility to our country. I point this out, because it was published in Benton County, you know, the Red corner. ” Impeachment proceeding of Darth Cheney are getting closer and closer.

Dick Cheney - In the Shadows

The deeper we get into the Cheney presidency pardon us, the Cheney shadow presidency — the more obvious it becomes that no matter where Mr. Cheney is, his whereabouts really can be best described as an “ undisclosed location. ” More and more, Cheney seems to occupy a place in government most Americans have a hard time locating on any map, or in any civics text. We know of course that Mr. Cheney is the vice president. The real question, as it has been all along, is whether Mr. Cheney knows that. At the very least, he seems to have trouble with the idea that his office, no matter how “ undisclosed” he’d like it to be, is not unaccountable. The vice president has refused to comply with a presidential executive order requiring executive branch offices to inform the National Archives when documents are classified or declassified. In 2001 and 2002, the veep’s office complied with the order, but since then, Cheney has ignored it. The reasoning: Cheney representatives say the vice president’s office is not an “ agency” or “ entity” within the executive branch, and as such isn’t subject to the order. That the vice president’s office isn’t part of the executive branch has come as news to much of the rest of the government. It’s hard not to appreciate the point made by congressional Democrats who’ve suggested, somewhat humorously, that perhaps funding for Mr. Cheney’s office should be withheld until he decides which branch of government he actually inhabits.