Oh, Dick!

I'm just tickled pink that people are starting to chime in with opinions about how arrogant, ludicrous, and just plain dumb Cheney's attitudes are regarding, specifically, the requirement for verification of the safeguarding of classified material by his office, and, generally, the applicability of rules designed for other people and their relativity to him, His VicePresidentialness.

Of course, the Bushster will defend him, because in Bush's eyes, being his pal supercedes any pesky legal requirements. And hey, he's The Decider. He gets to ignore the Constitution, so ignoring this piece of paper is a nit, something he can do without breaking a sweat. He may back down, if he can find a way to do it while denying he's doing any such thing, and then again, he may not, since his personal image of himself is Gary Cooper, John Wayne, and Randolph Scott, and they never did.

So we'll see.

But the groundswell of opinion is heartening. I hope fervently that Congress sucks up some backbone from it, lest they be looking for jobs, en masse, in a little over a year. Because the first rule of life for most politicians is still: Preserve Thyself In Office. Its too much to hope that they'll conclude this means Kick The Idiot(s) Out, though, wouldn't that be nice?

What a Dick!