[Vision2020] Everyone should understand that.

[Andreas Schou]

Incidentally, Chris, Article 1 of the Constitution does define the
role of the Vice President as it relates to the legislative branch.
This wouldn't be salient to the conversation except that it's this
very argument that Cheney used to claim that the VP isn't subject to
restrictions on the executive branch.

-- ACS

On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 10:01 AM, No Weatherman <no.weatherman at gmail.com> wrote:
> During the VP debate, Ifill asked Senator Joseph Biden, "Vice
> President Cheney's interpretation of the vice presidency?"
>
> Biden answered, "Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous
> vice president we've had probably in American history. The idea he
> doesn't realize that Article I of the Constitution defines the role of
> the vice president of the United States, that's the Executive Branch.
> He works in the Executive Branch. He should understand that. Everyone
> should understand that. . . ."
>
> Article 1 of the Constitution does not, in fact, define the role of
> the executive branch. It defines the role of the legislative branch,
> otherwise known as the branch in which Joe Biden has served for the
> last 36 years:
>
> http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_A1Sec1.html
>
> http://www.johnmccain.com/McCainReport/Read.aspx?guid=8714477a-40fd-4b45-85fa-adaa2ee94fd2
>
> If Sarah Palin had gaffed as bad as smokin' Joe on such an important
> issue, what would the Obama supporters on the list have said?
>
> Everyone should understand that.
>
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