The "Decider" Has Decided

Dear editor:

I cannot believe the “chutzpah” (arrogance) of the president and his staff. They fight against the plain and simple truth of the Constitution of the United States.

In a press briefing held by Donna Perino of the White House press office, the subject of Vice President Cheney’s office refusing to comply with an executive order governing the handling of classified information dominated the meeting. This has been a contentious subject due to the fact that Mr. Cheney claims he is not just a member of the Executive Branch of our government but also a member of the Legislative Branch due to his secondary, and rarely done, job as president of the Senate. Perino said at the briefing that “This is a little bit of a non-issue because the president gets to decide whether or not he should be treated separately, and he’s decided that he should.” (So speaks the “decider”)

It is time that someone, anyone, at the White House read and understood Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States. It very carefully specifies that “The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same term.” The president and vice-president were tied together in the executive branch of our government by the founders of our country.

What do the geniuses of this administration not understand?