"Five Deferments" Cheney is now using the official whitehouse website for political purposes!!!
See for yourself!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/...
It is illegal to use official government websites for political purposes (I think), yet the OFFICIAL whitehouse website has a release that includes the following:
Vice President's Remarks at the Reception for Congressman Randy Kuhl
Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Rochester, New York
4:55 P.M. EDT
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. At ease, please. (Laughter.)
Well, thank you very much, Randy, for those kinds words and the invitation to join you here today. It's true I was the congressman from Wyoming for 10 years. And as Randy pointed out, we only had one congressman. It was a small delegation, but it was quality. (Laughter.) And I enjoyed my time in the House very much, still have my heart in the House some people would suggest, as it really was a formative experience in my career.
But I thought about it this week as I was coming up, because I turned on the television -- I frequently watch C-SPAN in my office and had C-SPAN on this week. And I noticed the man in the chair was Randy Kuhl presiding over the House. And that's a privilege I never had because we were always in the minority when I was there. And so I was envious, but also it helped bring home how enormously important these elections are this year, because, in fact, we're going to decide who gets to preside in the House of Representatives, who chairs all those crucial committees. And that will be determinative in terms of whether or not we're able to go forward with the kinds of policies, for example, in the tax area and national security, the economy that are so vital to the future of the nation. And so the President and I have a vested interest you might say in doing everything we can to make certain that a man like Randy Kuhl gets reelected to the U.S. House of Representatives on November 7th. (Applause.)
What the fuck? I couldn;t immeadetly find the relevant law on the topic, but I do know that when incumbent senators and congressmen are up for re-election, they cannot change their official websites in the 60 days prior to the election. But I've never heard of the Vice-President using THE official whitehouse website to promote a political speech, most likely given at a fundraiser. WTF???
If anyone knows if Cheney is breaking the law, let me know. It seems very fishy to me. Maybe some Dem leaders should demand he stop using the official website for partisan attacks. Comments welcome.
UPDATE:Cheney's speech also contains this doosey:
Senator Lieberman was my opponent in 2000 -- Al Gore's running mate, a longtime senator, and one of the most loyal and distinguished Democrats of the generation. Joe is also an unapologetic supporter of the global war on terror. He voted to support military action in Iraq when most other senators in both parties did the same -- and he's had the courage to stick by that vote even when the going gets tough. And now, for that reason alone, because he supported the President in the global war on terror, the Dean Democrats have purged Joe Lieberman from the ranks of the Democratic Party in Connecticut. Their choice, instead, is a candidate whose explicit goal is to give up the fight against the terrorists in Iraq -- never mind that Iraq is a fellow democracy; never mind that the Iraqi people and their elected leaders are counting on us. What the Democrats are pushing now is the very kind of retreat that has been tried and failed in the past. We should have learned with 9/11 that it's no longer possible for us to retreat behind our oceans and feel safe and secure here at home.