Can Bush fire Cheney, or Cheny fire Bush?

[chiggerbit]

Just curious if Bush can get rid of a "dead" weight before it is "dead".<br><br>clip<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/">www.thewashingtonnote.com/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>"his just hit the internet at Raw Story, and TWN has confirmed the essential points through a source close to Rove:<br><br>According to several Pentagon sources close to Rove and others familiar with the inquiry, Bush's senior adviser tipped off Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to information that led to the recent "discovery" of 250 pages of missing email from the office of Vice President Dick Cheney. <br>Rove has been in the crosshairs of Fitzgerald's investigation into the outing of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson for what some believe to be retaliation against her husband, former U.S. Ambassador to Gabon, Joseph Wilson. Wilson had been an ardent critic of pre-war Iraq intelligence.<br><br>While these sources did not provide any details regarding what type of arrangements Rove's attorney Robert Luskin may have made with the special prosecutor's office, if any, they were able to provide some information regarding what Rove imparted to Fitzgerald's team. The individuals declined to go on the record out of concern for their jobs.<br><br>According to one source close to the case, Rove is providing information on deleted emails, erased hard drives and other types of obstruction by staff and other officials in the Vice President's office. Pentagon sources close to Rove confirmed this account......"<br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=chiggerbit@rigorousintuition>chiggerbit</A> at: 3/27/06 10:59 pm<br></i>

[tigre63]

Yes. Bush can 'remove' Cheney according to wikipedia:<br><br>[link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States]Wiki [/link]<br><br> The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government. As first in the presidential line of succession, the Vice President becomes the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the President. The Vice President also serves as the President of the Senate, and may break tie votes in that chamber.<br><br><br>edit- oops. read it wrong. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=tigre63>tigre63</A> at: 3/27/06 9:47 pm<br></i>

[chiggerbit]

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>According to one source close to the case, Rove is providing information on deleted emails, erased hard drives and other types of obstruction by staff and other officials in the Vice President's office. Pentagon sources close to Rove confirmed this account......"</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br><br>The hilarious part of this has to be that Cheney's office cannot be sure what Rove has and what he doesn't have. <p></p><i></i>

[chiggerbit]

Well?<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twe...nstitution</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Wow, isn't this interesting? Mabye I should be asking if CHENEY can fire BUSH? (OK< edited title here) What is the list of names on Bush's cabinet today? How many are neocons?<br><br>"..Section four: Involuntary withdrawal<br>It is also possible for the Vice President, together with a majority of the heads of the executive departments (that is to say, members of Cabinet) or of such other body as Congress by law provides, to declare the President disabled. The provisions of section four have never been invoked.<br><br>The President may resume his duties by a written declaration sent to the President pro tempore and the Speaker. If the Vice President and Cabinet, however, are still unsatisfied with the President's condition, they may within four days of the President's declaration submit another declaration that the President is incapacitated. Congress must immediately decide the issue; a two-thirds vote in each House is required to permit the Vice President to assume the Acting Presidency..."<br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=chiggerbit@rigorousintuition>chiggerbit</A> at: 3/27/06 11:05 pm<br></i>

[chiggerbit]

Over a routine colonoscopy? Give me a break.<br><br>"...Acting President George H. W. Bush (1985)<br>On July 12, 1985, President Ronald Reagan underwent a colonoscopy, during which a pre-cancerous lesion called a villous adenoma was discovered. Upon being told by his physician (Dr. Edward Cattow) that he could undergo surgery immediately or in two to three weeks, Reagan elected to have it removed immediately.<br><br>That afternoon, Reagan consulted with White House counsel Fred Fielding by telephone, debating whether or not to invoke the 25th amendment and if so, whether such a transfer would set an undesirable precedent. Fielding and White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan both recommended that Reagan transfer power, and two letters doing so were drafted: the first specifically referencing Section 3 of the 25th amendment, the second not.<br><br>At 10:32 a.m. on July 13, Reagan signed the second letter and ordered its delivery to the appropriate officers as required under the amendment. Due to some confusing language and Reagan's failure to specifically mention Section 3 of the amendment (see Reagan transfer of power letters) in his letter, some constitutional scholars have claimed that Reagan did not actually transfer his power to Bush.<br><br>However, in books such as The President Has Been Shot: Confusion, Disability and the 25th Amendment, by Herbert Abrams, and Reagan's autobiography, An American Life, Reagan's intent to transfer power to Bush was clear. Fielding himself adds, "I personally know he did intend to invoke the amendment, and he conveyed that to all of his staff and it was conveyed to the VP as well as the President of the Senate. He was also very firm in his wish not to create a precedent binding his successor." [citation needed]<br><br>[edit]<br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Acting President Dick Cheney (2002)<br>On the morning of June 29, 2002, President George W. Bush chose to invoke the 25th amendment, temporarily transferring his powers to Vice President Dick Cheney while Bush underwent a colonoscopy.<br><br>Aware of the confusion caused by Reagan's 1985 letter, Bush made a point of specifically citing Section 3 of the 25th amendment in his letter transferring power</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->...."<br><br> <p></p><i></i>