Hey everyone, while we slept Dick Cheney was President

That's right America! While you were sleeping, and nursing those pesky hangovers, Dick Cheney became your 44th President, and then died got cold feet and bailed on us!

President Bush transferred the powers of his office to Vice President Dick Cheney for more than two hours Saturday while under sedation for a colon cancer screening.

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Charlie Rangel boots Cheney from Capitol Hill office

The New York Post is reporting that Charlie Rangel has booted Dick Cheney from his office on Capitol Hill. Cheney's staff's belongings were removed over the holidays. Rangel reportedly moved quickly to boot Cheney who Rangel once told the Post was a "son of a bitch".

Rep. Charles Rangel has evicted Vice President Dick Cheney from his office in the Capitol, and the Harlem heavyweight is moving into the prime digs today, The Post has learned.

Gilded letters were freshly painted atop the office door yesterday proclaiming "Ways and Means Committee" - confirming that the office now belongs to Rangel, the House panel's new chairman.

Cheney enjoyed the office which was normally designated for the Ways and Means Committee chairman, but the puppeteer Republicans on the Hill gave it to Cheney after he won the Vice Presidency.

Meanwhile, the New York Post proved yet again that it is indeed an insignificant partisan piece of garbage though when it closed the article saying:

"Cheney's office took the high road yesterday. Spokeswoman Mary McGinn told The Post, "It was always our understanding that that office was on loan."

I'm sorry, I wasn't aware so called journalist were supposed to interject their UNWANTED opinions. Furthermore, what the Post FAILS to mention is that Cheney has no role in the House. He's the President of the Senate. But, he needed the House office so he could be the puppet master and prevent any oversight of the Bush/Cheney administration.

Is Dick Cheney upset that Rumseld was fired?

You may remember that when Donald Rumsfeld was 'fired' after the November 7 elections, many Republicans were upset that the announcement didn't come BEFORE the midterms, claiming the party may have fared a little better. Well, apparently, Dick Cheney is profoundly disturbed about Rumsfeld's treatment.

His treatment? You mean the fact that he wasn't fired 2 years ago? You mean the FACT that Iraq was allowed to slip into civil war under his watch?

Maybe this is why we haven't seen or heard much from Cheney in a couple of weeks...?

UPDATE: Here is Bob Novak's complete article as it appeared in today's Washington Post. This excerpt strikes me as particularly interesting:

"Apart from Rumsfeld's failures in personal relations, he never has been anything short of loyal in executing the president's wishes. But loyalty appears to be a one-way street for Bush. His shrouded decision to sack Rumsfeld after declaring that he would serve out the second term fits the pattern of a president who is secretive and impersonal."

While I agree with Novak that Bush is secretive and impersonal, I can see why he did what he did regarding Rumsfeld. Bush has been a President always noted for his "loyalty" to friends and the people working for him, no matter how intelligent or stupid they may be. Firing Rumsfeld before the elections would have been a huge risk for the President given that reputation. At the same time he obviously couldn't very well have come out and said "well if the GOP does poorly on November 7, Rumsfeld will be out." So, politically speaking, waiting until after the elections was the best decision to make. I don't think it would have made much, if any difference, and it very well may have backfired amongst the GOP conservative base.