The GAO case was dismissed by the courts in December by U.S. District Judge John Bates because the case filed by Comptroller General David Walker against the vice president was an unprecedented act that raised serious separation-of-powers issues between the executive and legislative branches of government. The case was nothing but a fishing expedition by the Democrats for information that MIGHT tie VP Cheney to Enron. There was never any evidence of any quid pro quo or wrong doing on the part of VP Cheney.
As a matter of fact it turns out that the Comptroller General, David Walker may have had more ties to Enron than VP Cheney. Mr. Walker was an employee and board member of Arthur Anderson until he resigned in 1998 to accept the Clinton appointment to the GAO. Maybe he should release his employment records so that we can all see if he had any dealings with Enron or any other energy company that would have precluded his fair investigation of the energy talks.
The demand for disclosure of private meetings held by the Vice President is very similar to the Senate filibuster of Miguel Estrada. The Democrats were unable to find any evidence of wrong doing but they are sure that if they dig deep enough into private papers and dealings they will find something objectionable.
Let's not forget that, the Dems think, by putting out "sound bytes" and planting the "appearance" that Cheney and Estrada are "secretive and therefore...EVIL" they'll win the war against facts and common sense with their trick bag of smoke and mirrors......which we all know gets them jacksh*t!
...because Democrats subjected to the same scrutiny would have plenty of objectionable material surface.
The psycho-bable term for this is called transference and it is at the root of everything the Democrats do.
.....Because their knowledge of history and government is sorely and sadly deficient and their willingness to READ and LEARN facts about anything is basically NON-EXISTANT!
Today, in the space of about 4 hours I heard a "pundit" expert on international law re: United Nations, go on to explain that "international law regarding UN RES 1441 and the Iraq situation is CLEARLY on the side of the U.S. ..........."
Later, I was entertained by the actress/comedienne Janeane Garafalo on Fox News, making a complete A** out of herself complaining about Bush's disregard for international law when it came to Iraq...
I guess whoever said "If your enemy lights a match, you light a flamethrower....." was right........we just have to keep burying these morons with the facts..