Republican Candidate for Congress in New Hampshire Says Vice President Cheney is Dragging Party Down

Congressional candidate Mary Maxwell, of Concord, NH is running for the House seat in her state’s 2nd district, in the Republican primary of Sept 12th. She believes GOP prospects would rise if Pres Bush had a more popular vice president. She points out that Cheney has been named as a defendant in a suit related to 9/11 (Civil Action cv 4972 in Philadelphia PA, Oct. 22, 2004) and that there is growing concern about his lack of respect for law.

(PRWEB) August 10, 2006 -- Congressional candidate Mary Maxwell, of Concord, NH is running for the House seat in her state’s 2nd district, in the Republican primary of Sept 12th. She believes GOP prospects would rise if Pres Bush had a more popular vice president. She points out that Cheney has been named as a defendant in a suit related to 9/11 (Civil Action cv 4972 in Philadelphia PA, Oct. 22, 2004) and that there is growing concern about his lack of respect for law.

“Vice Pres Cheney is now a burden to the Republican party,” says Mary Maxwell, who is running for Congress in NH. She points to:

• The latest Gallup poll, which shows Cheney’s national disapproval rating at over fifty percent.
• The rise to best seller status of John Dean’s book Conservatives Without Conscience which paints a devastating picture of Cheney, and
• The fact that very few Republican candidates will let Cheney appear on the stump with them.

C-Span broadcast the panel of scholars in Chicago who insist that the Twin Towers were brought down by controlled demolition. The questions related to Cheney are: Why did he refuse to give sworn testimony to the 9/11 Commission? Is it true that, beginning in May 2001, he took control of stand-downs by the Air Force?

She worries that as we get closer to the November elections, the 9/11 issue will gain more prominence. “Last week,” Maxwell says, “ C-Span broadcast the panel of scholars in Chicago who insist that the Twin Towers were brought down by controlled demolition. The questions related to Cheney are: Why did he refuse to give sworn testimony to the 9/11 Commission? Is it true that, beginning in May 2001, he took control of stand-downs by the Air Force?”

Maxwell notes that an employee of the World Trade Center, William Rodriguez, has sued for damages, naming both Bush and Cheney as defendants, structuring his case as a RICO suit, that is, one which refers to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (Civil Action cv 4972).

“Many citizens assume that high officers of government enjoy personal immunity but that is not true,” she says. “Constitutionally no one can escape the law. Even in the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit against Pres Clinton, the Supreme Court held that the case would not place an unacceptable burden on the president in the fulfillment of his official duties.”

Mary Maxwell cannot understand why Congress has not been protective of its turf in the face of encroachments by the executive branch. “As recently as July, Mr. Cheney made the unabashed pronouncement that electronic surveillance of Americans, without a warrant, is legal. This is part of his ‘theory’ that the president rises above the law in wartime. Yet in June the Court had put the kibosh on that theory, in regard to Mr. Bush’s flouting of the Geneva Conventions.”

"Ultimately it may be the military brass that demands the vice president’s resignation,” she speculates. “The practice of torture by our troops in Iraq infuriated many officers. A letter of vigorous protest was signed by 12 retired military of high rank: Army- Cullens, Foote, Gard, Kennedy, Montano, Shalikashvili; Navy- Gunn, Guter, Hutson; Marines- Brahms, Hoar; Air Force- McPeak.”

Observes Maxwell, “Since Mr. Cheney was the ‘torture champion,’ he may have to face the consequences of having misstated the law. In fact if the military is the one to demand punishment, the outside world may find it fitting. Everyone is disgusted with America, because they all saw photos of our soldiers using dogs to frighten Iraqi prisoners. Foreigners realize, more than Americans do, that Iraq had never provoked the war.”

Maxwell also points out that the Republican Party’s prospects would be lifted if the office of vice president could be filled before the mid-term elections with an inspiring person—preferably one who has no connections with weapons production or the oil industry. “Republicans,” she notes, “are fiscal conservatives and guardians of civil liberties. Their standard-bearer should embody those values.”

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