Originally posted by FMF
I would have thought so too. But surely Spiro Agnew would be any non-partisan person's choice out of those VPs in living memory?
I would tend to agree, but I think I am inclined to give Spiro 2nd place, as his violations of law were pecuniary in nature.
Cheney, on the other hand, violated the law in ways that are fundamentally destructive of our Constitutional system of government. He is ferociously clever in exploiting both the cowardice of the democrats and coopting them in giving him a pass out of fear that their own complicity in his crimes would come out.
Further, the nature of his crimes make partisan defense so much easier.
He is guilty of the worst abuses of power in our history -- he had killing and torture squads reporting directly to him. He attempted on more than one occasion to put forward legislative changes to allow DoD or his own office to circumvent lawful process in the Congress and the Executive branch.
Given that he shoots his friends in the face, how do you suppose he treats his enemies>