According to an interview on CBS, Vice President Dick Cheney is a "unique creature" with a foot in both the legislative and executive branches.
Q: There was an aide in your office who said that one of the reasons you weren’t abiding by that executive order was that you’re really not part of the executive branch. Do you have — are you part of the executive branch, sir?A unique creature, huh? But what kind?
CHENEY: Well, the job of the Vice President is an interesting one, because you’ve got a foot in both the executive and the legislative branch. Obviously, I’ve got an office in the West Wing of the White House, I’m an adviser of the President, I sit as a member of the National Security Council. At the same time, under the Constitution, I have legislative responsibilities. I’m actually paid by the Senate, not by the executive. I sit as the President of the Senate, as the presiding officer in the Senate. I cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate. So the Vice President is kind of a unique creature, if you will, in that you’ve got a foot in both branches.
Maybe he's hippogriff...
Well, I don't know. A hippogriff is a noble beast: "In the few medieval legends when this fantastic creature makes an appearance, it is usually the pet of either a knight or a sorcerer. It makes an excellent steed, being able to fly as fast as lightning. The hippogriff is said to be an omnivore, eating either plants or meat." Describing Mr. Cheney as the pet of a knight or a sorcerer rules that out; he's certainly not the president's pet, and the president is no knight or sorcerer, unless you're thinking of Mickey Mouse in Fantasia. So, Dick Cheney being a hippogriff is unlikely.
How about a centaur...
It's possible; a centaur is half-man, half-horse, and you can see what part of the horse they used to make it, and Mr. Cheney certainly has those qualities.
More than likely, though, he is a chimera:
This creature is, according to Homer, "a thing of immortal make, not human, lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle, and snorting out the breath of the terrible flame of bright fire".
Yeah, I think that pretty well nails it.
HT to The Carpetbagger Report.
Cross-posted from Bark Bark Woof Woof.
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