It is only Tuesday but....this is a classic sentence:
He is pathologically (but purposefully) secretive; treacherous toward colleagues; coldly manipulative of the callow, lazy, and ignorant President he serves; contemptuous of public opinion; and dismissive not only of international law (a fairly standard attitude for conservatives of his stripe) but also of the very idea that the Constitution and laws of the United States, including laws signed by his nominal superior, can be construed to limit the power of the executive to take any action that can plausibly be classified as part of an endless, endlessly expandable “war on terror.” From Hendrik Hertzberg in the NEW YORKER.
Remember it was John Adams who called the Vice President's office: "The most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived"
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