George Bush Should Pardon Scooter Libby
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Perfect work!
...and Barack Obama should go after any criminal wrong doing by Bush
Justice needs to be even handed. If we let criminal behavior by the Bush regime go unpunished then we are just a Banana Republic.
Not convicting Nixon gave us Cheney and Rumsfeld. I don't want to begin to imagine what this gang of criminals will instigate if they are not brought to justice!
Bush Pardons Libby
Bush ordered all WH staff to cooperate fully with the special prosecutor. He lied during, not after the investigation - Michael Barrone's absurd comment the Fitzgerald notwithstanding.That means Libby not only lied under oath, but defied a presidential order. The result of the insult to the president, was the president praising Libby and commuting his sentence. This would look strange for any administration but this one.
Yes but pardon others also
Certainly I can see that Libby probably did not really commit any real crime, and his memory on the subject may be different than others. He will almost certainly not serve any time because President Bush has commuted his sentence anyway.
I would say Libby should be pardoned, but so should many others who are actually serving time for some other non-crime. This could be simple drug possession. There are also thousands of young men in prison who are conviced of statutory rape of 17 year olds after the age of consent for sex was raised in some states in a twisted response to paediphilia. These are examples of the non-crimes that should be addressed by Presidential pardons. President Bush has been very stingy with his pardon pin. He can go out with a good legacy of pardoning cultural prisoners.
Scooter Libby? How about Ramos and Compean...
...who clearly have been hung out to dry by the Bush admin. These two border guards deserve presidential exoneration much more than Scooter. The longer Ramos and Compean remain in prison, the more evident it becomes that W is as corrupt as they come. And I voted for him, John McCain, and Norm Coleman. The taste President Bush has left in the mouths of many conservatives transcends the mistakes on the war and the spending. This is simply abandonment and will never be forgotten.
Scooter Libby
"Scooter Libby has been proven not to have been hiding anything regarding the subject of the investigation. All he did was recall a conversation with Tim Russert differently than Russert did. If you check the news reports from the period, you will not find one that contemplated Russert getting the story wrong by accident or on purpose (his political resume clearly indicates he has only worked for the other side)."
There is even more to this. The issue was whether Libby told Russert, or Russert told Libby that Plame was a CIA "agent." She was an analyst, actually. In fact, there is a tape of Meet the Press that contradicts Russert's version that he did not know she was an agent until he spoke to Libby. That tape was never used in the defense.
It is a very confused case and a pardon would be appropriate. Too many good people have been discouraged from public life by this sort of thing.
lies
Jennis, better go back and read the transcripts,, not one lie was proven to be told by Libby. Read it clos,, you will see it was a railroad, designed by fitzgerald to try and lure in higher ups. Armatage and Colin Powell should stand up and take the blame for this one. Of course they won't tho
fitzgerald
Fitzgerald has violated the rights of a citizen of this country. I have no idea of the guilt or innocence of the Governor of Illinois. But I know that he should not be tried on television by a prosecutor making inflammatory and prejudicial statements about a citizen who has the right to be tried in a court with the protections of our legal system.
Fitzgerald should be removed from the case and censured for his indecency.
Scooter lied
Ok, How come the right has a take that has been proven wrong and normal folks know that they were trying to get back at Joe wilson for saying that the yellow cake lie was really a lie. This white house has always thought that they could do what they wanted. Thye were above the law. Karl Rove said it was not involved and he was. he lied. Cheney said he was not invloved and he lied. Come on right wing pundit. Libby said that he spoke to tim russet and tim said he didnt. He lied! They r all were not telling the truth. It obvious that she was outed and u know it. Now we find out Cheney had something to do with her getting outed. These guys were vindictive of anyone who opposed them. The will long remembered as the worse administration ever and mor will come for sure. U can believe that. History is not done with these guys.
Should Bush Pardon Scooter Libby
Jennie Jenkins of TX correctly summarized Libby's role. If the President had knowledge of the facts, then any forthcoming Presidential Pardon wouldn't be worth salt!
