On Scooter Libby
As someone who spent seven months of their life on a grand jury, I have mixed feelings on the decision by President Bush to grant Executive Clemency. As big a pile of steaming dung the Fitzmas investigation was, and boy it was, Libby still lied under oath, and that counts for something. He should have gone to prison for a short stint, say six months, then been pardoned or given clemency, whatever. A Paris Hilton sentence in other words.
I agree more with Patterico’s assessment,
You do the crime, you do the time. The jury said Scooter Libby did the crime. He should do the time. The Republican Party is going to pay a huge, huge price for this….Don’t kid yourself: this sort of thing is very significant to swing voters.
than I do with National Review’s,
We have urged President Bush to pardon Lewis “Scooter” Libby from the moment a jury found Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff guilty of perjury and obstruction in the CIA-leak case. Now, the president has acted. He didn’t go as far as we would have liked, choosing to commute Libby’s prison term while leaving his conviction, fine, and probation intact. But his action ensures that Libby will not go to jail, and that’s a good thing.
July 3rd, 2007 at 11:17 am
The Fitzgerald grand jury investigation took such a long time because the scope of the investigation was much wider than just the Valerie Plame affair. The gathered evidence still under seal will prove crucial in unseating the administration.
July 3rd, 2007 at 12:31 pm
“Scooter” Libby Is A Pawn in the Cheney/Neocon Foreign Policy Cabal
As President, Bush certainly has the right to pardon Libby but this disregard for the will of the majority of Americans in this situation is just business as usual for the politicians of both political parties. For too long they have generally ignored the will and views of productive, working Americans for the powerful special interests that control both political parties.
It is time to take control of Washington away from the special interests and return to a decentralized, limited federal government controlled by the voters. The best way to accomplish this is politically through the Ron Paul Campaign and by education of the American public on the benefits of direct democracy and limited confederation government like our first central government, The Articles of Confederation.
For more information, review the free, online book, “The Swiss Preserve Solution” which highlights how Swiss style confederation government and direct democracy could restore limited government to the United States. Read Restoring America’s Original Republic with the Swiss Confederation Institute at http://www.swissconfederationinstitute.org/swisspreserve41.htm
September 22nd, 2007 at 3:23 am
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