Tuesday, July 03, 2007
President Bush Commutes Scooter Libby's Jail Term: President Bush commuted Scooter Libby's prison sentences and the reactions have been utterly predictable.
((RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED))
Democrats are apoplectic over the commutation ridiculously charging that this turns The Constitution on it's head. Which is weird because it's The Constitution that grants President Bush the unquestioned authority to commute the sentence.
((RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED))
Democrats, particularly Hillary, seem to have a short or non-existent memory on the issue of pardon's. I seem to remember a dust up when Bill Clinton issued a truck full of pardon's for people with extremely dubious characters. There were obvious ties between the pardons of some and their generous campaign contributions to the Clinton Campaign.
((RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED))
Scooter Libby should continue to clear his name through the court system and I fully expect he will. But, since the underlying crime was never proven, and since the actual leaker was never charged in the matter, I hope that President Bush follows through on this action in January of 2009 and grants the full pardon to Scooter Libby if his continued appeals fail.
((RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED))
I know this will be a hard issue for the Democrat Party to swallow. They never accepted the fact that if Bill Clinton can fire all 90-some Federal Prosecutors (one of which was investigating Bill Clinton in Arkansas), then President Bush is fully allowed to fire eight, two of which had already announced their own decisions to leave. So I'm sure in the face of Bill Clinton's January 2001 "pardon fest", they'll also explode in hypocrisy over the communtation of Mr. Libby's jail term.
((RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED))
Democrats so far have also predictably ignored the fact that President Bush has, so far, left the guilty verdict, the fine, and the probation in tact. This is standard fare for the Democrat Party. Distort a situation - be it federal prosecutors or the Libby communtation - let the liberal leaning media run with it and continue the distortion, and next will be the equally predictable attack on Fox News for presenting the entire story with all the facts.
((RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED))
It's almost sad. This is what the Democrat Party- the party of FDR, Harry Truman and John Kennedy- is reduced to. With no new issues and no platform to present and actually run on, they are reduced to class warfare and obfuscation in hopes of confusing the voters and convincing us to vote against some perceived failing of the conservative ideology. Their last big idea was the project to land a man on the moon and bring him safely home. That would be what- 45 years ago? Very sad.
((RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED))
As we watch the hysteria build and the hyperbole spin out of control over the Libby communtation, let's keep one fact up in mind:
RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED
((RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED))
Democrats are apoplectic over the commutation ridiculously charging that this turns The Constitution on it's head. Which is weird because it's The Constitution that grants President Bush the unquestioned authority to commute the sentence.
((RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED))
Democrats, particularly Hillary, seem to have a short or non-existent memory on the issue of pardon's. I seem to remember a dust up when Bill Clinton issued a truck full of pardon's for people with extremely dubious characters. There were obvious ties between the pardons of some and their generous campaign contributions to the Clinton Campaign.
((RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED))
Scooter Libby should continue to clear his name through the court system and I fully expect he will. But, since the underlying crime was never proven, and since the actual leaker was never charged in the matter, I hope that President Bush follows through on this action in January of 2009 and grants the full pardon to Scooter Libby if his continued appeals fail.
((RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED))
I know this will be a hard issue for the Democrat Party to swallow. They never accepted the fact that if Bill Clinton can fire all 90-some Federal Prosecutors (one of which was investigating Bill Clinton in Arkansas), then President Bush is fully allowed to fire eight, two of which had already announced their own decisions to leave. So I'm sure in the face of Bill Clinton's January 2001 "pardon fest", they'll also explode in hypocrisy over the communtation of Mr. Libby's jail term.
((RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED))
Democrats so far have also predictably ignored the fact that President Bush has, so far, left the guilty verdict, the fine, and the probation in tact. This is standard fare for the Democrat Party. Distort a situation - be it federal prosecutors or the Libby communtation - let the liberal leaning media run with it and continue the distortion, and next will be the equally predictable attack on Fox News for presenting the entire story with all the facts.
((RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED))
It's almost sad. This is what the Democrat Party- the party of FDR, Harry Truman and John Kennedy- is reduced to. With no new issues and no platform to present and actually run on, they are reduced to class warfare and obfuscation in hopes of confusing the voters and convincing us to vote against some perceived failing of the conservative ideology. Their last big idea was the project to land a man on the moon and bring him safely home. That would be what- 45 years ago? Very sad.
((RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED))
As we watch the hysteria build and the hyperbole spin out of control over the Libby communtation, let's keep one fact up in mind:
RICHARD ARMITAGE ADMITTED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL PATRICK FITZGERALD THAT HE LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. HE MADE THE ADMISSION DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE "INVESTIGATION" TO UNCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S NAME TO ROBERT NOVAK. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE ENDED IMMEDIATELY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED
Labels: Armitage, Bush, Cheney, Clinton, commute, Democrats, Fitzgerald, Jail, Libby, Mark Rich, Novak, Pardon, Scooter, sentence
