should bush have pardon scooter, not just commuted him.
he getting flak no matter which way he decided.
2007-07-02 11:02:10 · 5 answers · asked by MR TADS 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Commuting the sentence is good. This way he's convicted just like BJ Clinton and suffers no ramifications just like BJ Clinton. Remember they both committed perjury - in fact BJ's was to a judge under oath and Libby was to investigators.
2007-07-02 11:05:41 · answer #1 · answered by netjr 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that the Bush administration has failed America terribly. However, I do not blame Bush. I blame his cabinet and administration. They manipulated his lack of intelligence to commit wrong acts, and ol' Georgie was blamed for them. For instance, do you think that Bush really came up with the WMDs scandal or believed in "MIssion Accomplished"? The only thing that he did right was declaring AIDS a crisis. I hope that the next guy we get is better!
2016-05-21 04:53:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mr Libby isn't going to jail, it is rumored that his $250,000 fine will be paid by supporters, he has enough friends in high places to offer him some sort of work, if he is as upstanding as he is being made out to be (and I have no reason to doubt that) probation will not be too onerous. In short his punishment is minimal. I think a pardon would have been one step too far.
This is a neat PR trick.
2007-07-02 11:14:05 · answer #3 · answered by skip 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He should have pardoned him, and appointed a special prosecutor to determine why Patrick Fitzgerald didn't dismiss the Grand Jury when he learned that no crime was committed, and that the "leak" did not originate from the White House. He knew both before he ever questioned Libby.
2007-07-02 11:07:29 · answer #4 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Loyalty to their party. Can't let a good man down!
2007-07-02 11:08:31 · answer #5 · answered by SMILING BOB. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋