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2007-07-02 11:23:34 · 12 answers · asked by lightwriter 5 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Republicans thought lying under oath was and Impeachable Offense during the Clinton Admin. Now it's not an offense at all......
2007-07-02 11:48:37 · update #1
webbrew, I am very aware of History.
2007-07-02 14:43:11 · update #2
I actually think Bush will please no one with this call. He won't satisfy those who wanted a complete pardon for Scooter, with no fine or probation, and he certainly won't satisfy those who believe in the last three words of the Pledge of Allegiance. But in reality, Scooter would have been taking a fall for Dick and George, in the sense that he was only "following orders."
2007-07-02 11:35:54 · answer #1 · answered by RE 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
To all the "history buffs" ...make sure you're in tune with the right history, its being rewritten as we all sleep......history that I was taught in the 50's has been changed, edited with new catch phrases and important things just left out. Much as is being done to our Constitution and Bill of Rights, via the high court........our founding fathers gotta be spinning in their graves looking at what we've allowed to happen to our wonderful US of A......
Back to the question......I think it stinks and smells like Darth Vader just left the building (you know he is everwhere). Was there ever any doubt that this guy fell on his sword and would be rewarded? The only thing that surprised me was the timing, now instead of at the end of the president's term, and that it wasn't a total pardon. They didn't want him spending any time in the slammer and this was a way of doing it. He's still a convicted criminal, can't erase that from the books. I just wonder how those Republicans who are up for re-election are gonna explain this to people who may have relatives in jail for minor offenses. You know, the "old equal justice for all"....I don't think most Americans will appreciate this decision.
He will become the darling of the GOP and get paid big bucks for speaking engagements.....he'll become even more famous. He fits right in with this teflon administration.
It's a good thing Lady Justice has a blindfold on, because she's got two black eyes now!!!!!
2007-07-03 08:32:14 · answer #2 · answered by Rag Doll 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Scooter Libby is a true patriot. Despite what this has done to himself, his family and his personal finances, he stayed loyal to The President and the Executive Branch. I am amazed and delighted that we finally have a President who chose to commute the sentence of a person who actually deserved it, and while he still has over a year and a half before his term in office is served out. It was a poignant Fourth of July gift for the nation as well as for the Libby family.
2007-07-03 00:32:27 · answer #3 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Great move by Bush. Libby was a scapegoat for the crooked politicians in Washington. The whole sham over the leak was fabricated and did more good than harm to the woman.
2007-07-02 11:30:28 · answer #4 · answered by hardnose 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
This is wonderful. Bush earns a lot of respect for doing the right thing despite the political fallout that the media and lefty demogogues will practically go breathless over now.
She wasn't "undercover" to begin with, and the prosecutor KNOW who the guy was THAT ACTUALLY REVEALED HER NAME (Richard Armitage) and still went on and wasted millions in taxpayer money trying to pin it on Dick Cheney or Karl Rove. So he used Libby to switch the spotlight away from his own incompetence, just because Libby said one thing under oath one moment and another the next, confused about his recollection.
Seems to me a sitting president got caught doing the same thing and didn't spend one minute in prison for it. So anyone who complains about this really needs to begin by complaining that that ex-president should have been imprisoned too. Otherwise, they have zero credibility on the issue.
I felt sorry for Libby. Imagine if you did nothing wrong, committed no crime, and got called in to testify about something that you didn't give any thought about at the time, and the prosecutor catches you changing your testimony.... then it's discovered he KNEW WHO committed the crime from day one already and because your mixed up testimony prevented him from pinning it on someone else, he throws YOU in JAIL!!!
How f***ed up is THAT?
The prosecutor in this case should be dealt with in the same way that Nifong is. They both abused their position.
2007-07-02 11:42:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
I think he should have been punished...but the judge was unusually harsh on Libby by not letting out pending his appeal. That was a bit petty and probably politically motivated action. Had the judge not done that I do not think Bush would have intervened.
2007-07-02 11:33:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
knew it would happen, thought it would be a pardon. I'm not really sure what l think other than Libby probably took the fall for someone else.
2007-07-02 11:32:50 · answer #7 · answered by edie 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Bush has lost his mind. He is operating outside the bounds of reason. He should be in front of the War crimes tribunal at the Hague.
2007-07-02 11:38:43 · answer #8 · answered by Village Player 7 · 5⤊ 4⤋
It completely legitimate. Presidents have done this since the beginning of our great country.
Try reading a little history before you make a bigger fool of yourself.
2007-07-02 14:03:50 · answer #9 · answered by webbrew 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Didn't you know that Bush and his cronies are above the law?
They have no respect for the law, the constitution, or the country.
2007-07-02 11:56:57 · answer #10 · answered by pincollector 5 · 3⤊ 4⤋