Perjure yourself about a sex act, its an impeachable offense. Perjure yourself over a matter vital to national security, earn yourself a Presidential Get Out of Jail Free card and a pat on the back. Bush, you're doing a heckuva job!
I was watching MSNBC when this came over the wire and the conservative genius was (and is still) saying "But But But But... C-C-C-C-C-Clinton?!?"
How in the world are they getting away with this? I know of no other western country where an administration would get away with this much corruption. The American public really need to get their fingers out of their noses and do something about this.
2007-07-03 03:14:10 · 14 answers · asked by guess 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
nature lover- Please explain how I'm wrong. Waiting....
2007-07-03 03:18:57 · update #1
He is a friend of bush that is what is wrong . it pays to have friends in high places . proves the old saying is true it is not what you know ,but who you know .
2007-07-03 03:22:49 · answer #1 · answered by Kate T. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should not have been a surprise to you. If you follow the news regularly, the talking heads of every TV news network and the various Op-Eds in print media have been speculating about when Libby's pardon would come from President Bush. This really was to be expected.
As far as the American people doing something about goes, well, what do you want them to do? Less than half of the voting-aged public is registered to vote, and less than half of them actually go out and vote. People are so apathetic to the electoral process, and government in general, that they simply don't care anymore. Because of this, special interest groups, big business, and individuals with the means of gaining influence, get to influence politics. Meanwhile, the average citizens believes that nothing can be done about it... maybe they'll respond negatively to a poll about the government.
"No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." -Sir Winston Churchill,
2007-07-03 10:39:36 · answer #2 · answered by cpl3043usmc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you'll recall, even though perjury is an impeachable offense, the Senate did not deem it an offense worthy of losing your job (at least when it came to Clinton), and definitely not of jail time.
Libby perjured, but, like Clinton, it was not about covering up an illegal act. I think that in politics, there seems to be a lot of leeway for excusing people who misspeak.
The Vice President, and anyone he/she authorizes to do so, may reveal certain facts, such as identities of formerly covert CIA personnel.
There was no law broken in the outing of Valerie Plame, and contrary to what the media would have the country believe, the administration didn't put her life in any real danger, because she had already been out of the field for some time. She was a bitter pencil pusher at Langley who saw an opportunity to jump at the administration when they "outed" her in an attempt to discredit her husband.
In politics, when there is no crime committed, the good ol' boys club tends to excuse errors in judgment, when it comes down to it. Clinton didn't really commit a crime, aside from perjury, so he got off the hook. Libby didn't commit a crime, aside from perjury, so why not apply the same justice to him?
It's not even the same, though, because Clinton didn't have to pay a $250,000 fine, which Libby still has to pay. Also unlike Libby, Clinton got to keep his job.
And as far as the comparison between Libby and Paris... yeah, right. Paris was putting people's lives at risk by driving drunk, and even if you still think that Valerie Plame's life was at risk because of her "outing," Libby wasn't the one who put it at risk...
2007-07-03 10:34:30 · answer #3 · answered by Bryan F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You were watching what on MSNBC? First off Paris Hilton was given a much lighter sentence then most people would get. Libby got three years when the normal sentence is thirty days. Every President has commuted and pardoned people while they were in office. Why aren't you saying anything about the 300+ Clinton pardoned?
2007-07-03 10:25:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You didn't complain when President Clinton pardoned just about anybody who could have testified against him.
Unfortunately, our courts are being used to criminlaize matters of political dispute. If you can't muster the votes to change a policy, you begin trying to punish the lieutenants that carry out the policy.
The President can rightfully trump such witch hunts with his pardon power.
It was all right when Clinton did it-- its all right now, as well.
And what does Paris HIlton have to do with any of this? The was guilty of drunk driving--then caught driving on a suspended license. Should we have given her a party instead??
2007-07-03 10:22:02 · answer #5 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bush (unlike Clinton) richly deserves Impeachment. But it will never happen, since right-wingers are more stubborn and insistent on getting their way.
Bush commuted Libby's sentence because it was understood that if he went to prison, he'd sing: he'd admit that Cheney orchestrated a plot to punish Joe Wilson for his dissent by outing his wife as an agent, thus VIOLATING THE LAW against exposing our agents. That they got away with this is astounding! Imagine if the Clinton Administration has done something similar!
2007-07-03 10:19:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Let me see.
Libby was convicted for perjury in an investigation that should have been complete the year before.
His sentence far exceeded the typical given out for perjury.
He has to pay a quarter million dollar fine, is on probation, his career, family and his name is ruined.
All for saying "I don't know" in a political witch hunt.
HE WAS NOT THE LEAK.
The president commuted his sentence. While Bush has done a lot of foolish things, this is not one of them.
This is a great thing, plain and simple.
2007-07-03 13:01:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Libby's offense was against the Republic was an act of treason, as was Bush's pardon , when will the people learn these characters are up to no good.
They want war with Iran and they care little that they will drive a conflict that will isolate US in the world.
2007-07-03 10:26:14 · answer #8 · answered by John M 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Paris needed some Rehab so she could straighten up. Apparently Libby can hold his drinks.
2007-07-03 10:17:59 · answer #9 · answered by nita5267 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Simple, really. Paris did not perform her illegal act while in the direct employ of the King.
2007-07-03 10:18:10 · answer #10 · answered by Craig L 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋