[Dems_R_Losers]

LOL. I'm pretty amazed that a lawyer as skilled as Libby would do something so dumb. It really doesn't make sense. Libby was a white-collar defense lawyer, he knows all about prosecutors' tactics and what a good prosecutor can find and force out of you. I'm quite disappointed that Libby gave Fitz anything to indict him on.

We made a lot of hay out of Bill Clinton lying to a grand jury and Hillary making false statements in the Travelgate investigation. We can't be here defending Scooter Libby for doing the same thing.

[inpajamas]

"Quote: We can't be here defending Scooter Libby for doing the same thing."

How do you know what Libby did?
He has not been convicted of anything and the sources of the accusations, one of which is the media deserve some scruntiny don't you think?

[lugsoul]

Logic like that is out of place here today.

[ReaganRevolution]

I'm pretty amazed that a lawyer as skilled as Libby would do something so dumb. It really doesn't make sense.

I thought the same thing. Why take the chance trying to be cute or vague, just tell the truth. Or the old standby of "I'm sorry, I don't recall"

[Defiant]

Big difference between this and Clinton. I agree with you that perjury is a serious offense. Clinton should have been convicted by the Senate for it, and should have been prosecuted after he left the White House. He lied to cover up his sexual affairs in a sexual harassment case. In other words, he worked to prevent relevant information from getting to the attorneys for the plaintiff in a case which is an important and substantive kind of case, one which his administration supported wholeheartedly.

This was not that situation. Here, the prosecutor violated his duties by investigating the facts before determining whether there was a law that could have been violated even if the facts were true. He then set perjury traps for administration people, while being surrounded by liars who should have been charged with perjury--Miller, Wilson, Plame, Cooper and the whole lot of them.

Fitzgerald revealed himself as a partisan hack and this will stick with him for life. I can only hope that he gets creamed in court, and becomes a Ronnie Earle. Had he been a no-nonsense prosecutor, he would have never gotten to this, and then issued a report that simply said that no crime was committed. Had he been a milquetoast like Ken Starr, he would have released a report that simply said that one witness was incorrect on the facts, but he would never have charged him. What happened was that Fitzy went WAAAAY out of his way to get administration officials, even when there was no underlying crime, and NEVER COULD HAVE BEEN

[murdoog]

We made a lot of hay out of Bill Clinton lying to a grand jury and Hillary making false statements in the Travelgate investigation. We can't be here defending Scooter Libby for doing the same thing.

This is a painful truth, but a truth nonetheless.

[Osage Orange]

We made a lot of hay out of Bill Clinton lying to a grand jury and Hillary making false statements in the Travelgate investigation. We can't be here defending Scooter Libby for doing the same thing.

Agreed.

If Libby did what he's charged of doing...he needs to "face the music".

What I find ironic/sad...surely "par for the course"...is the MSM saying.."Scooter could serve years in prison"..blah, blah, blah....

FRegards,