Posted on 11/12/2005 6:31:47 AM PST by Liz
Amen!
So maybe it was loitering charges...
Agreed. As was said to me, "even if Libby is a mole, what does that say about Cheney's judgment, to keep him on?" :-(
As far as the Scooter being a Democrat, his previous associations would certainly give some credence to that hypothesis.
As far as Poppy and Bubba go, I will never forgive George Bush I for taking a dive in the '92 election. (Truly one of the great mysteries of the century!) He had enough ammunition on Bill's corruption in Arkansas to not only sink him, but to put him in jail! Instead, he traveled to LA and put police officers in jail; police officers who had already been acquitted by a jury of their peers in the Rodney King case. Outrageous stupidity. And now, walking arm and arm with Clinton? Obscene.
There you go again. Now you're assuming Libby is in Rich's pocket, implying a closer relationship than attornry-client. While it's possible you might turn out to be right, you have no clue whether you are or aren't without facts. Therefore, you're still blowing smoke.
I didnt even know Libby was a Jew. What I do know is any democrat who signed a letter asking Mr, Bush not to pardon him do not belong in Congress as they have abandoned the Constitution completely.
The man hasnt been tried yet. He damned sure hasnt been convicted , and if he gets the same sentence Sandy Burglar gets he wont need a pardon.
Who the hell do these people think they are demanding the President not pardon a man who hasnt even been convicted. Are they crazy? How Gotdamned far do we have to let these assholes go before we jerk them back? Harry Reid needs to retire he is way too stupid to be Minority leader.
Reid is an absolute moron.
"Information like this makes me question Bush's common sense."
[regarding post 1 by liz...]
Yeah, me too. Good grief. A man caught up in Pardon Gate was still in the Bush administration? What a blinking mess!
Sure, Bush did that. But it is not to his credit as a leader but to his "credit" as an apple-polisher that he did so. He allowed the Democrats to define virtue. It is of a piece with his signing McCain-Feingold when he knew perfectly well that he won the Republican nomination from McCain over that issue and others like it.Look, I hate sounding like a whiner who complains about "how the strong man stumbled" rather than acknowledging that "the credit belongs to him who is actually in the arena." But it's inescapable that Bush sometimes does things he knows better than to do.
Who else is a high-level dem in his administration?
"Clinton ducked taking a position on the letter."
Like one duck said to the other, "stop walking like that woman wearing those crusty black slacks!"
Sorry, needs editing:
...and considering that fact that I am a professional writer and editor who isn't the least bit humble, (in other words I actually make a living at it) and I know quite a bit about the publishing world, it would be a natural. Seeing as how you fancy yourself a writer, you might learn a few things from a blowhard like me.
Smoke this:
"Most recently, Marc Rich was linked to former United States Vice Presidential Chief of Staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Libby served as Rich's lawyer as far back as 1985 and charged him US$2 million for legal fees."
"Following his presidential pardon, he immediately began lucrative business dealings with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, in connection with the UN oil-for-food scandals."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Rich
Wikipedia is nothing more nor less than a place where anyone can put an essay on any subject. You think that's a great source?
Leaving the credibility of the sourcing aside, how does Libby's employment as an attorney by Marc Rich to represent him against the charges by the government make him less of a Republican? Or, by implication,a criminal?
That overpaints the employment of any lawyer with a rather broad smearing brush, don't you think?
Tom Delay is being defended by a Democrat lawyer. Does that make him a Republican? Or, in the remote possibility Delay is convicted, a money launderer? I think not.
Is anything cited by Wikepedia a lie? Which part? But on 2nd thought; yeah, maybe we should consult CBS instead.
"...does Libby's employment as an attorney by Marc Rich to represent him against the charges by the government make him less of a Republican?"
Maybe not. Libby, Arlen Spector, and Lincoln Chaffee are all Republicans as far as I know. Party affiliation does not always equal conservative from what I can tell.
WorldNetDaily:
Hillary, Libby connected via Marc Rich
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47186
"Who the hell do these people think they are demanding the President not pardon a man who hasnt even been convicted. Are they crazy?"
It's a roundabout way of bashing Bush. It's like one politician telling another, "After this debate, I hope you don't take out your frustration by beating your wife. I know you'll be tempted to, but it's plain wrong."
What the rats ought to be asking is why Bush allowed Libby of pardongate fame to remain in his administration. Something is seriously wrong here. Bush pandering to the Clintons to begin with seemed off. Now this.
".....maybe we should consult CBS instead"
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