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Reid to Bush: No Pardon for Libby
ABC News ^ | March 6, 2007 | Paul Fidalgo

Posted on 03/06/2007 10:01:12 AM PST by West Coast Conservative

Moments after the guilty verdict handed to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was made public Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., called on President Bush to promise not to let Libby off the hook with a presidential pardon.

"I welcome the jury's verdict. It's about time someone in the Bush Administration has been held accountable for the campaign to manipulate intelligence and discredit war critics," said Reid in a press statement. "Lewis Libby has been convicted of perjury, but his trial revealed deeper truths about Vice President Cheney’s role in this sordid affair. Now President Bush must pledge not to pardon Libby for his criminal conduct."

Libby, a former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted on 4 of 5 counts of obstruction of justice, perjury and lying to the FBI in the investigation into the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; cialeak; clintoncrony; dingyharry; doublestandard; dumbocrats; election2008; liberalmeathead; rats; reid; scooterlibby; stfureid
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1 posted on 03/06/2007 10:01:14 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
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To: West Coast Conservative

ESAD, Harry.


2 posted on 03/06/2007 10:01:42 AM PST by Howlin (Honk if you like Fred Thompson!!!)
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To: West Coast Conservative

President Bush - TELL HARRY TO STUFF IT! Don't listen to this little miscreant.


3 posted on 03/06/2007 10:02:18 AM PST by lesko
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To: West Coast Conservative

Bush should pardon Libby if for no other reason than to piss off Reid


4 posted on 03/06/2007 10:02:29 AM PST by The Lumster (USA - where the innocent have nothing to fear!)
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To: West Coast Conservative
This P.O.S. is the one that needs to go to jail for having mob ties.
5 posted on 03/06/2007 10:02:41 AM PST by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Bush won't issue a pardon, and Reid knows it.

But now it will look like no pardon becasue Reid said so. Clever.


6 posted on 03/06/2007 10:02:45 AM PST by DBrow
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To: West Coast Conservative

Hey, Harry, pound sand...


7 posted on 03/06/2007 10:03:05 AM PST by Snardius (Support the troops...slow bleed them to defeat.)
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To: The Lumster

I would tell Reid, "You are right Harry, I will pardon a cocaine distributor instead!"


8 posted on 03/06/2007 10:03:19 AM PST by Holicheese (I love shrimp and grits.)
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To: Howlin

Where are those club wielding L.A. cops when you need them?


9 posted on 03/06/2007 10:03:27 AM PST by zarf (Her hair was of a dank yellow, and fell over her temples like sauerkraut......)
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To: The Lumster
We'll find out if W has cajones once and for all.
10 posted on 03/06/2007 10:03:34 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

No point in pardoning him until the appeals process has run its course.

Reid can stuff his belligerence where the sun doesn't shine.


11 posted on 03/06/2007 10:03:51 AM PST by Pox (If it's a Coward you are searching for, you need look no further than the Democrats.)
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To: The Lumster

Won't happen that way. Bush will hold Reid's hand and look deep into his soul, find him to be a good person.


12 posted on 03/06/2007 10:03:55 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (A Muslim soldier can never be loyal to a non-Muslim commander.)
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To: DBrow

Bush should now pardon Libby and give Reid a stroke.


13 posted on 03/06/2007 10:03:58 AM PST by TommyDale (What will Rudy do in the War on Terror? Implement gun control on insurgents and Al Qaeda?)
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To: West Coast Conservative

If only Scooter had had sex with Tim Russert and lied about it,it wouldnt be so bad


14 posted on 03/06/2007 10:04:02 AM PST by woofie
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To: West Coast Conservative

Macamadamia to Reid: Don't be faggy.


16 posted on 03/06/2007 10:04:04 AM PST by macamadamia
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To: West Coast Conservative
President Bush giving a pardon could drive down the market price for pardons under a potential Clinton administration.
17 posted on 03/06/2007 10:04:05 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Samoans: The (low) wage slaves in the Pelosi-Starkist complex.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Blow it out your poofter, Harry.


18 posted on 03/06/2007 10:04:59 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Have patience with me Jesus - I'm trying)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
We'll find out if W has cajones once and for all.

No.

19 posted on 03/06/2007 10:05:05 AM PST by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: West Coast Conservative

I am sick!


20 posted on 03/06/2007 10:05:12 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto)
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