[chesley]

So they couldn't get Cheney or Rove or Bush. So they will settle for inflicting an injustice on Libby?

[Lexington Green]

... no political bias on this jury... hardy har har

[bikerMD]

Is it any coincidence that half of Ted Kennedy's relatives have the same middle name as the last name of the Special Prosecutor? hmmmmm. (:^*)

[misterrob]

"...What we came up with from that," he said, "was that Libby was told about Mrs. Wilson [Valerie Plame] nine times" in that time period. "We believed he DID have a bad memory," he said, "but it seemed very unlikely he would not remember about being told about Mrs. Wilson" so many times....Hard to believe he would remember on Tuesday and forget on Thursday," and so on.

This is the crux of the situation. Libby's lawyers tried to sell the jury on his being busy and having a bad memory and they wouldn't bite on it. Frankly, he deserved to lose this case based on that approach.

Libby did wind up being the fall guy here and it sucks. The administration's opponents outdid them on this one. They had little room to rebut Wilson's claims and tried to fight back against a stacked deck.

[beaversmom]

He said that politics played no role in the verdict, and claimed most jurors didn't know how others felt politically.

Yeah, right.

[AU72]

Fitzy dealt the "Hate Bush" card from the bottom of the deck.

[dirtboy]

Denis Collins said, "We asked ourselves, what is HE doing here? Where is Rove and all these other guys....He was the fall guy."

Grounds for appeal.

[ozzymandus]

Sounds like the prosecution hand-picked the jury.

[colorado tanker]

"What we came up with from that," he said, "was that Libby was told about Mrs. Wilson [Valerie Plame] nine times" in that time period. "We believed he DID have a bad memory," he said, "but it seemed very unlikely he would not remember about being told about Mrs. Wilson" so many times....Hard to believe he would remember on Tuesday and forget on Thursday," and so on.

[rightinthemiddle]

I'm sure this guy is now looking forward to a lucrative book deal, endless appearances on MSNBC and wild sex from a variety of grungy women with tattoos, underarm hair and bad breath.

[Shermy]

"He also said that they found Tim Russert of NBC "very credible"

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"The secret of success in showbusiness is honesty and sincerity. Once you learn how to fake that, you've got it made."

--Groucho Marx

[untrained skeptic]

Denis Collins said, "We asked ourselves, what is HE doing here? Where is Rove and all these other guys....He was the fall guy."

This sounds like a pretty clear indication that at least this juror was voting based on something other than what Libby was charged with and other than the evidence presented in the case.

Makes me wonder if it's grounds for a mistrial.

[AZRepublican]

YIKES! This jury was far from impartial.

[SaxxonWoods]

"We have reached a verdict."

"Republicans bad."

"Bush's fault."

Question: "Why did it take so long to reach your verdict/"

Answer: "We needed the per diem, we don't have jobs. We will be a the anti-war protest near the Vietnam memorial, though."

[camle]

[goldstategop]

They hated Bush... they wanted to send a political message. No good can come from a D.C jury.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[aft_lizard]

What a crock, sounds like Fitzgerald got a bunch of DUmmies on his jury. No reasonable jury should ever come out and say something like this.

[RexBeach]

No way Libby gets a fair trial in DC. It is a Democratic town. Period.

[lilylangtree]

These a**hole jurors wanted a political show as did MSM & the RATS. This is certainly a basis for an appeal based on the inherent prejudices of the jurors.

[meandog]

Sure it's a bad verdict, BUT before we begin blaming liberal jurors, or liberal judges, or liberal Fitz, or the liberal atmosphere in D.C. why don't we ask why Libby decided NOT to testify or subpoena Cheney to the stand for clarification of memory about what he did or did not say about Valerie Plame?
I personally think the defense team stunk up the court on this one!

[mmichaels1970]

Wishful thinking, but I'd pardon him. As a double-plus the firestorm would dig up the Marc Rich pardon and stir up the Clinton campaign.