Commuting is better than doing nothing.
Pardoning would have been better...appeals or not. As someone who understands this personally, I can assure everyone that a pardon is a sure thing and appeals are not and are costly.
Bush may think he won’t get hammered by the media and Dems so much....I doubt that.
Folks here think all is well now since he did this for Libby.
I think not. Better than doing nothing but this Libby deal is small taters compared to the damage of Bush’s open borders and amnesty aims.
Flea on an elephant.
Since he can still appeal, he has a chance to clear his name, a pardon would have put a halt to the whole process (I think)
There isn’t that much different, to be honest.
Pardoning removes the fine and gives Libby his voting rights back with a clean record, but that’s pretty minor.
agree
I don’t think all is well. All certainly is not forgiven.
But, Libby did not deserve to serve a prison sentence due to the political agenda of the Left. Any more then Delay deserved what was done to him. Prosecutions and convictions of people just because they are conservative or have an “R” by their name or work for an “R” cannot be allowed to continue.
I haven’t read the details yet as to whether this offers Libby the chance to continue his appeal. If it does, costly or not, I prefer this choice. It offers possible redemption by a third party and a rebuke against those that have ill treated our Justice system; Nifong is a good example, though if denied I do believe he should receive the full pardon.
On principle, I’m going to vigorously defend this action by the President because it was the right thing to do, been awhile since I’ve been able to say that about actions coming down from the W.H. I honestly had my doubts he would show the same loyalty to Libby, that he expects others to give him. In this instance, my doubts were not rewarded. I’m happy about that at least.
Coming from someone that is very angry at the President still and likely will remain so, thank you President Bush for commuting Libby’s sentence. And to the Left, I just feel pity.