[ears_to_hear]

This sentence was within the sentencing guidelines and not at all extreme.

It makes it look like Bush is afraid of what Scooter might say to the feds or in a book .

This way Scooter owes him and will say nothing.

I will bet that a full pardon is granted when Bush leaves office IF scooter keeps his mouth closed.

Once again Bush has no respect for the rule of law

[txrangerette]

Too freakin’ funny. Hey, you, DU is THATaWAY.

[Republican Red]

I think the President has full respect for the law. The reason for no pardon has been explained by many. Libby will not spend one day in jail. He will be able to fight the court verdict through the appeals process. Until that avenue has been closed a pardon will not be in the cards. Today, after the prison question was answered in finality, the President answered back with the commute.

Let the process play out for a pardon.

[finnman69]

Once again Bush has no respect for the rule of law

What utter crap. Pres. Bush did the right thing here, he commuted a gross sentence. Libby might have broken the law, maybe not, a jury said he did. Libby will continue to appeal. But he should not have been sentenced to jail. NEVER.

[maine-iac7]

Where's the Viking Kitty - indeed, where have the majority of the real FREEPERS gone?

FR now seems to be little more that an almost totally DU infiltrated site

[Cedric]

Since the foundation in America for the “rule of law” is the United States Constitution and the Constitution specifically grants the President authority to do what Bush did today, his actions were, by definition, in accordance with the, aforementioned, “rule of law”.