Posted on 07/03/2007 12:29:25 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
FReep This Poll!
Here is the poll question in full form...
Do you agree with President Bush's decision to commute former White House aide I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's prison term?
Yes
No
Not sure
Link over to the North County Times/The Californian homepage. Scroll down a bit and look for the poll on the right hand side. Vote your choice.
(Excerpt) Read more at nctimes.com ...
Yes (16 Votes, 28%)
No (40 Votes, 69%)
Not sure (2 Votes, 3%)
Go get 'em FReepers!
Related news story link:
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/07/02/news/nation/7107125514.txt
“Bush commutes 2.5-year prison term of former White House aide I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby”
Yes
(32 Votes, 40%)
No
(46 Votes, 57%)
Not sure
(2 Votes, 3%)
Note: This poll should remain active until approximately 8:00 pm (PST) on Tues., July 3.
Current poll results...
Yes (34 Votes, 41%)
No (46 Votes, 56%)
Not sure (2 Votes, 2%)
Latest update...
Yes (55 Votes, 51%)
No (51 Votes, 47%)
Not sure (2 Votes, 2%)
“Yes” just pulled ahead by a whisker.
It’s a horserace!
Expect some those those unhinged folks with “Bush Derangement Syndrome” to heavily influence this poll.
Here are the posted comments from the related news story at:
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/07/02/news/nation/7107125514.txt
Ticked Off wrote on Jul 2, 2007 3:47 PM:
” Once again the Republicans flaunt the law. Libby actually deserved a much longer sentence than the 30 months. If voters are stupid enough to vote for any Republican in the coming elections they should have their heads examined.Bush and Cheney should both be hauled into court immediately for treason. It makes me mad as heck to think that the good taxpayers of this country will have to continue to support them both after they leave office. “
This is crazy wrote on Jul 2, 2007 5:07 PM:
” We the people must not stand for this! We clearly have a two tiered justice system, and the worst part is that the elites are so secure in this system they have even stopped trying to hide it! We can not tolerate this any longer!! We must work for reforms!!! “
Jack wrote on Jul 2, 2007 5:32 PM:
” Sentence to strict? He disclosed the identity of a CIA agent to the public! He should have been charged with treason and received a life sentence! Now this woman has to hide for the rest of her life and other agents are worried about their security. Who’s going to work for the CIA if the White House doesn’t guarantee that their employess wont leak their names. Surely there is a way to bring further charges against him when the next president takes office? “
Reardon wrote on Jul 2, 2007 5:42 PM:
” Sorry, Jack, but the person who admitted outing Val Plame (NOT a CIA Agent, serving undercover or having done so for 5 years and therefore not covered by statute), was Richard Armitage. You are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own set of FACTS. “
Karl wrote on Jul 2, 2007 5:56 PM:
” Jack, get your facts straight. Richard Armitage was the source of the leak to Richard Novak and Bob Woodward. Special prosecuter Fitzgerald knew this before he started the witch hunt. A life sentence for lying to the gran jury? Get real. I’m sure if this was a democrat you would be defending him. Although I don’t support the commutation of the sentence, I do understand the motive. Why did Fitzgerald continue the witch hunt even after he knew the source of the leak and it wasn’t Libby? I seem to remember another politition in the 90’s that lied to the grand jury and he wasn’t sentenced to any prison time. “
Mike wrote on Jul 2, 2007 8:02 PM:
” President Ford’s approval rating took a major dive when he pardoned Nixon in the Watergate scandal. But in the case of this president, it’s impossible for Bush’s approval rating to drop further than it is. I suppose this action is also not “amnesty”. “
Dear Reardon, wrote on Jul 2, 2007 9:04 PM:
” You also are not entitled to your own partisan set of facts. The CIA said she was a covert CIA Agent and was covered by statute. They should know, don’t you think? Libby did reveal the name of the CIA Agent, but he was not the only one. They sent out several traitors (the ones who sent them are also traitors) to make sure that someone would report it. There was Armitage, Rove, Libby and Cheney. And they found their good friend/reporter Bob Novak to leak the CIA Agents name. What Patriots! Please show me any evidence that the CIA said she was not covert. “
John wrote on Jul 2, 2007 9:59 PM:
” The revolution starts now. No more excuses from Bush apologists and Libby lovers. NO AMNESTY in the form of commuted sentences for Bush crooks. IMPEACH BUSH NOW. “
Ah so... wrote on Jul 2, 2007 10:14 PM:
” He’s the commuter president now. “
Democrats wrote on Jul 2, 2007 10:18 PM:
” Thank you GW Bush! You are doing a great job of discrediting and your own party. Keep it up and we may not need to do much fund raising in 2008. “
FReeped and BTTT!
They all forgot about klintoon’s pardons.
They all forgot about klintoon’s pardons.
Libby is a member of the Council.
Just like Sandy Burglar, nothing was ever going to happen to him.
Just theater.
bttt
80
60
2
FReeped. Wish they’d had offered a “Hell No Full Pardon” option.
I think the whole rotten, co-opted media should be held accountable for selling out and permitting themselves to be spoon-fed half-truths and rumors from political hack scumbags in the first place. Zero integrity merits zero respect.
Forget about partisan politics for a moment: if you’d ever known anyone who’s done covert work for a federal agency, I bet you’d take this more seriously. Mishandling classified information should be punished to the fullest extent of the law— I don’t care who does it. Brave men and women who serve their country as undercover operatives deserve far better than to have their life thrown away as expendable pawn in a politican’s chess game. Shameful.
Scooter Libby and Sandy Burger should be cellmates.
At 0630 EDT:
Yes: 168
No: 72
Not Sure: 2
231 to 71
Had he commuted the sentences of the two Border Patrol agents he would still have some of my respect. I see this as taking care of the in-crowd.
“Had he commuted the sentences of the two Border Patrol agents he would still have some of my respect”
Agreed.
Current poll results...
Yes (393 Votes, 69%)
No (171 Votes, 30%)
Not sure (8 Votes, 1%)
Yes
(396 Votes, 69%)
No
(172 Votes, 30%)
Not sure
(8 Votes, 1%)
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