Posted on 07/03/2007 7:09:50 AM PDT by Kitten Festival
Justice: Late Monday came the welcome news that President Bush has commuted the 30-month prison sentence of former vice presidential aide Scooter Libby. It was the least he could do.
We've suggested before that it would be a good idea to give Libby a full pardon. After all, he was found guilty only after what was clearly a politically motivated trial during which he was charged with covering up a non-crime.
Libby's life and career have been exemplary. Yet, for misremembering some comments he made to journalists, he got 30 months in prison — a grave miscarriage of justice if ever there was one.
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I haven’t been so pleased with a Bush decision since his decision to send Harriet back to the kitchen.
...two words you won’t hear all day from the MSM.....Sandy Berger
Doogle
In the realm of revelance and proportion
Sandy Berger is the example to be used NOT Clinton’s pardons. (This was NOT a pardon)
I am disappointed that rather than face further questioning before the bar, Berger relinquished his law license.
The president made the right decision, IMHO. There was no flaunting of the law and verdict. (However, I still wonder how Russert’s neighbor and fellow ‘journalist’ got on the jury. His cry for Cheney and Rove after the trial was evidence what this was all about.)
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