[DrDeb]

Another classic from BEN STEIN:

BUSH AMAZES
By Ben Stein
Published 7/3/2007 7:55:55 PM

This George Bush fellow has major league cojones. It really amazes me.

Start with the obvious:

The case against “Scooter” Libby was a total fraud. Completely bogus. The publicity-mad demoness Valerie Plame was not a covert overseas agent at the time the whole megillah about her erupted. So there was no, none, nada, law breaking by reporting that she was a CIA employee.

. . . The judge, who must have been a real whiz in law school (yes, I know he was appointed by Bush), sentenced Libby, a first offender who will never be in court again, to two and a half years in prison. It was insane.

Now, enter George W Bush. Desperately wounded by the Iraq War, basically friendless in Washington, D.C., he was not expected to risk one iota of his dwindling political piggy bank to rescue Scooter — who had, of course, been chief of staff for Bush’s Vice President, the cordially disliked Dick Cheney. Why should he? He has enough troubles.

But Mr. Bush saw a basic wrong. A man who should never have seen the inside of a courtroom as a defendant had been pilloried for no good reason and then sentenced to a Stalinist sentence. His basic decency overrode political and PR considerations. He simply did the right thing. He let an innocent man breathe the air of freedom. He used the power of his office to say “enough” to an out of control prosecutor, an out of control grand jury, and an out of control judge and jury. In a simple phrase, once again, he did the right thing regardless of cost.

I am not sure if this was his finest hour, but it was a fine hour.

You can read the entire commentary here
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11675

[luvie]

The amazing Ben Stein! He has it right again!

This has led me to remember why I love the president...
he does the right thing. Prayers that he continues to...
and continues to confound the DIMs!

Thanks for this commentary, Deb.

[speekinout]

Thanks for posting that, Deb. I agree with Stein. But he didn’t make it clear that the judge was appointed by GHWB, not W. And the trial was held in DC, where something like 95% of the jurors think it is criminal to be a GOPer.

W has my respect, for sure.

[daisyscarlett]

I am not sure if this was his finest hour, but it was a fine hour.

President Bush has had many fine hours and some of us need to remind ourselves of this fact when he does something that aggravates us!

Thanks for finding and posting this, Dr.Deb.

[shield]

Good for Ben Stein ;o)

[Majie Purple]

Ben Stein “gets” it! (understands)
Awesome! T Y!