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Bill Clinton Criticizes Bush on Libby Move
New York Times ^ | July 4, 2007 | PATRICK HEALY

Posted on 07/03/2007 8:07:33 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative

Former President Bill Clinton criticized President Bush on Tuesday for commuting the prison sentence of I. Lewis Libby Jr. and tried to draw a distinction from his own controversial pardons.

In Iowa to promote the presidential candidacy of his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Mr. Clinton was asked by a radio host, David Yepsen, “You had some controversial pardons during your presidency; what’s your reaction to what President Bush did?”

“Yeah, but I think the facts were different,” Mr. Clinton said. “I think there are guidelines for what happens when somebody is convicted. You’ve got to understand, this is consistent with their philosophy; they believe that they should be able to do what they want to do, and that the law is a minor obstacle.”

“It’s wrong to out that C.I.A. agent and wrong to try to cover it up,” Mr. Clinton added. “And no one was ever fired from the White House for doing it.”

Mr. Clinton pardoned 140 people in the final hours of his presidency, including Marc Rich, the fugitive broker who had been charged with evading tens of millions of dollars in taxes, and who was the former husband of a top donor to Democrats and Mrs. Clinton’s first Senate campaign.

Rather than tread lightly on the Libby commutation, the Clintons have chosen to confront it; Clinton advisers said there was no real alternative, because the news media would bring up the Rich pardon anyway.

Still, the Clintons have not scheduled a news conference during their visit, where they might face tough questioning, nor have they permitted reporters to attend private events, some including as many as 300 people, where people ask Mrs. Clinton questions. All of their public events have been rallies where the two of them speak.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: billclinton; bush; clinton; impeachedx42; libby; markrich; pardon
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To: West Coast Conservative

Someone should ask Clinton if he would like Bush to pardon him so he can practice law again.


101 posted on 07/03/2007 10:18:27 PM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: Phlap

Notice how the Stone Age Press doesn’t get the hypocrisy of this??

Pray for W and Our Troops


102 posted on 07/03/2007 10:19:58 PM PDT by bray (Member of the FR President Bush underground)
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To: jackv

Compared to how many for Bush? One? Just Libby? I don’t know why Bush didn’t pardon that border guard at the same time. Pee’s me off.


103 posted on 07/03/2007 10:24:20 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: West Coast Conservative
“Yeah, but I think the facts were different,” Mr. Clinton said. “I think there are guidelines for what happens when somebody is convicted. You’ve got to understand, this is consistent with their philosophy; they believe that they should be able to do what they want to do, and that the law is a minor obstacle.”

Uhhhh, Bill you just described yourself and Hillary. Hell, you just described all your friends and the crooks in your administration. "The law is a minor obstacle". Hoo boy, he's got one hell of a nerve!

104 posted on 07/03/2007 10:25:16 PM PDT by TheSpottedOwl (Head Caterer for the FIRM)
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To: West Coast Conservative

You’ve got to be kidding me.


105 posted on 07/03/2007 10:27:23 PM PDT by Constantine XIII
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To: asparagus
"He just can’t get over the fact that the Republicans impeached him over Lewinsky."

You should, because the Republicans didn't impeach Clinton over Lewinsky. Only leftist moonbats think that. Clinton impeached himself by lying about it. He would never have been impeached had he just told the truth.

106 posted on 07/03/2007 10:28:39 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: West Coast Conservative

Bill Clinton is the only POTUS who had reason to pardon himself!


107 posted on 07/03/2007 10:33:08 PM PDT by lonestar
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To: Screamname
"Tom Cruise $630k of taxpayer cash for his Scientology hoax treatment for Firefighters"

A Tom Cruise scientology treatment/ritual? I never heard of that, any links to the details/reports of what this consisted of? Is Tom Cruise the scientology High Priest(ess) of the cult?

No wonder the guy is an out of control raving lunatic. He's eaten from scientologies' "toss your favorite pills in here" communion bowl a few times too many. If he's the high scientology priest, he probably gobbles down the remaining pills after the scientology "communion".

108 posted on 07/03/2007 10:46:21 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: West Coast Conservative

What is with these DemonRAT ex-Presidents? Once they get out of office, their brains shrivel up like peanuts. It must be the drugs or too much sex and not enough sleep.


109 posted on 07/03/2007 10:46:38 PM PDT by jonrick46
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To: rockrr
He fires 93 US attorneys to cover up for Whitewater, No News.
He pardons everyone, No News. He commits more crimes then a lot of people he pardoned, No News. I see a pattern.
110 posted on 07/03/2007 10:59:34 PM PDT by Brimack34 (I am not a Bushbot I just play on on TV)
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To: West Coast Conservative

“...the facts were different...”
as in fellatio is not sex...


111 posted on 07/03/2007 11:11:22 PM PDT by citizencon
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
You don't know me, but I follow your posts (not always agreeing with them, BTW), so I apologize for butting in. But, this particular comment (your biggest disappointment of the Prez) is exactly my biggest disappointment too.

For the love of god, White House lurkers, will you please let W. know this?

again, I apologize for butting in, but I had to post my 2 cents.

112 posted on 07/03/2007 11:41:27 PM PDT by Jodi (the old media is dead.)
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To: beaversmom

He may get away with it in this life... But unless he does a 180, he won’t be getting away with it in the next!


113 posted on 07/03/2007 11:41:48 PM PDT by Anti-Hillary (Anyone but Hitlery)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Clinton is a boob!


114 posted on 07/03/2007 11:42:50 PM PDT by zeaal (SPREAD TRUTH!)
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To: West Coast Conservative

He’s a lying bastard.

If one journalist would call this scumbag out for hypocrisy.


115 posted on 07/03/2007 11:53:12 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (Dems will impeach Bush in 2008; mark my words.)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Bill Clinton Criticizes Bush on Libby Move

Oh, that's Rich!

116 posted on 07/03/2007 11:58:18 PM PDT by ducdriver ("Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance." GKC)
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To: West Coast Conservative

One would think that even a scoundrel like Clinton would have enough sense to shut up after his sorry record of pardoning felons and assorted fellow scoundrels. One would be wrong.


117 posted on 07/04/2007 2:22:30 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: ducdriver

U so funny.


118 posted on 07/04/2007 4:32:37 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: West Coast Conservative

...and what of those FALN terrorist???????


119 posted on 07/04/2007 4:36:11 AM PDT by mware (By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: West Coast Conservative

That fellow sure has brass ones (and so does his wife).


120 posted on 07/04/2007 4:37:45 AM PDT by toddlintown (Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
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