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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I can’t wait till he dies so I can be the first to piss on his grave!
The bigger shame is where are the repubs, they should be talking non stop about the pedophile,terrorist and rich pardons but as usual all I see are the rats controlling the airwaves
That’s a great stress reliever!!!!!
There is going to be a huge waiting line for that. Sounds like a business opportunity. :^)
The Perjurer in Chief speaks! Was he pointing his finger at the reporter?
Exactly!!! But they can sure fire back at the voters who put them there.ie amnesty.
Oh, if you must.
I’m envisioning the line of people in Airplane waiting to treat the hysterical woman.
you’d hafta be a psychopath
in order to spin it.
Armitage didn't work for the White House. He worked for Colin Powell.
This is one of Hillary's favorite Alinksian tactics. Pretend that the "enemy" is not living up to its own rules; when, it is she, and her lawyer buddies who have no respect for the rule of law.
I was waiting for the correction, Thanks for the vigilance. (By the way, the covering up part is Armitage not coming forward in the first place!)
I just don’t get it, do Bill and Hill think that we are going to forget that the Bill Clinton legacy was to make the term “BJ” a household word for young children.
My thoughts exactly..I was 16 years old before I even knew what a “BJ” was....my daughter was in kindergarten when she first heard about it...Neither of them deserve to lead a nation.
Fitzgerald is equally guilty of that.
Agreed
Just keep those lips flapping, Billy Jeff. It will remind America of your sorry administration and put the kiss of death on your evil wife’s bid for the presidency.
And they're probably right.
Sounds like a business opportunity. :^)
Yeah....for our Bondsman!
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