[Sub-Driver]

joke.........

[Michael.SF.]

Conyers is a grandstanding fool.

[SoldierDad]

Amazing how the mere suspicion of something can become news in these politically charged times. Time was that you had to have some evidence of malfeasance before you could make a charge like this.

[MNJohnnie]

Contrary to Politically Corrupt Media’s overly emotional, ignorant hand wringing, our Founders never assumed the Jury or a Court to be the end all, be all, arbitrators of Justice. That why they set up a Constitutional Republic with a carefully thought out systems of checks and balances instead of a Direct Democracy subject to the emotion based whimsy’s of patisan whores like this author.

This rigged jury is EXACTLY why the Presidential Pardon powers were put into the US Constitution. The Founders realized that Justice can be perverted by a Jury or a Judge. Thus they gave the President the power to over rule the verdict of a court. A completely appropriate use of the Presidential powers.

The Founders would of applauded this President for his wise use of the power. Unlike the former President who dished out pardons to big dollar campaign contributors, sexual partners and their hangers ons, this President, after several months of careful consideration of the facts, used it to thwart a transparently partisan political persecution.

[Brilliant]

If Libby had gone to jail, he would have been a political prisoner.

[AmericaUnited]

I have it from unimpeachable sources that Libby was going to finger Conyers as the leaker...

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Doing the enemy's work.. your Congress!

300 investigatinons in 100 days! What a deal! -- for radical Muslims.

"They've launched over 300 investigations, had over 350 requests for documents and interviews and they have had over 600 oversight hearings in just about 100 days," says White House spokesman Scott Stanzel.

"Hot damn!" says Rat leader. "Another war time administration to slam! Bring it all down, man!"

[blueyon]

Not to sound like a Thinker instead of a dumb downed person but if Libby “fingered” someone, don’t you have to do that before you’re given a jail sentence?

[muir_redwoods]

W has the unrestricted right to pardon or grant clemency as he wishes. If one doesn't like it, don't vote for him next time.

[onedoug]

So?

[300winmag]

.... that there was some kind of relationship here that does not exist in any of President Clinton's pardons, nor, according to those that we've talked to ... is that it's never existed before, ever," Conyers said in a broadcast interview Sunday.

Well, Libby didn't have to buy a commutation. Plus he's still on the hook for a $200K fine, unless his appeal is successful.

Clinton did all his dirty work pardoning in the dark on his last day in office. He could have done it earlier, and enjoyed eight years of praise for his "courage".

On the other hand, I'm sure the rates were confiscatory for his now-or-never pardons. The supply was going to dry up, so demand increased the going rates.

[1035rep]

LOL. Liberals need to get over it!

[MarkL]

A simple response is needed here...

The act of commutation or pardon is one of the powers granted to the President of the United States by the Constitution. It is a complete and unlimited right, not open to review nor reversal by the legislative nor the judicial branch.

Get over it. And go pound sand.

Mark

[Minn]

So Conyers is saying that Libby successfully extorted the President of The United States? What would have been his motive, spite? It’s kind of late in the game to be cutting deals for rolling on Rove, isn’t it? These people’s paranoid fantasies are something else.