I agree, although the person who bears the greatest responsibility and guilt for not setting the record straight is Fitzgerald. He committed gross prosecutorial misconduct and quite possibly broke several laws himself. That he skated free of any consequences is a monumental injustice. That way too many so-called conservatives continue to blame President Bush for not pardoning Scooter when GWB did not have all the facts at hand, while they essentially brush aside what Fitzgerald did is sickening.
I understand that point of view, but I viewed him (Fitzgerald) as an enemy from day one. Fitzgerald was on the side of those who wanted to skewer the administration in some fashion.
I find Powell’s conduct particularly disturbing. There is something egregious about disloyalty (especially to someone who did a lot for him) that angers me beyond words.
That a scum like Fitzgerald forgoes his oaths and moral compasses neither surprises me nor disconcerts me. He and those behind him are liberals, and they sacrifice everything to the altar of their false God, Liberalism. He is no different, I completely expect him to be unprofessional and immoral.
But I expected differently of Colin Powell.
As for George W. Bush (a man I still admire in many ways though I disagree vehemently with his stances on various issues) I have always felt that he should have pardoned Libby regardless. What was he going to do, make liberals hate him more? I believe he should have done it even with incomplete information, because no law or statute was ever broken. The POS Plame was a damned desk jockey who made no secret of her employment. Everyone knew who she was. In light of that, I feel a pardon should have been forthcoming.