ONCE AGAIN>>>
Libby and his lawyers DID NOT WANT a full pardon at this time. That would have prevented him from an appeal with a chance bring out the truth and clear his name. A full pardon at this time would, in effect, be an admission of guilt and being branded a felon for life...without the right of appeal.
I am, reluctantly, beginning to think, due to the preponderance of bash-Bush over this in this thread that it is not just because of ignorance - but infiltrators.
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Read what I said JEEEEZ.....
“took a pretty good move and screwed it up with a squishy statement praising the juries decision and closing the door on what I would have predicted was a likely pardon as he was leaving office.”
A commutation was a good move but the statement was ill advised and unecessary. It gives credence to a process that does not deserve it. He should have just done it and issued a sentence or two and then shut the hell up.