CNN: Conservatives Will Be 'Angry' Over Commutation, GOP Double Standard re: Clinton

http://newsbusters.org/ ^ | July 2, 2007 | Brent Baker

[sgtbono2002]

President Bush will have a tough time getting re-elected.

He would raise his status in my book if now he launched an investiagtion of Fitzgerald and find out why so much money was wasted on this fishing expedition.

[CT]

Yeah, I remember all that time Clinton spent in jail. What was it, 36 months?

Clinton lied, and committed witness intimidation.

[Soul Seeker]

MmHmm.

Does anyone suspect this meme has something to do with the most recent instance of conservatives getting angry? I do.

The mass media wants us to lead, or at least particpate in, their lynch mob over a man unjustly prosecuted receiving a commuted sentence.

You see, they’ve just witnessed the power of conservatives, and the ability of conservatives, to dessiminate information to the public when we are energized. they seem to wish us to be sufficiently exercised to do so here.

Not happening. If anything I’m relieved for libby. He’ll NEVER have to set foot in that prison cell he didn’t earn. Would I like a pardon? yeah. I’d prefer exoneration through an appellate process more. It was sweet to see nifong get what he deserved, and fitzy deserves no less.

The President for the first time in a long while did something I agree with, so they’ll have to stew amongst themselves. They’ll be one pitchfork short on this issue.

[ClearCase_guy]

Paul Begala: “President Clinton was impeached for lying before a grand jury."

WHAT?!? When did that happen?? I heard that he was impeached for having sex!

[PhilipFreneau]

>>>It gives Libby the chance to clear his name on appeal. The President can still pardon him.<<<

From my reading of the President’s statement on clemency he believes Libby lied and should be punished.

For unknown reasons, the President did not mention that there was NO evidence that Libby lied, and that there WAS evidence that Russert changed his story (e.g., he LIED).

Too bad Libby was not found guilty of lesser crimes, like drug smuggling or beating a Border Patrol Agent.

[celmak]

It gives Libby the chance to clear his name on appeal.

Didn't Libby lose his appeal, and this is why the President is commuting his sentence?

[Fresh Wind]

One wonders where the “mainstream” news media gets this idea.

The daily fax from the DNC.

[goldstategop]

The MSM/Drive By Media have no idea what conservatives think and feel. They don't care. They didn't care during the amnesty bill dust-up and they don't care now over the Libby Scooter commutation.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl]

I’m not aware of a single conservative or Republican who’s angry over this

Oh they'll find a few by next Sunday morning. Hagel, Specter, and Lugar come to mind as possibles.

[WildWeasel]

Libby can still appeal and he doesn’t have to spend time in jail while the appeals are heard.

I think Bush’s move is good. Commute the sentance while Libby is still appealing the verdict and if Libby wins, that’s it. If Libby loses, then Bush can pardon Libby on his last day as President.

[Theresawithanh]

The folks at CNN, like the rest of the mainstream media idiots, are waaaay out of touch with reality.

[goldstategop]

The RINOs will denounce the President to keep getting plaudits in the liberal media. Count on it.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[GOPJ]

Yawn

[hsalaw]

These idiots are clearly from an alternate universe. The GOP gets angry, all right, but not at the commutation of an overly harsh sentence unrelated to the real subject of the so-called investigation.

[plain talk]

President Clinton was impeached for lying before a grand jury. What do you think? What do you make of this? Does this smack of a double standard?”

Yes! It is a double standard. Libby was convicted to serve time in prison and Clinton wasn't. Dems always get off.

[Hoodat]

“President Clinton was impeached for lying before a grand jury.

Oh, so he wasn't impeached for a BJ after all. Finally, a leftists states the truth.

btw, Clinton would have granted himself a full pardon if he could have gotten away with it.

[Mumbles]

Wow! Thought I, a Conservative, was alone. I was more outraged by Clinton’s numerous, unwarranted, Greed Motivated (?) pardons than Bush’s only pardon (that I know of). I was a little upset that it was a single pardon and the same was not meted out to Border Patrol Agents, including Ramos and Compean... and I said so in my email to President@WhiteHouse.gov.

Amazingly, I was rather calm and composed. I was wondering about my demeanor as compared to the recent past. Then again, for Bush to pardon the BP Agents would be to admit he was wrong and / or had given up the fight on "illegals" (I think not).

[The_Reader_David]

Why? Because Scooter Libby still has a felony conviction on his record, has to serve probation, and pay a quarter million dollar fine because his memory didn’t agree with some MSM reporter’s memory when both were asked about a phone conversation by an over-zealous prosecutor with no real crime to prosecute.

It should have been a full pardon.

[bill1952]

Did I just read a leftist news-jerk admit that Clinton LIED?
In a court proceeding?

My, my...

[Turret Gunner A20]

On Jan. 20, 2001, I granted 140 pardons and issued 36 commutations. During my presidency, I issued a total of approximately 450 pardons and commutations, compared to 406 issued by President Reagan during his two terms. During his four years, President Carter issued 566 pardons and commutations, while in the same length of time President Bush granted 77. President Ford issued 409 during the slightly more than two years he was president. William Jefferson Clinton., February 18, 2001 http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/18/opinion/18CLIN.html?pagewanted=all&ei=5070&en=66ba82eaf117b24b&ex=1183521600