[Hillary] Clinton Draws Distictions on Pardons

UK Guardian ^ | Tuesday July 3, 2007 7:16 PM | Mike Glover

[hardback]

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton drew a distinction between President Bush's decision to commute the sentence of White House aide I. Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby - which she has harshly criticized - and her husband's 140 pardons in his closing hours in office.

``I believe that presidential pardon authority is available to any president, and almost all presidents have exercised it,'' Clinton said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.

``This (the Libby decision) was clearly an effort to protect the White House. ... There isn't any doubt now, what we know is that Libby was carrying out the implicit or explicit wishes of the vice president, or maybe the president as well, in the further effort to stifle dissent.''

Libby, a former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, had been sentenced to 30 months in prison as well as two years' probation and a $250,000 fine for perjury in connection with the leaking of CIA agent Valerie Plane's name to reporters.

Just hours after a federal appeals court rejected Libby's appeal, Bush announced his decision to commute the prison term portion of the sentence, which he labeled excessive.

As she campaigns with her husband for Iowa's leadoff precinct caucuses, Clinton has joined other Democrats in ripping Bush's decision. In the interview, she said it was ``one more example'' of the Bush administration thinking ``it is above the rule of law.''

Her husband's pardons, issued in the closing hours of his presidency, were simply routine exercise in the use of the pardon power, and none were aimed at protecting the Clinton presidency or legacy, she said.

``This particular action by the president is one more piece of evidence in their ongoing disregard for the rule of law that they think they don't have to answer to,'' she said.

[TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl]

Just saw your post #73. Like I said, it was more than 140.

[bannie]

"This (the Libby decision) was clearly an effort to protect the White House..."

...the vile woman said as she recalled that--in HER term as co-president--they had inconvenient people simply ARKANSIDED. Pardons were, after all, just for Profit!

[ballplayer]

Problem is democrats have stricken the idea of SHAME from the public square ,if they ever had any,so let it be written ,so let it be done!

[devolve]

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LOL!

I missed that yesterday!

[popdonnelly]

The Clintons only lie when their mouths are moving. Anyone remember the pardon of Susan McDougal?

[popdonnelly]

“Of all the gaul...this woman is as shameless as her husband..”

No, she’s worse. And the stupid part of the public buys it.

[popdonnelly]

“I am amazed that the MSM does not recall that Hillary’s brothers were also selling pardons”

Most of the reporters, editors, and publishers in the MSM are Democrats. So this is not surprising at all.

Remember, it’s only a scandal if Republicans do it.

[facedown]

Unadulterated horse manure.

[popdonnelly]

“Problem is democrats have stricken the idea of SHAME from the public square”

True, they think morals and ethics are for hypocrites.

[the invisib1e hand]

you know what? The fact that she even spoke to this issue (granted, someone somehow managed to run in a foreign paper) indicates that she is far stupider than I could possibly have imagined.

[doug from upland]

DFU SONG: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Hillary is already singing a reaction to Libby)
DFU News of the Day in Song ^ | 7-2-07 | Lyrics, Doug from Upland

Posted on 07/02/2007 8:30:19 PM PDT by doug from upland

MIDI - I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN

That's right, we pardoned FALN out in the rose garden
Bill's coked out brother...Mel Reynolds and there were so many others

When it comes to pardons, are you kidding me
No one beats my husband and his Hillary

You know what's funny? We got big money

When Denise Rich had been worried for Marc
She knew who could help and so she came to see me
I said this would be easy

He's a wanted man, they're looking for him
I can fix it so your life is no longer scary
Give big to Bill's Lie-brary

The law cannot touch us and you know it
Each day is one more chance to show it
Go ahead and shout hypocrisy

That's right, we pardoned FALN out in the rose garden
Bill's coked out brother...Mel Reynolds and there were so many others

You know what is funny...we really got away with big money

Four Hasidic Jews ripped off 40 mil
I'd get New Square votes and this plan would not fail
They'd be let out of jail

1359 to 10 votes for Rick
Their investigation of me's a non-starter
There is no woman smarter

The law cannot touch us and you know it
Each day is one more chance to show it
Go ahead and shout hypocrisy

That's right, we pardoned FALN out in the rose garden
Bill's coked out brother...Mel Reynolds and there were so many others

[Enchante]

Did you see the latest news release?

Shrillery: “Gasp, gasp, shriek, shriek...... I am simply outraged!! Although this commutation of sentence falls short of an outright pardon, I am extremely concerned about the evil BushCo White House. First, I understand that no Rodhams or Clintons received any large sums of money to ‘facilitate’ this exercise of executive clemency. 2nd, I see that no terrorists were released by this BushCo action. 3rd, I know of no secretive large donations of funds to the next presidential library. 4th, I know that no slutty blondes had to suck up to the President in order to obtain this favorable clemency action. Finally, I recognize that there is no long list of Clintonista felons and grifters to be pardoned by this administration. THEREFORE, I am convinced that this action by President Bush was deeply illegitimate and contrary to our system of government as I understand it and as it has operated in my time.”

[potlatch]

Well, yesterday was a bleary TV monitor day.

[Cowboy Bob]

The single charge that Libby was convicted of was based on the Jury believing Tim Russert’s testimony over his.

Has a transcript of Libby's "conflicting" testimony ever been made public?

[logcabinman]

Glad to see Carl is back! Last week was Hell.

[Fred]

Billary is showing signs of desperation very early in the campaign by rolling out her blue pill dropping, STD carrying husband.....Now that BJ Clinton is campaigning as if it was a co-presidency, Billary is going to have to take the CO-BLAME for all the skanky deeds that were done during BJ’s reign...

[ripley]

her husband pardons twenty or thirty bad-news terrorists and whammo, a terrorist attack! any connection? who knows, but in any event, one heck of a coincidence.

watch for the annointed one to be elected in a landslide by the “american electorate”. heil hillary!

[PhilDragoo]

[AnAmericanMother]

Of all the gaul...

Hey! I resent that!

[goldstategop]

Sure, the Democrats' role model for upholding the rule of law is the Great Impeached. You think they'd show a hint of shame. But politics is not measured by sincerity but by lying and crass shamelessness.

"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