Posted on 12/08/2011 4:39:47 PM PST by Mount Athos
Its too bad all this was not about sex as it is now ok to lie about sex as long as one holds a high office
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Exactly. He’s a POS.
Thank you for posting this and I was surprised at some of the facts in the article. This is outrageous and I don’t see how Bush did not know this when he left office.
Why would Colin Powell do this? I don’t agree with him politically but always thought he was a man of integrity.
Why did President Bush not pardon Libby if he knew all of this? Very disappointing if these facts are correct and a stain on the President’s honor. Press be damned. They hated him anyways.
You are right, but no one cared to acknowledge this fact.
The whole damned thing was a manufactured scandal by a Democratic operative. Wilson
I meant no one who mattered.
Ambition. Armitage, Powell and Fitzgerald all had or have ambition for power, perhaps presidential power in some fantasy future nurtured in their selfish little souls.
That’s why they did what they did.
Amen...
Bush should have pardoned Libby- that much is certainly clear
Agreed. I can’t believe I once supported that scum. Shame on me.
I believe the Clinton's were handing out nuclear secrets to anyone who wanted them and used the CIA as a cover claiming it was a CIA sting operation.
If my memory serves me correctly, the fact that it was Armitage who leaked Plame's name to Novak came out only after President Bush left office. It came out when Novak was ill with what turned out to be terminal cancer. He was getting ready to publish his memoir and that's when Armitage admitted he was the leaker.
President Bush did commute Scooter's sentence, so he never had to spend a moment in jail. And there was a vigorous defense fund set up by Scooter's friends, so I'm sure his legal bills were taken care of. But GWB didn't fully pardon him because the President had promised publicly that whoever did leak the name would be held to account. GWB was as much a victim of Fitzgerald, Armitage, Powell and Novak as Scooter was. At the time he left office, all GWB knew was that Scooter was a convicted perjurer. GWB also did not have all the facts at his disposal, and the posted article makes that clear.
I did too. Seemed like a level, sensible person. First there was Scooter Libby.
Then his support of Obama. It made me realize that to someone like him, race was far more important to him than national security or the well being of this country.
That particular thing was quite telling to me.
Hogwash. President Bush knew it was an abuse of the judicial system and very reason the founders gave the power of pardon. My bet it was Karl Rove keeping the full pardon from happening - he was glad to see somebody else take the blame and wanted to keep Libby in focus. George Bush might have a better legacy had it not been for poll watching, let’s stay popular with the liberals Karl Rove.
That is the main reason I despise Colin Powell. He could have set that right. But didn't.
More drag out the bash Bush crap.
Economy, Obamas’ extravagant spending, fake unemployment numbers, TRillions of dollars being spent,
Nah, why do that when Obama’s plan is to bash Bush while he’s campaigning, after all, it’s all he’s got...
More drag out the bash Bush crap.
Economy, Obamas’ extravagant spending, fake unemployment numbers, TRillions of dollars being spent, 4 wars
Nah, why do that when Obama’s plan is to bash Bush while he’s campaigning, after all, it’s all he’s got...
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