Remember the outrage over Clinton’s on-the-way-out pardons?

Me, too.

Remember any of the guys he pardoned?

Me, neither.

But everyone will remember the pardon of Scooter Libby. Go for it, GOP. Best wishes. Hope that works out for you.

Bush will pardon Libby after the 2008 election and before his terms ends as surely as night follows day. What’s been clever is how he let things play out:

1. By commuting Libby’s sentence, Bush ensured Libby won’t spend a day in jail.

2. By not pardoning him yet, Bush made sure Libby cannot be compelled to testify in another investigation (say, of Cheney). Once he’s pardoned, Libby cannot invoke the 5th because he has no risk of self-incrimination and could be forced to testify. This way, he can still take the 5th and protect others in the administrations.

3. Once Bush’s term is over, it’s more unlikely any major investigations of the previous administration will gather much steam. So, pardoning Libby shortly before the clock runs out runs little risk.

Bush played this one like a chess grandmaster – he knows exactly what he’s doing here.

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Please send us some smarter trolls for Christmas. These dumb ones are really, really boring.

Thank you in advance.

Your friend,

Annie

bush yes… but the libster too?

Valerie Plame was working on Iran’s weapons program and it would have been better for this country if her cover, and the front they had set up for her and her fellow agents, had not been blown by this convicted felon.

“The unmasking of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson by White House officials in 2003 caused significant damage to U.S. national security and its ability to counter nuclear proliferation abroad”

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Outed_CIA_officer_was_working_on_0213.html

America’s MSM is just the opposite of what Righties say they are. How much coverage of the Iraq invasion have you seen lately? You’d think that with the current ’surge is working’ rally cry, Iraq would be all over the news.

Remember when Brown went to Basra the first time? The WH made sure they ‘one-upped’ him with their own news as Bush was flying over Basra. Our media will not expose the Brusch Crime Family yet… they would lose a ton of corporate ads, plus lose ‘retroactive immunity’ from the Bushlickers.

‘Coalition of the Billing’, Blackwater, Halliburton, et al, would also put them on their ‘list’…

Fascist Party over country and duty every time.

Bush/Cheney/Libby
Hague Trials ‘09

Buck Fush

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, GORDON BROWN, DECLARES IRAQ WAR OVER!

That’s right! He said the words ‘…war is over!’
Briish troops are to completely hand over Basra to Iraqi troops in two weeks, transition entirely from an offensive role to a training mission, draw down forces to HALF, and have all forces out by March!

Gordon Brown is only the Prime Minister Great Britain; the only other occupying nation with any significant presence in Iraq and Americas number one ally. He says ‘war is over’ and there’s a virtual blackout of his words. There are only a few random reports that he was even in Iraq yesterday.

Is it just me or is something amiss?

Comment by RS Olive — December 10, 2007 @ 11:27 am

The new revelations that Pelosi herself gave a nod to waterboarding and the fact Pelosi is keeping Impeachment “Off the Table” should give a few clues.

Comment by boreas — December 10, 2007 @ 11:02 am

Yeah, maybe a couple of nights in the Oval taking Jeff Guckert/Gannon’s place.

That whinyass little traitor ought to be shot.

Comment by tokin librul — December 10, 2007 @ 11:03 am

On the morning of Clinton’s last day in office, he pardoned a number of people — as presidents before him had done. With a few exceptions (Marc Rich comes to mind), most were people who had nothing to do with Clinton or his administration. Still, Clinton’s pardons were carefully examined by Congress to ensure they were not given for illegal reasons (quid pro quo, for example) — a process that took months.

The fact that Clinton issued pardons on his last day has been a favorite wingnut talking point ever since.

On January 20, 2009, Dubya will no doubt issue a flurry of last-minute pardons, too. His list will look a bit different. It will be longer than Clinton’s, and it will contain mostly people who have had something to do with him or his administration. Whether or not his pardons make it through Congressional investigation will depend upon who we send to Congress in 2008.

18 U.S.C. Section 4: “Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.”

How many in the executive branch and its agencies does this apply to?

I still don’t understand why Congress has yet to investigate the Whitehouse on this. Pardons don’t impact the impeachment process.

Iraqis & Americans died.

Cheney & Rice lied.

Iraqis & Americans died.

Rove & Hadley lied.

Iraqis & Americans died.

The CIA tapes died.

Today the World cried.

Quite surprising that a guy who had his sentence commuted, is likely to be pardoned, and is guaranteed wingnut welfare for the rest of his life, even contemplated an appeal.

But he’s suddenly decided now to drop the appeal… inquiring minds etc etc