Libby pardoned

[MadMarchHare]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/02/libby.sentence/index.html

One more sign this administration just doesn't give a shtein.

[Geowhizzer]

I would have been shocked if he hadn't pardoned him.

[MDS]

Oh oh no, no. He still has the conviction on his record and has to pay the 250k fine. But he won't do any jail time, so it's not a full on pardon.

Obviously this was coming, but I will seriously hold a parade down Broad St. when Bush dies. I don't care if it's 50 years from now, he's a disgrace to this country.

[Seabiscuit36]

I figured he'd wait till he was nearly out of office, really this is a sign he doesnt give a shtein

[Geowhizzer]

I figured he'd wait till he was nearly out of office, really this is a sign he doesnt give a shtein

He couldn't because of the jail time looming fairly quickly.  He waited it out until now to see if he could get away without commuting the sentence.

Commuting the sentence rather than issuing a full pardon is Bush trying to please both sides:  there is still a punishment for the crime (paid for by some oil company, no doubt), but Libby will not have to serve as a girlfriend to an inmate named Bubba.

[Rome]

Another brick in the wall.

[phillymic2000]

I expected and don't agree with W and his decision. I would love to see overall each president's pardons over the last twenty years and what crooks have been set free, it would be interesting.

[Wingspan]

I wish i knew of a convenient place where one could go, and say type in a term and find out all kinds of things about that term. I bet someone could make a lot of money if they invented something like that.

[phillymic2000]

I know I should of looked before I posted, interesting list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_pardoned_by_a_United_States_president

[phillymic2000]

I wish i knew of a convenient place where one could go, and say type in a term and find out all kinds of things about that term. I bet someone could make a lot of money if they invented something like that.

Ha Ha Very funny  yeah if something like that exists

[Diomedes]

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I know I should of looked before I posted, interesting list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_pardoned_by_a_United_States_president

Clinton's kicking Bush's ass.  Bush needs to step up and pardon some real felons.  He's been too busy bombing brown people.

[Geowhizzer]

Which one of you idiots wrote this one:

Curt Heykants - Belched during dinner while in the company of Clinton. Clinton immediately accepted Heykants request of "Pardon me"

[ice grillin you]

this actually might have been the best move of the bush presidency...this poor guy took the fall for the white house....theres no way bush should have let him spend one second in prison

[Phanatic]

Hey if we use GOP tactics we would say that the Bush administration is in favor of outing CIA agents!

But really he was a fall guy for some thing larger that shows they're in favor of doing just about anything as a means to an end.