SANTA CLARITA, CA...12/14/07 2:45pm EST...Former White House insider Scooter Libby met today with attorneys to finalize the dismissal of his appeal of felony convictions for obstruction of justice and perjury. After meeting for "several hours," Libby and his attorneys spent the rest of the afternoon "playing" at Six Flags Amusement Park. Stated Scooter, "I got candy and soda and pizza and tacos
I was just reading for the nth time Steve King's "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" ("Different Seasons") - an all time classic if any, where a detainee, supposedly innocent, covers the hole he's digging in his wall with posters of pin-ups.Both Paris Hilton and I. Lewis Scooter Libby Jr are guilty far beyond supposedliness. The former did go to jail, pass go, collect $200, go back to jail, pass go, and even collect a few more $200s while her daddy purchased more hotels on high street. The latter won't go to jail and may even get a few more "chance" cards from George W. Bush - the guy who's been plundering the community chest for 7 years.Nothing can hide the hole this excuse for a president has created.
unfuckingbelievable. run. read. now. below. or click. go.An Unpardonable ActBy E. J. Dionne Jr.Friday, July 6, 2007; Page A15 I harbored no personal desire to see I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby spend a long time in prison for his perjury and obstruction-of-justice convictions. People who know him tell me he is a thoughtful and interesting man, and I have no reason to doubt them.Yet when I learned that President Bush had commuted Libby's 30-month sentence, I was enraged although not surprised. Rage should not be a standard response to political events (though avoiding it has gotten harder in recent years), so I had to ask if my anger was justified. Here's the case for getting mad and staying mad.The core point is that "equal justice under law" either means something or it doesn't. In this case, all the facts we know tell us that Libby received far more than equal justice, as evidenced by the irregular way his commutation was handled.President Bush's rationale for commuting Libby's senten
Look every time I turn around folks are wanting to see Libby serve prison time. Everyone should already know the details of what's going on with Scooter so look it up if you don't.
Stop and think about something. Did Clinton lie under oath? Yes he did and did he have to serve prison time for it? No he did not have to. Libby was found guilty of the same crime obstruction of justice. Libby
If you were President, what would you do about Scooter Libby? But first, last week’s results:
Last week we asked you if you would consider voting for Michael Bloomberg if he ran in 2008. Only 34% voted that they would even consider voting for him, while 65% said that they would would not, clearly a distinct disadvantage for Bloomberg if he decides to run as an Independent. Only time will tell if he will or not.
Of course, the big news yesterday was President Bush’s commutation of the 2 1/2 year sentence handed down by a federal jury in the infamous Scooter Libby case. Libby will serve no time for lying in the investigation into the outing of Valerie Plame, a CIA agent. My question for readers isn’t about whether it was in the President’s power to commute the sentence that was handed down to Libby by a judge and jury. Unfortunately (or fortunately), the Constitution does give Bush this power. My question has to do with right and wrong. Already, many major news ou
It's hilarious to watch these partisan slap fights. Everybody in the whole world knows that the Democrats would be quiet if Clinton had done something similar (in fact, he did worse), but we have to sit and watch the mock-shock and pretend outrage at what is a completely defensible action by George Bush (I'll spare the boring details).
The Republicans may have done the same thing, but I don't think they'd have had the same maniacal glee during the hypocrisy-drenched press conferences.
From the opinion makers; members of the NY Times Editorial board (italics mine): “Presidents have the power to grant clemency and pardons. But in this case, Mr. Bush did not sound like a leader making tough decisions about justice. He sounded like a man worried about what a former loyalist might say when actually staring into a prison cell.” The NY Times Editors always “hear” things differently; why is that? Oftentimes, too often, I find myself visiting the pages of opinion in the Times; they irk me. Perhaps it’s their smarmy, condescending tone. Maybe it’s their utter dismissal of so many pieces of a puzzle that allows them to come to their conclusions that bothers me. One has to realize that the opinion page of any paper is just that, opinion. I don’t know why, but for some inexplicable reason I expect more from what used to be a respected paper. So much of what people read or view these days is colored with words that conjure up images the writer wa
Wow, perjure yourself about a blowjob, its an impeachable offense. Perjure yourself over a matter vital to national security, earn yourself a Presidential Get Out of Jail Free card and a pat on the back. Bushy, you're doing a heckuva job!http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/naOQ
Two recently published children’s books written by Scooter Libby, former chief of staff to Vice-president Chaney who’s sentenced to serve two years in federal prison for not covering up a crime that he didn’t commit, prompted thousands of Liberals to gather in front of the White house and demand that President Bush pardon Libby.
"I don’t why a beautiful person like Scooter Libby is in prison while others are free to roam the streets, selling gasoline and trans fats," said Ed Asner, spokes sentient being for the group.
No justice, no peace. Free Scooter now!
In the first book, Heather Has Two Socially Conscious Parents, an ideal family made up of star football player Heather; her mother, an ACLU attorney; and Heather’s stay at home dad struggle against bigotry and ignorance. The evening after Heather mentions, in class, that she thinks the presence of dinosaur bones proves that the Earth is millions of years old, a fundamentalist mob rouses Heather and
Dear America,First off, let me apologize for lying to a grand jury, perjuring myself, and all that other crap that I did to get Dicky-boy off the hook. My bad. With that out of the way, I want to address the real crisis affecting America - the paternity battle for Anna Nicole Smith's little baby.As you may or may not know, OJ Simpson has recently entered the fray claiming that he is the father of little Dannielynn. The self-proclaimed "king of slow moving sperm" (or KOSMS for short) has joined the likes of numerous other celebrity nitwits in falsely claiming fatherhood. They are all liars? I know because I'm the real father.Some of you may think that I'm doing this to distract you from my conviction. That couldn't be farther from the truth, even if it is actually true. I worked in politics, and as you know, politicians never lie except when they lie. Right now, I'm not lying, I'm just restating a fact incorrectly. I am the father of Anna Nicole Smith's child. My fast-moving sper
Earlier I posted an article about the Scooter Libby verdict called Stand Up Guys. You can scrawl down a couple of whirls if interested.Since, I have this thing about not stilting my writing to comply with search engine optimization, the title was worded all wrong. It did not mention Scooter Libby one time, and Scooter Libby was not mentioned very many times in the body of the article, even though much of it was about Scooter Libby and the Scooter Libby Verdict, which probably caused concern to George Bush, the Republican President. No word on what Dick Cheney is thinking. Plamegate is relevant here alsoHowever, this time when looking around to see what other bloggers were saying--I found that I was hopelessly buried. This was because I had not mentioned Scooter Libby in the title, and had not mentioned Scooter Libby very many times in the article. It was clear that I was talking about Scooter Libby, but if you are a stupid machine, unless you actually see the word "Scooter Libby"
Could the charges against Scooter Libby be unconstitutional? He's now claiming that the special prosecutor's investigation lacked the proper authority. How convenient.Among the many possible implications, two jump out at me:1. By taking action without first figuring out the necessary prerequisites or the eventual consequences, the administration messed up. Big time.or2. The administration, knowing that something might be uncovered in the course of the investigation, failed to go through the proper channels to get a special prosecutor appointed knowing full well that it might result in the dismissal of any eventual charges.
