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Libby Sentence Commuted

gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
edited July 2007 in A Moving Train
Well we all knew this was going to happen, i just thought it would be a little later than sooner. just goes to show how this administration takes care of its own...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19570081/
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    not shocked yet still sickened.....:(
  • chopitdownchopitdown Posts: 2,222
    at least he wasn't pardoned... he's still out 250K and has a felony on his record.
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  • SuzannePjamSuzannePjam Posts: 411
    Of course Bush commuted Libby's sentance. It was all in the deal when Scooty boy took the fall for Dead Eye Dick. No one in the Bush Administration was going to have Scooter shooting off his mouth in retaliation for going to jail. It was a Fait Accompli.

    Happy 4th everyone. Justice is dead in America.
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  • chopitdownchopitdown Posts: 2,222
    :)
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  • SuzannePjamSuzannePjam Posts: 411
    Thanks! Now I don't look like a complete fool! ;)
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  • chopitdownchopitdown Posts: 2,222
    SuzannePjam wrote:
    Wow, you're quick! I just edited it realizing I made the mistake before I thought anyone would catch it!

    i can go back and change it if you want :).... in fact I will...if i can
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  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    Fuck.
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  • stupidcorporatewhorestupidcorporatewhore Posts: 761
    cutback wrote:
    not shocked yet still sickened.....:(

    you think..

    maybe this time they might acknowlege the rule of law

    you think...

    maybe they'll do the right thing.

    oops

    at least they're consistant
  • RushlimboRushlimbo Posts: 832
    Paris Hilton did hard time compared to this prick.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Rushlimbo wrote:
    Paris Hilton did hard time compared to this prick.

    yeah she actually did time.......did libby even ever see a holding cell?
  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    I got 40 hours of community service for urinating in public, for fucks sake.
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    So Bush overrules the law of the land. What's new? The Bush Administration have shown again and again that they see themselves as being outside of, and above, the law.
  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    Byrnzie wrote:
    So Bush overrules the law of the land. What's new? The Bush Administration have shown again and again that they see themselves as being outside of, and above, the law.

    I feel like a taxpayer that's just been pissed on.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    gue_barium wrote:
    I feel like a taxpayer that's just been pissed on.


    that's cuz we have been.....
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Byrnzie wrote:
    So Bush overrules the law of the land. What's new? The Bush Administration have shown again and again that they see themselves as being outside of, and above, the law.

    "Above the law? who, us?" We get our friends out of prison, hide DUI's from court records, laugh at subpoenas, "lose" thousands of e-mails, fight oversight by claiming that the Legislative branch doesn't have the right to investigate the Executive branch (then claim when the Executive branch wants to investigate that the VP isn't in the executive branch), discredit election opposition by a) questioning a former POW's sanity or say start rumors that he had a black baby b) question a former war hero's service when you got out of service.... I'm sure that there is a lot more...
    AP Article wrote:
    "I respect the jury's verdict," Bush said in a statement. "But I have concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is excessive. Therefore, I am commuting the portion of Mr. Libby's sentence that required him to spend thirty months in prison."

    Bush left intact a $250,000 fine and two years probation for Libby, and Bush said his action still "leaves in place a harsh punishment for Mr. Libby."

    Still leaves a harsh punishment... yeah... $250k, Cheney can piss out that much.
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  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    What's the real pisser about this is that Bush indicated early on that he would not interfere with the judicial process and let whatever may be in the case of Libby, ride. As justice. If nothing else, you got the feeling that Bush had given way to the pressure of doing the right thing to, at the least, appease something of his ridiculous presidency.

    What a fucktwit.
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    I am actually surprised that they didn't wait until tomorrow to take out the trash with this one... They have given the news media almost a whole 24 hour news cycle to make noise about this. I just figured that they would have announced it tomorrow at like dinner time.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    blackredyellow wrote:
    I am actually surprised that they didn't wait until tomorrow to take out the trash with this one... They have given the news media almost a whole 24 hour news cycle to make noise about this. I just figured that they would have announced it tomorrow at like dinner time.


    like they give a shit what anyone thinks.....:rolleyes:
  • Bu2Bu2 Posts: 1,693
    anyone....just hit me with a brick. Because I really thought (and have been quoted on here as saying) that Bush would never pardon Libby, he would see it as political suicide, knowing as I do that Bush lives in a bubble and doesn't realize he's already committed it.

    I myself see nothing wrong with the idea of impeaching Cheney and Bush immediately, and setting up the Speaker of the House as our interim POTUS until the next election (and for those of you who don't know it, the House Speaker becomes Pres when both the original Pres and his or her Veep step down...for whatever reason).

    That does, of course, mean Nancy Pelosi would be our Pres.

    And frankly, I'm okay with that, as long as no one gets used to the idea of a female POTUS and votes Billary in to take over, Rover, and put all our good intentions aside.
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  • HartydogHartydog Posts: 2,060
    gue_barium wrote:
    What's the real pisser about this is that Bush indicated early on that he would not interfere with the judicial process and let whatever may be in the case of Libby, ride. As justice. If nothing else, you got the feeling that Bush had given way to the pressure of doing the right thing to, at the least, appease something of his ridiculous presidency.

    What a fucktwit.

    they all take care of there own. let's not forget how many pardons Clinton handed down that were more than questionable. politicians - how do you know when they're lying? their lips are moving.
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    blackredyellow wrote:
    I am actually surprised that they didn't wait until tomorrow to take out the trash with this one... They have given the news media almost a whole 24 hour news cycle to make noise about this. I just figured that they would have announced it tomorrow at like dinner time.

    that is what i was getting at in my original post. what did they wait, like only a few hours after it was decided that libby had to report to prison?

    i think that releasing the name of a covert agent is not only against the law, but it is treason of the highest order. anyone that had anything to do with it should be locked up with no chance of parole, even if they only obstructed justice as libby has done. it is a sad day in this country when people like padilla are held in our secret prisons for 5 years without being charged with a crime and the guilty serve no time at all.
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  • hailhailkchailhailkc Posts: 582
    This type of tomfoolery was employed by Clinton too, it's not like this option is something new to Bush and Co. It's the system that's screwing us over…it's the system that needs overhauling…
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  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    hailhailkc wrote:
    This type of tomfoolery was employed by Clinton too, it's not like this option is something new to Bush and Co. It's the system that's screwing us over…it's the system that needs overhauling…

    So? Is Clinton president now? Why must people always live in the past? If something is wrong... it is always wrong...no matter how many times it may have happened in the past.

    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
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  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    hailhailkc wrote:
    This type of tomfoolery was employed by Clinton too, it's not like this option is something new to Bush and Co. It's the system that's screwing us over…it's the system that needs overhauling…

    Lying about one's personal life is one thing. It is. It's nobody's business but your own. Ask me and Sponger.

    Lying that involves national security is something else altogether. Surely, a Royals fan can see this.
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  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    hailhailkc wrote:
    This type of tomfoolery was employed by Clinton too, it's not like this option is something new to Bush and Co. It's the system that's screwing us over…it's the system that needs overhauling…

    But, you are correct in the overview.

    Crazy times.
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  • Bu2Bu2 Posts: 1,693
    because she's counting on her one and only "greatest weapon, biggest gun", to help her take the White House back....and that's the man she put in there years ago.

    Here's a snapshot of the reaction to the news of Libby's big break tonight:

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak_quotes_2

    There are many great quotes in here, and there are a lot of typical Republican statements (um, no offense, Repubs), but I got a kick out of Hillary's response.....she dare speaks of cronyism, as if she herself and Bill are not just as guilty of it.

    Cute.
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  • RushlimboRushlimbo Posts: 832
    hailhailkc wrote:
    This type of tomfoolery was employed by Clinton too, it's not like this option is something new to Bush and Co. It's the system that's screwing us over…it's the system that needs overhauling…

    Doesnt happen often but I agree with you.
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  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Bu2 wrote:
    because she's counting on her one and only "greatest weapon, biggest gun", to help her take the White House back....and that's the man she put in there years ago.

    Here's a snapshot of the reaction to the news of Libby's big break tonight:

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak_quotes_2

    There are many great quotes in here, and there are a lot of typical Republican statements (um, no offense, Repubs), but I got a kick out of Hillary's response.....she dare speaks of cronyism, as if she herself and Bill are not just as guilty of it.

    Cute.

    Hilary makes me cringe.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    hailhailkc wrote:
    This type of tomfoolery was employed by Clinton too, it's not like this option is something new to Bush and Co. It's the system that's screwing us over…it's the system that needs overhauling…


    i've been saying this for quite awhile now and much more frequently - "i never thought i'd see a president and administration more arrogant then clinton's" wtg georgie.....you're no. 1!!!!!! :rolleyes: :(
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Hilary makes me cringe.

    you said it, sister......;)
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    i mean most of the time these pardons or shortening of sentences occur as one of the president's last deeds in office. in this case, when it was ruled that scooter was denied bail this afternoon bush pulled the trigger a few hours later. it seems to me that it was a forgone conclusion that scooter was not to be allowed to do any time at all. at least from what i remember from that time, some of those clinton commuted/pardoned actually did serve some time.
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