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I’m not a big fan of Scooter Libby, yet I’m pleased at today’s news that President Bush has commuted his sentence. It was the right thing to do. He got caught up in a maelstorm of his own making, at least partially, but he did not deserve the harsh prison sentence handed down. He was the fall guy for more powerful men who were much, much guiltier than he was. On a different topic, note the order of meetings for Vladimir Putin’s visit with President Bush. Oh wait, that’s right, he’s meeting with George Sr first, then George Jr. Speaks volumes, doesn’t it? Lastly, all eyes are on London this week, as we wait to see what unfolds in the attempted car bombings. With a quickly approaching trip over the pond for the Know it All family, there is a solemn interest as we make our plans for our time there. I am impressed with the swift, precise arm of justice in Britain–only days and they have their suspects in hand. Life doesn’t stop, the city keeps moving. As it has been pointed out, they have great respect for the threat of terrorism, and they don’t pussyfoot about. Britain is a country that knows how to handle terrorism, how to live with it without giving in to threats and fear, avoiding turning themselves inside out and into something they don’t recognize anymore. If only we could learn… Comments5 Comments so far |
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Now, thanks to Bush’s obstruction of justice, the higher-ups will skate too.
Nice work all around!
Dear President Bush-
I am writing to ask you to please pardon me from having to pay back taxes to the IRS. I have always filed taxes and yet through some oversight, I failed to have the correct amount deducted from my pay for the last 6 years. Of course I didn’t mean to do this. I have never broken the law, never lied, or knowingly covered up any illegal actions, leaked information on CIA operatives, perjured myself in a federal court, gouged oil and gas prices, started a fund-raiser war, or used people’s retirement and 401K money to acquire vacation houses and expensive toys causing my grandparents lose everything they owned while the CEO of the company dined on caviar on his 50-foot yacht.
The IRS is threatening to take everything I own (which is nothing) and even garnished the remaining $4 in my checking account. I feel this punishment is excessive and far outweighs the crime of trying to stretch my $40K paycheck so I can take the bus to work, pay rent, buy food and pay college tuition for my twin sons I won’t let you send to Iraq with your twin daughters.
Therefore, I feel that you, being the President and obviously above any and all laws of the land and our judicial system, should grant me a full pardon from having to repay the IRS. In fact, I feel you might give me a FULL PARDON and I should never have to pay income tax again. I know you can and will do this for me and the good of the American people, as my purported criminal act is of a far lesser offense than say I. Scooter Libby whom you seem to feel should get a walk. It just makes sense and it’s the right thing to do for the American people.
I’m not sure I agree pardoning Libby was “the right thing to do”. Libby broke the law and was sentenced. That’s how our justice system is supposed to work. In commuting Libby’s sentence Bush showed the same disregard for the law he’s demonstrated since he was born.
I do think it was the right thing to do. Libby wasn’t convicted of revealing her name, turns out many others did that, but instead of lying about who or when it happened. A five year sentence for that wasn’t appropriate–nor was it going to punish any of those who were truly guilty in the matter. I’m no fan of Libby’s, I’d like to see him convicted of harder charges. However, in the White House, its easy to get caught up in the lines of power and control, in doing things that normally would encur a slap on the wrist. He was a fall guy, plain and simple, and not the truly guilty one to boot. At least not in this case.
And Bush loses nothing by commuting the sentence. The 70% of the country who disapprove still disapprove, and the 30% who support him were the very people calling for him to do this.
Of course, I would love to see the fallout that Libby could have released if he’d served jail time. Think of all those secrets….like the size of Dick Cheney’s staff!
OK, right thing to do, wrong way to go about it. Bush sidestepped the Justice Department and the usual procedures for pardoning or commuting a sentence. He wanted to do something and, legal technicalities be damned, he was going to do it. It’s just like accepting Congress as an equal branch of government: he follows the rules when it’s convenient, and ignores them when it’s not.