No "Pound Me In The Ass Prison" for Scooter

[Squink]

@DoctorJ

But Scooter still has to pay the fine!

The Libby Legal Defense Trust has already raised millions.
The Honorable Fred Thompson and friends are certain to pay the $250K.

[11811]

@Rhubarb

Good point! Could this be the first sentence that GeeDub has ever commuted? Or have there been other rich Republicans who needed his help staying out of jail?

How could there not be?

[Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus]

So help me, I’m now actually feeling sorry for Paris Hilton.

[PunditLisa]

I’m not surprised.

[Commodore_Penguin]

@Rhubarb

Good point! Could this be the first sentence that GeeDub has ever commuted? Or have there been other rich Republicans who needed his help staying out of jail?

Depending on how much you read into the “they’re evil fuckers who can and will do anything they want” Theory, arguably you could include Kenneth Lay in this bunch.

[Leaper]

This was a no-brainer of a decision for Bush. He can’t possibly get any less popular with his opponents, and his base has been clamoring for Libby’s freedom ever since he was indicted. What downside to doing this is there for him?

[Wile_E]

I am totally shocked by this! I did not see that coming at all!
Guess what else I learned today? Rain is wet! nods

@Tuckerfan

Yup. I’d say that 18% of the population would also like to be a firetruck.

Ooh! Me! Me! … all those firemen hopping on board …

I’ll be in my bunk.

[Queen_Bruin]

@Spectre of Pithecanthropus

So help me, I’m now actually feeling sorry for Paris Hilton.

I’m glad I’m not the only one that thought that.

[Tuckerfan]

@Commodore Penguin

Depending on how much you read into the “they’re evil fuckers who can and will do anything they want” Theory, arguably you could include Kenneth Lay in this bunch.

You think Shrub got Ken Lay one of those CIA suicide pills?

[Fear_Itself]

@Leaper

Hmmm… From what I see in some conservative blogs, some folks actually are mad at Bush for this too… for not giving Libby a full pardon. Since, y’know, he is totally innocent of wrongdoing, and only convicted because he was smeared in a totally partisan sham witch hunt of a prosecution.

Except that according to the ruling of the Supreme Court in Burdick v. the United States, accepting a pardon carries an implicit admission of guilt:

This brings us to the differences between legislative immunity and a pardon. They are substantial. The latter carries an imputation of guilt; acceptance a confession of it. The former has no such imputation or confession. It is tantamount to the silence of the witness. It is noncommittal. It is the unobtrusive act of the law given protection against a sinister use of his testimony, not like a pardon, requiring him to confess his guilt in order to avoid a conviction of it.

So, accepting a pardon is out of the question if he, or his supporters, truly believe he is innocent of the charges.

[gonzomax]

No prez has ever commuted a perjury case. He was a special friend to the rich and powerful. I understand a jury system is hard to run roughshod over. But for Bushie there is always a way to work around. The jury system is not able to understand the special circumstances of these people.
It appears Bush has decided to forget his legacy. Beyond salvage.

[David_Simmons]

@George W. Bush

“I respect the jury’s verdict,” Bush said in a statement"

He went to Yale University and still doesn’t understand what is meant by “respect.”

[Commodore_Penguin]

@Tuckerfan

You think Shrub got Ken Lay one of those CIA suicide pills?

The tinfoil hat theory I heard was no autopsy and closed casket: Kennyboy flew the coop, man.

:dubious:

[Larry_Borgia]

Saddened but not surprised. I predict there will be a full pardon after the '08 elections. Libby probably knows where a lot of bodies are buried. (Figuratively. I hope.)

[11811]

@Commodore Penguin

The tinfoil hat theory I heard was no autopsy and closed casket: Kennyboy flew the coop, man.

:dubious:

You figure he’s hiding out with Jim Morrison?

[Tuckerfan]

@Larry Borgia

Saddened but not surprised. I predict there will be a full pardon after the '08 elections. Libby probably knows where a lot of bodies are buried. (Figuratively. I hope.)

I thought Scooter WAS one of the bodies!

[Blalron]

@Leaper

Hmmm… From what I see in some conservative blogs, some folks actually are mad at Bush for this too… for not giving Libby a full pardon. Since, y’know, he is totally innocent of wrongdoing, and only convicted because he was smeared in a totally partisan sham witch hunt of a prosecution.

Can’t win sometimes.

He really should have just pardoned or not pardoned him. At least he would have made one group of people happy. This sentence commutation doesn’t please anybody.

[Tuckerfan]

@Blalron

He really should have just pardoned or not pardoned him. At least he would have made one group of people happy. This sentence commutation doesn’t please anybody.

Ah, the joys of compromise.

[Commodore_Penguin]

@11811

You figure he’s hiding out with Jim Morrison?

They’ve got a flat together with Amelia Earhart down the hall. Ken’s always trying to stay business-minded and Jim keeps leaving his socks around the place. And Jimmy Hoffa is their wacky neighbor, always with some cuh-RAAAZY scheme.

[Merijeek]

Wow, another precedent set.

We’ve moved from the “spoils system” to the I’ll do whatever the fuck I feel like today “scorched Earth system”.

I guess in 2009 all them GOP government employees had better watch their mouths - never know what information may be “accidentally leaked”.

-Joe