dear president bush: burn in hell

[rone]

President Bush commuted the sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Monday, sparing him from a 2 1/2-year prison term in the CIA leak case. [...] Bush's move came hours after a federal appeals panel ruled Libby could not delay his prison term in the CIA leak case.

Comments

[palecur.livejournal.com]

Man, why couldn't he just wait till the last 30 minutes of his Administration and bury it in a midnight flurry of pardons for all his buddies in one huge mass, like the last guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_pardons_controversy#Pardons_and_commutations_signed_on_final_day_in_office)?

[nothings.livejournal.com]

because his goal was to stop libby from going to jail NOW?

much like Ford didn't wait to the end of his term to pardon Nixon?

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

This is second-hand, but "a pardon would mean that Libby was no longer exposed to criminal sanctions and thus had no Fifth Amendment privilege. As it stands he has a fine and probation at stake during the pendency of the appeal which insulates him (and Bush and Cheney) from having to answer questions before Congress."

[bungo.livejournal.com]

How very... adroit of the President's legal team.