Bush Commutes Libby Sentence

Trajan Octavian Titus · 07-02-07, 04:45 PM

Waiting for a link haha.

Gibberish · 07-02-07, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Trajan Octavian Titus

Waiting for a link haha.

I'm surprised he's serving any time I thought he would be pardoned by now.

26 X World Champs · 07-02-07, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Gibberish

I'm surprised he's serving any time I thought he would be pardoned by now.

BTW - For any of you who think this pardon is cool you damn well better not EVER bring up Clinton's pardons ever again. I was against Clinton's pardons, Ford's pardon of Nixon and this one too.

This is another dark day for the Bush record but what else is new?

Apparently the details are that Bush commuted the sentence only, not the fine or the felony conviction. He will continue to be on probation.

No more bitching about Clinton or you'll once again be proving what a hypocrite you are...

RightinNYC · 07-02-07, 05:00 PM

Newsday.com: Bush commutes sentence for Libby

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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 left intact a $250,000 fine and two years probation for Libby, according to a senior White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced.

Zyphlin · 07-02-07, 05:02 PM

Actually, this is a decent bit different then Clintons.

And I think Bush made the right choice here. Despite the fact it was pretty much blantantly persued for absolutely no reason, the fact of the matter is perjury was committed. However, it was committed in regards to an investigation that has found no actual crime to charge anyone with, and where the original person that did the act that is at the very least debatable as being a crime was known from the start.

There have been numerous things done by the judge showing he had some bias, and the sentence just went along with that. The sentence being commutted is exactly what it should be. He shouldn't be getting off with what he did scott free, but in no way shape or form should he have had to serve the amount of prison time that the judge had ruled.

Lerxst · 07-02-07, 05:02 PM

I have come to expect no less from our esteemed leader.

shuamort · 07-02-07, 05:06 PM

Let's see, man found guilty goes free. What's next?!? Amnesty for illegal immigrants? Oops.

Trajan Octavian Titus · 07-02-07, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by shuamort

Let's see, man found guilty goes free. What's next?!? Amnesty for illegal immigrants? Oops.

Illegal Immigrants actually broke the law.

aquapub · 07-02-07, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 26 X World Champs

BTW - For any of you who think this pardon is cool you damn well better not EVER bring up Clinton's pardons ever again.

If a Republican White House aide being convicted of perjury for remembering a date from years before differently than a partisan Democrat operative with a history of memory issues isn't a case crying out for a presidential pardon, then no pardons are justified. Oh yeah, and the underlying crime in this sham wasn't even a crime and someone else admitted to committing it.

Clinton's pardoning of terrorists, drug-dealers, relatives, people who lied/refused to testify to protect him from prosecution, etc. were nothing like this case.

Billo_Really · 07-02-07, 05:11 PM

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Originally posted by TOT:
Illegal Immigrants actually broke the law.

So did Libby!

07-02-07, 04:45 PM	#1
Trajan Octavian Titus Banned May True Debate Winner Join Date: Aug 2005 Last Seen: 03-05-08 05:10 AM Location: We can't stop here this is bat country! Posts: 20,915 Thanks: 169 Thanked 565 Times in 482 Posts Lean: Very Conservative Gender:	Bush Commutes Libby Sentence Waiting for a link haha.

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Zyphlin Change we can laugh at Mod team member Join Date: Jul 2005 Last Seen: Today 06:41 AM Location: Herndon, Va Posts: 12,520 Thanks: 5,829 Thanked 7,660 Times in 4,228 Posts Lean: Conservative Gender: Total Awards: 1	Re: libby sentence commuted Actually, this is a decent bit different then Clintons. And I think Bush made the right choice here. Despite the fact it was pretty much blantantly persued for absolutely no reason, the fact of the matter is perjury was committed. However, it was committed in regards to an investigation that has found no actual crime to charge anyone with, and where the original person that did the act that is at the very least debatable as being a crime was known from the start. There have been numerous things done by the judge showing he had some bias, and the sentence just went along with that. The sentence being commutted is exactly what it should be. He shouldn't be getting off with what he did scott free, but in no way shape or form should he have had to serve the amount of prison time that the judge had ruled.

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