Scooter Libby Not Among 29 People Pardoned By Bush

Reuters:

President George W. Bush granted pardons to 29 people on Tuesday but Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, was not among them.

There has been speculation that before he leaves office in January 2009 Bush may pardon Libby, who was convicted in March of perjury and obstructing an investigation into who revealed the identity of a CIA officer, Valerie Plame, whose husband had criticized the Iraq war.

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Comments

[Rachel36]

Geez, that's a gip. What's the point in being a scape-goat, lap-dog if there isn't a decent pardon in it? Scooter got robbed by the thieves in the Temple.

[cognate]

that'll be in January 2009

[ScorchedEarth]

Reading libs complain about pardon abuse is hilarious.

[Gonzalez]

Libby's pardon is coming later - before Bush leaves office.

[wilburbudd]

YET!

[sugarmoes]

when bush pardon's libby on his last day in office (if he makes it that far)... it will be the most insidious and traitorous of pardons.

[dax49]

RICHARDHEAD- IF YOU COMPARE ANYTHING THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION DID TO THR SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION THAT GEORGE BUSH HAS INSTIGATED AND ENABLED, THEN YOU ARE EITHER A TRAITOR OR DANGEROUSLY STUPID. I AM REALLY TIRED OF NEO CONS AND REPUBLICANS JUSTIFYING EACH NEW CRIMINAL ACT OF THIS ADMINISTRATION WITH AN INSIGNIFICANT EPISODE FROM EIGHT YEARS AGO. ARE THEY ALL SO BLIND THAT THEY DON'T SEE THEIR COUNTRY IS BEING DESTROYED, TOO

[BuzzingAlong]

Scooter will receive his real punishment when "his young family" as Bush call them, becomes teens and their friends call their father a traitor.

The little Scooters just might, just might be able to think for themselves. In spite of the efforts of Scooter and the Mrs, the little Scooters just might be able to think for themselves.

[schoolmaster]

Obviously, it is not a nice idea to pardon Libby when Bush and Cheney have some more time in the office. They do not want Libby to explode after receiving pardon

[starrianna]

**********­**********­********
WAIT FOR IT.....

I will bet all of you $100 each that they will pull a Nixon next Christmas!

(1) Some Drama will happen (scary but likely)
(2) Bush will pardon Cheney
(3) Bush will pardon Libby
(4) Bush will give his tiara to Cheney
(5) Cheney will pardon Bush
(6) Jeff Gannon will decorate the tree
(7) They will all make out and congratulate each other.

Girl, you know it's true.
And it will include DRAMA because they are
all big giant Drama Queens.

[dr4Will]

next year when no one is looking and he sneaks out of DC to drink on his ranch and cry-nobody likes me!!!

[Libertysconscience]

Get serious that is the only figurative gun at his head to guarantee his silence and publishing billions of what 'really happened'.

That was why Libby may have appeared anxious at first then began smiling like Silvester who finally ate Tweety Bird by leaking to buddy Cheney he has no intention of falling on his sword for them. Remember I don't even think Libby was even fingerprinted or photographed, unlike Liddy who had the dignity of being a man taking the puishment for his deeds. What a difference 30 years make regarding so called men of power. Cowards who won't stand and acknowledge their deeds and accept the eventual consequence men of honor do--something cowards always hide from while projecting false bravado.

[StillAmused]

Since HuffPo deigned to close comments on this important story after only 53 comments (wassamatta, too lurid?), screw 'em. I'll post it here.

Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up In Iraq By US And Halliburton

If it turns out these violent creeps are, in fact, immune to prosecution -- thanks to the Orwellian rules of BushWorld -- here's a suggestion: hire ANOTHER contractor with even LESS scruples than Halliburton, pony up double the going rate and task THEM to take out the offending scumbags.

The mercenary game can be played in three dimensions.

[dax49]

he will get his pardon next january, in the meantime, the neo-cons will keep paying him off

[ajax2]

The WH doesn't want to bring up their treasons at this time.