What Was the Downside?

Besides the obvious -- that you can't, as the president claimed, honor the verdict of the jury and then basically overturn it -- what was the downside for him? The twenty-something percentage of people who still back him probably know Scooter Libby, most of them socially, and appreciate his pardon; and the rest of the country probably has never heard of Scooter Libby. This is not a country that pays attention to anything complicated, and even has a hard time with the simple. Outside of the bloggers, it's not something that will upset Joe Sixpack.

And speaking of bloggers, may I take this moment to thank the bloggers and columnists who pointed out that what I said about Dick Cheney earlier this year was in no way parallel to what Ann Coulter said about John Edwards. Gosh, sometimes it seems like the far right just lies blatantly and on purpose. Which brings us back to Scooter Libby...