Should Bush pardon Libby?

[eyrei]

Only if he offers us the real culprit.

 

[MadScotsMan]

If he wants. If he does the guy cant be found guilty again and wont ever have a government job. So it doesnt matter if he is pardoned or not.

 

[JollyRoger]

If he wants. If he does the guy cant be found guilty again and wont ever have a government job. So it doesnt matter if he is pardoned or not.

It would set the precedent that a White House adviser can feel free to commit multiple crimes with no fear of incarceration.

 

[MadScotsMan]

Carter pardoned Nixon. No precident set(well, never has happened again). But no sane person would follow that precident

 

[JollyRoger]

Carter pardoned Nixon. No precident set(well, never has happened again). But no sane person would follow that precident

Ford pardoned Nixon, not Carter. And if Bush pardons Libby, he will be following the Ford-Nixon precedent to some extent - serve in the White House, avoid the jailhouse.

 

[MadScotsMan]

thats what I was thinking of. I mixed up my old coots. And anybody who has served as anything in the government (Congress, the President, whithouse folks) seem pretty free of any real indictment.

 

[Turner]

I'm almost certain that Bush will pardon Libby, and I think it'll blow up in his face.

Depends on the timing. Which is why I think the judge is so eager to get Libby sentenced now instead of waiting. If it was 12 months from now, this wouldn't put egg on Bush's face. He might even wait a few months if Libby goes to some low security resort instead of some higher security prison.

 

[JollyRoger]

My prediction is that Bush will pardon Libby as a holiday gift in late 2008.

 

[FriendlyFire]

going to jail for sure

US Vice-President Dick Cheney's former top aide, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, could be imprisoned within weeks after a US judge ruled on Thursday he would not delay Libby's prison sentence

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[MobBoss]

Sure, why not. But not until the Republicans have won in 08'.

 

[JollyRoger]

Sure, why not. But not until the Republicans have won in 08'.

So you're for lifetime imprisonment? Or are you making a prediction for 2108?

 

[GenMarshall]

Sure, why not. But not until the Republicans have won in 08'.

So overconfident you are on how the unpopular Republicans are going to win.

 

[Turner]

So overconfident you are on how the unpopular Republicans are going to win.

And how sure you are the Dems are going to win.

But let's not threadjack here.

 

[LucyDuke]

Carter pardoned Nixon. No precident set(well, never has happened again). But no sane person would follow that precident

Factual inaccuracy aside, are you seriously comparing Nixon and Libby?

Wow.

 

[searcheagle]

What penalty should Libby get for his perjury? Keeping in mind that Former President Clinton should also recieve that same penalty for the same crime.

I would like to hear your suggestions.

 

[The Yankee]

He was impeached but not convicted...fail to see the comparison here.

 

[MobBoss]

He was impeached but not convicted...fail to see the comparison here.

Well, technically, he wasnt impeached either...he resigned.

 

[Turner]

Got your presidents mixed up. Clinton never resigned.

 

[JollyRoger]

The Wall Street Journal thinks so:

Rarely can Presidents improve their legacy in an Administration's twilight days. But President Bush now has that opportunity, by undoing a measure of the injustice inflicted on I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

As the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney who suffered in a fiasco made worse by the White House, Mr. Libby deserves a full Presidential pardon. Mr. Bush commuted Mr. Libby's sentence in 2007, an action that kept him out of jail. But that doesn't expunge his conviction for perjury and obstruction of justice. As a felon, Mr. Libby is barred by law from voting or practicing law, his occupation for most of his working life.

 

[amadeus]

Well, Fitzgerald was just trying to nail someone in the administration. So yes, I don't see any reason why Libby shouldn't get a pardon.