Dubya Commutes Libby's Prison Sentence

[Panopticon]

Just announced on CNN & NBC News....

Pardon will follow Jan. 2009, no doubt!

"I have concluded the prison sentence is excessive." - Pres. Bush

[laarree]

It was just a matter of when. I'd much rather see Cheney or Karl Rove
go to jail.

[vision63]

I'd like to see them all go to jail. Even that isn't going to help us undo the damage. Hubris.

[MacMagus]

Those damned activist judges were interpreting the law again!

Oh! Wait!

Those... um conservative judges were... um enforcing the law.

I don't blame Bush. He's easily confused without bullet-point summaries.

[RgrF]

So who served the most time, Mr. Libby or Ms. Hilton?

[SteveO]

Wow. The ballsy, in-your-face, f**k justice (and the American people among others) moves continue for this administration.

[Grateful11]

Key Bush Quotes On CIA Leak

With action in the CIA leak case expected shortly, here are some previous comments
Bush and the White House made denying any role in the incident and promising to fire
anyone who was involved, as well as remarks Bush made as a presidential candidate in
2000 promising to run the White House with integrity and honor.

BUSH THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF SAID HE'D FIRE ANYONE FOR LEAKING, THAT
NOBODY WAS INVOLVED.

Asked in June 2004 if he'd stand by his pledge to fire anyone found to have leaked, Bush
replied "yes." [Bush Press Conference: Savannah, GA, 6/10/04]

When the White House was asked specifically whether Karl Rove, Elliot Abrams or Lewis
Libby told any reporter that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA, White House spokesman
Scott McClellan said: "Those individuals -- I talked -- I spoke with those individuals, as I
pointed out, and those individuals assured me they were not involved in this. And that's
where it stands." [White House Briefing, 10/10/03]

"I don't know of anybody in my administration who leaked classified information. If
somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the
appropriate action." [Bush Remarks: Chicago, Illinois, 9/30/03]

"The President has set high standards, the highest of standards for people in his
administration. He's made it very clear to people in his administration that he expects
them to adhere to the highest standards of conduct. If anyone in this administration was
involved in it, they would no longer be in this administration." [White House Briefing, 9/29/03]

BUSH THE CANDIDATE PROMISED TO UPHOLD THE HONOR AND INTEGRITY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

"I will swear to uphold the laws of the land. But I will also swear to uphold the honor and
the integrity of the office to which I have been elected, so help me God," said
then-Governor George Bush [CNN, “Inside Politics,” 8/11/00]

"Americans are tired of investigations and scandal, and the best way to get rid of them is
to elect a new president who will bring a new administration, who will restore honor and
dignity to the White House."