Sunday, July 08, 2007

Regarding The Scooter Libby Commutation

(Sorry... it's a bit late. I'm getting caught up.)

Here's a perfect quote from Andrew Sullivan:
What we have witnessed is a president's contempt for the justice system and rank favoritism for a friend and acolyte. It fatally undermines the very concept of equal treatment under the law. It is the mark of a monarchy, not a republic.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So, do you think Libby blackmailed Cheney into getting Bush to commute his sentence?

Could it be that Libby told Cheney that if he didn't walk free, he would make a deal with the prosecutor to get his sentence reduced by fingering Cheney? I recall right up to the trial his lawyer claimed they'd mount a vigorous defense defense and call Cheney as a witness, but then suddenly during the trial - they didn't call Cheney, they didn't even try very hard to defend Libby.

And then right before Libby was about to go to jail, before he said "Wait, Mr. prosecutor, I will co-operate now if you help me and tell you about Cheney" - here comes the get-out-of-jail free card.

Is that what he needed to get a pardon from Bush? The ability to tell a prosecutor something that will get Cheney put in jail?

Jil Wrinkle said...

Interesting thoughts... I wouldn't doubt any of that for a minute. I'm more likely to believe that this was the plan from the outset, and the rest of it was just posturing.