Scooter Libby

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane & My Left Wing


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Republicans claim to be tough on crime, but their true priorities are made clear by Bush's recent decision to free Scooter Libby.

President Bush’s commuting the sentence of Scooter Libby is another instance where the law is selectively applied.

Libby, chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted by a jury of lying about a national security matter. He now avoids facing the consequences that ordinary Americans would endure.

No, I'm not advocating treason or anything of the sort, in spite of what President Bush did yesterday. But I am advocating a free speech exercise to shut down the White House for a Day. It's (almost) as simple as 10 numbers:

202-456-1414

That's the White House Switchboard Number. But don't say you're leaving a comment. Ask for one of these people - that's the National Journal White House staff list.

Say something specific to their office. Ask Tony Snow if he can answer questions now. Ask for Dick Cheney, and say you're supporting H.RES. 333. Say you don't support a pardon in addition to commuting the sentence. I'm almost willing to say that you should give the Leahy treatment, but since you're going to be talking to a staffer, I won't endorse that course of action.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane & My Left Wing


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I am incensed. This is ridiculous. Am man is convicted of multiple counts of perjury and obstruction of justice. It is widely believed he is still refusing to tell the whole truth to prosecutors. What does the President do?

Libby was found guilty on four of the five charges against him.

Emptywheel - Marcy Wheeler, author of Anatomy of Deceit has the verdict from the courtroom.

What does this have to do with North Carolina? Well, I'm in North Carolina and it was this trial that brought me back into blogging in October of 2005. So, there you have it!

More as it unfolds throughout the day......

Apologies to all of the Scooters out there. I mean....gee....it's an entirely appropriate nick for a grown man. I know my daughter will want to be known as Doodlebug when she's a grown woman. :)

More below the fold....

Crossposted from Town Called Dobson


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Slate on Libby Day 1
NYT on Libby the puzzle
Firedoglake on they, the jury

Meanwhile,
Ali at 65

And in the wonderful world of Wake County, where subdivisions spring up unfettered by the heavy hand of government; where the homebuilding market is a gleaming success story; where the much-prized rights of property owners and the champions of the private sector have triumphed; it appears the masses who must rely on taxes to educate their children (poor things) are fussing. What would they have the more fortunate do? Cut profits? Slow the mighty engines of growth?
Let them eat trailers.*

Reagan used it, Scooter Libby used it, George Allen used it, Rumsfeld used it, Denny Hastert used it, Cheney threatened to use it and now Condi Rice is using it. When the truth gets in the way, apparently the best defense is, "I don't recall"!