Is anyone else out there appalled at George Bush’s recent pardoning of Scooter Libby?
I know this is a Web marketing blog, and most business consultants will tell you not to talk politics or religion in business, but this is criminal. There’s something rotten in Denmark.
Bush says, "I respect the jury’s verdict (not!), but I have concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is excessive." Is that because it should be Mr. Cheney, or even Mr. Bush who’s responsible for the crimes that Scooter has been convicted of?
Thirty months in jail–less than three years–seems pretty lenient for a man who outed a CIA operative in a time when the White House has us all on an orange terror alert or worse. The only possible explanation is that this is Scooter’s reward for taking the heat that should be on his bosses.
And shame on any republican who backs W on this. Here’s my test that I use to make sure I’m not leaning too far left or too far right: if it was the other side who was in hot water, what would my feelings be? In other words–to all the conservatives who actually believe a full pardon is in order–what would you have said if "Slick Willie" Clinton did the same? Would you commend him for "doing the right thing," as House Republican Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri did?
Whether you’re democrat, republican or independent, we should all be embarrassed by the way our current administration ignores the rule of law.
