Above The Law

So George the Second commutes Scooter's sentence today, after careful prodding by Uncle Dick and his base. W "respects the juries decision," but he knows best. Obstruction of Justice just ain't what it used to be. Of course Bush was within his Constitutional rights to issue this commutation, Libby was a bit of a fall-guy for Cheney who's malfeasance in this matter certainly eclipsed Libbies, but c'mon, its just plain wrong. I find it rather ironic that a supposed GOP frontrunner, Fred Thompson had a support Libbies defense fund header on his website, this from a former Senator who voted to impeach one William Jefferson Clinton for obstruction of justice, but apparently doesn't feel that a guy who is actually convicted of the crime needs to serve prison time. Ahh the stench of hypocrisy wafting through the sweet summer air.

Mixed Feelings

I have to say that while I am heartened by the Libby verdict, I do feel somewhat sorry for the guy. He was a loyal servant for Cheney and now he gets thrown under the bus, he's the fallguy. The guys years of loyal servive are rewarded like this. Obviously Rove and the VP were complicit in this and Libby took orders from them, I'm not condoning his perjury, but I do think he deserves a light sentence. Will he get a pardon? Quite possibly a Christmas pardon in 08 after the elections who knows? I'm no fan of Libby, but I do feel that he took the fall here, while others got off scot-free.