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Libby to Jail

by BooMan
Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 02:35:23 PM EST

Judge Walton says 'Do not pass Go, go directly to jail'. Scooter Libby will not be free on bail pending appeal. It will still take six to eight weeks before Libby has to turn himself in and report to prison. The horror, the horror...a rich white dude might have to spend time behind bars. This could upset David Broder's whole universe.

I expect a huge outpouring of outrage over this tremendous injustice. After all, if a made man like Scooter Libby can be put in prison with common arsonists and pederasts then a lot of other white dudes could go to prison, too. Who will protect their bungholes?

I'm sorry to make this about race and class, but I am really, really, really tired of hearing people make arguments that this man doesn't deserve to do jail time. There is only one argument that makes any sense for why Libby shouldn't do his jail time. And that is that he was only obstructing justice to protect his bosses, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. But that is not an argument for pardoning Libby; that is an argument for Bush and Cheney to do jail time as well.

It may well be that Bush is a heartless bastard that will let his fall guy do hard time while he pretends to be innocent. But that is a problem with Bush, not an excuse for Libby.

If Bush pardons him it should be an impeachable offense. Of course, the pardon is legal, but it amounts to a reward for obstruction of justice. It would be proof that Bush suborned perjury. And that is an impeachable offense.

Libby to Jail | 13 comments (13 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

yeah, and...? (4.00 / 4)

"If Bush pardons him it should be an impeachable offense. Of course, the pardon is legal, but it amounts to a reward for obstruction of justice. It would be proof that Bush suborned perjury. And that is an impeachable offense."

Yes, and THEN the democrats will do something. Why, they might even send....

wait for it...

wait for it....

A STERNLY WORDED LETTER!
(yeah, it wasn't worth the wait. Nor will it be worth the wait when the inevitable happens.)

OTOH, i can't wait to hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth. Who knows, maybe Libby will pull a Budd Dwyer, but I doubt he has the honor.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 02:42:10 PM EST

Re: yeah, and...? (none / 1)

We're going to have to change Drinking Liberally to Drinking Cynically.

Marcy has more.

by BooMan on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 02:44:25 PM EST
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Re: yeah, and...? (none / 0)

I've actually considered giving the host position to someone else, because I've totally lost all faith in the system. Not enough to go running away to live off the land like some of your other readers (I like my running water thank you very much), but I really don't think I can participate in national politics anymore. Local and state? yeah.

But I have no confidence in our politicians, democrats and republicans. no confidence.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 02:50:59 PM EST
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Re: yeah, and...? (none / 0)

Buck up, you can't take this negativity into the tournament, Dude.

by BooMan on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 02:55:07 PM EST
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Re: yeah, and...? (none / 0)

I gotta see that movie again...

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 03:16:34 PM EST
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Re: yeah, and...? (none / 0)

WALTER: Now that is ridiculous, Dude. No one is going to cut your dick off.
DUDE: Thanks Walter.
WALTER: Not if I have anything to say about it.
DUDE: (bitterly) Yeah, thanks Walter. That gives me a very secure feeling.
WALTER: Dude--
DUDE: That makes me feel all warm inside.
WALTER: Now Dude--
DUDE: This whole fucking thing--I could be sitting here with just pee-stains on my rug.
[Walter sadly shakes his head]
WALTER: Fucking Germans. Nothing changes. Fucking Nazis.
DONNY: They were Nazis, Dude?
WALTER: Come on, Donny, they were threatening castration!
DONNY: Uh-huh.
WALTER: Are you gonna split hairs?
DONNY: No--
WALTER: Am I wrong?
DONNY: Well--
DUDE: They're nihilists.
WALTER: Huh?
DUDE: They kept saying they believe in nothing.
WALTER: Nihilists! Jesus.
[Walter looks haunted]
Say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
DUDE: Yeah.
WALTER: And let's also not forget--let's not forget, Dude--that keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city-- that isn't legal either.
DUDE: What're you, a fucking park ranger now?
WALTER: No, I'm--
DUDE: Who gives a shit about the fucking marmot!
WALTER: --We're sympathizing here, Dude--
DUDE: Fuck your sympathy! I don't need your sympathy, man, I need my fucking Johnson!
DONNY: What do you need that for, Dude?
WALTER: You gotta buck up, man, you can't go take this negativity into the tournament.
DUDE: Fuck the tournament! Fuck you, Walter!
[There is a moment of stunned silence]
WALTER: Fuck the tournament?!
[SAD; QUIET]
WALTER: Okay Dude. I can see you don't want to be cheered up. C'mon Donny, let's go get a lane.
[They leave the Dude sitting morosely at the bar as he stares DOWN INTO HIS EMPTY GLASS]
DUDE: Another Caucasian, Gary.

by BooMan on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 03:38:06 PM EST
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Re: yeah, and...? (none / 1)

How about reality-based drinking?

Oh, there you are, Perry. -Phineas -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 02:52:09 PM EST
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Re: yeah, and...? (none / 1)

I'm a much bigger fan of drinking-based reality.

Tengo un sueño.

by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 03:12:13 PM EST
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Re: yeah, and...? (none / 0)

until 2009, anyway. ;)

"Little people are very stuff-intensive."

by CabinGirl on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 03:15:30 PM EST
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We should all be gearing up right now to help Bush reap what he sowed. Either he pardons and proves that he has no interest in law and order and that he's looking like a co-conspirator, or he doesn't pardon, so his defending of Libby was just a lot of hot air as usual.

Either way, Bush is the head and embodiment of the Republican Party and every single GOP elected official and candidate in the United States is his enabler and lieutenant unless they openly call for impeachment. The Dems won't do it. The rest of us have to.

FDR's response to progressive demands: "I agree. Now go out and make me do it."

by DaveW on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 04:11:17 PM EST

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That will be a good place for him. And this will force Bush's hand regarding the pardon question - he doesn't get to wait until 2009 and do it on the way out the door...

Yeah, it should be an impeachable offense. But without some help from Republican Senators, it isn't going to happen. You might get a couple, and we would probably lose Lieberman....

by ericy on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 04:11:18 PM EST

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Does anyone really think Libby is going to spend even a nanosecond in jail?

Denial is our most dangerous adversary.

by sbj on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 09:53:52 PM EST

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I would say it depends entirely on Karl's calculation of the political advantage to be found.

Sure, Scooter's been a loyal, even willing, minion, and that's to be rewarded whenever possible. At the same time, though, the posse's catching up again, and there seem to be more of them now.

It's starting to look like we'll have to throw someone to them again -- and Scooter's already compromised, so he may be the most expendable of the remaining cadre.

The question to be considered is how to prevent the other henchmen from revolting and joining up with the sheriff, because if they see Scooter going over the side, they may well figure out that the game is up. They don't seem to trust us as much as they used to.

Besides we can always circle back around and bust him out of the pen on our way out of Dodge when it's over.... It's barely a year and a half; it'll be good seasoning for the boy. He's always been a little wimpish and we know what THAT means.

We are all captives of the pictures in our heads -- our belief that the world which we have experienced is the world that really exists. -- Walter Lippman

by stormkite on Fri Jun 15th, 2007 at 09:20:30 AM EST
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