Bush Commutes Libby's Sentence

He should have pardoned him outright.

Expect the hyperventilating left to have an absolute meltdown after blathering all day about Libby's appeals being denied.

Bush commutes ex-White House aide's jail term

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Monday commuted a 30-month jail term handed down on former top White House aide, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, convicted last month of perjury and obstructing justice.

"I respect the jury's verdict. But I have concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is excessive," Bush said in a statement.

"Therefore, I am commuting the portion of Mr. Libby's sentence that required him to spend thirty months in prison."

Libby, who was a former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, still faces however a 250,000 dollar fine and a two-year probation in the case which threw a glaring spotlight on the US administration's case for waging war on Iraq.

More at NRO.

UPDATE: Hot Air has a roundup of reaction. Sure enough, the hyperbole is flying. And of course, the Kos Kidz are freaking out.

I hope... (13+ / 0-)

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...The next president turns these fuckers over to the World Court. Let The Hague sort them out, lock them up, and throw away the key with applause from the world as it happens

Tom Hagen is not a wartime consigliere

by jpfdeuce on Mon Jul 02, 2007 at 03:19:02 PM PDT

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Of course, we had to wade into the smoldering cesspool of hatred at the HuffPost, and they do not disappoint.

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Hello, Patrick Fitzgerald was appointed by Bush. He's a republican dummy. You repug sheep that see no evil make me sick. They outed a cia agent and you think that's ok because it was Bush that did it. You are the reason America is going down the drain. You and the rest of your authoritian following non-thinking sheep. You let druggie limbaugh and Faux noise tell you how to think. No wonder our country is in such bad shape.
Log in | Parent | posted 6:36 pm on 07/02/2007

More stupidity here.