Wow, this government is worse than the Sopranos.  It looks like this practice of corruption will never end.  My question... "What are the other illegal activities they have been indulging in"
The list has to be long...

"....OH, HUH!...911...911...call 911!" - Dubya, after hearing Wilson's statement.

Into the streets my fellow Americans.  This cannot stand.  Bush, Cheney and Gonzales must be impeached for their crimes.

Ambassador Wilson (a TRULY great American) is so much more polite about it than I am, even though he must be at LEAST as angry as I am about this, if not more so (assuming that to be possible).  I guess that's one MORE reason I could never be in the diplomatic corps...

Bill Clinton gets impeached for lying about getting a "hummer" and Scooter gets a pass for lying about revealing the name of a C.I.A. operative?I guess screwing your country isn't as bad as "screwing" around on your wife.Got to love those "Family Values"that the G.O.P. always pushes instead of honesty in Government.Hope I hit the lottery so I can just leave the country I love and gave 4 years of my life to protect and defend as this administation has turned our Constitution into nothing more than used toilet paper.

Under Clinton, the  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued 1,052 subpoenas to probe alleged misconduct by the Clinton administration and the Democratic Party between 1997 and 2002. Staggering...but apparently true. So....

Where are the Subpoenas for this administration? Waxman, has dubious work in the future. This Libby thing is an ugly fight, but it's a righteous fight. If I were Waxman, I'd subpoena the entire executive branch, as well as the Cheney Branch.

Let the good times roll.....

When I arrived in the United States as an immigrant over fifty years ago, I cried when I sailed past the Statue of Liberty. When I emigrate from this country, which I surely will, she will be the one crying.
How did we stoop this low by giving the Medal of Freedom to incompetent and corrupt political appointees and by giving pardons to traitors?

When I arrived in the United States as an immigrant over fifty years ago, I cried when I sailed past the Statue of Liberty. When I emigrate from this country, which I surely will, she will be the one crying.
How did we stoop this low by giving the Medal of Freedom to incompetent and corrupt political appointees and by giving pardons to traitors?

Paris Hilton, in spite of money and a Sheriffs intervention, still had to 'DO HER TIME.'

Scooter Libby DID NOT.  The Difference, as all know, is that Libby was covering the two biggest ASSES in Washington... Bush and Cheney.

Any question that a Pardon will come before Bush leaves office?

There is now NO DOUBT THAT BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.  THAT TITLE WON WITH THE AID OF CHENEY.

Outing a CIA agent is not only high treason, in my opinion, it is the most blatant disregard for National security laws and protocols.  How dare this President commute the sentence of a high ranking official, found guilty of LYING to a Grand Jury, obstruction of justice and God knows what else?  The President, the Vice President, and his cronies' salaries are paid for with United States taxpayers dollars.  We are not getting our money's worth, and in a free market, the free market the President loves to brag about, fires people when they do not produce positive results.  Let's get Donald Trump to get these "leaders" (and I use the term very lightly) on a new Apprentice Show so that we may all hear those lovely words "YOU'RE FIRED". Let us not forget with all this politcal wrangling that National Security laws were broken, a known CIA agent was outed, and nobody is being held accountable.  How can this be? The President is supposed to uphold the laws of this Nation, especially in this "age of terror" to protect the agents of the United States charged with her protection.  Canada is looking better every day. What a bunch of idiots. How dare this President so callously declare the sentence given Libbby was "too harsh".  You are kidding, right, Mr. President?  What does the President have to say about Mr. Cheney declaring he is not part of the Executive Branch?  These guys are out of control. They might try reading the United States Constitution, it is very interesting adn informative reading.

Ha, ha, ha. MSNBC we whine you decide!  Keith, Chrissy and all their liberal whining buddies. Let's see when Billy was getting oral sex in the oval office all the liberals were saying it was okay that he lied because it was just about sex.  When Hillary Clinton testified under oath about Whitewater and the missing files at the Rose Law firm and said she couldn't recall or didn't remember dozens of times I don't remeber any liberal outrage.  When MSNBC's buddy Billy pardoned Mark Rich and all of those involved in the Whitewater scandal I didn't hear any outrage.  When Sandy Berger got caught stealing documents from the National Archives I didn't hear Keith or Chrissy's outrage. But when Mr Libby can't remember the date he talked to Timmy Keith asks for BUsh and Cheney to resign - what a joke.  By the way it was RIchard Armitage who leaked the name - anyone asking for jail time for Richie?

It's sad to think that Keith will be the only person doing honest reporting on this story tonight.
:-(

I can only say that I am not surprised or disappointed by this lates travesty on the part of George Bush. I expect the worse from him and he has never let me down.

after listening to joe wilson and kieth olberman and just about every network available,we have the single worst leader in history .not just in the free world but, in the history of the world.gorge bush is a son of a bitch his dad was a son of a bitch his childern are daughters of a bitch.and the whole family should be sentenced to a texas hunting trip with dick chenney

I see that you are afraid to post a comment that disagrees with the MSNBC view and Keith.  No wonder why you ratings are in the tank.  You're afraid of people who disagree with your propaganda.

Have a good evening with your liberal whining and rants,

TOm

So, Scoter is freed. They had the wrong guy anyway, it should have been W  and tricky Dick who were sentenced.
Where is the impeachmeent crew when you need them?

These two people are the ones I am compassionate for, their lives have truely been ruined!

I heard that Bush was the worst person of the day.  I am soooooooooo *&(%$# angry I cannot describe it.  Bush is such a moron, and he is stilllllllllllll president, are we all insane?  Is this what Germany felt like in 1936?   Please stop the madness.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Impeachment? don't make me laugh, even if articles were to pass both houses, then what are they going to pack and leave? I don't think so...What then? is peloci going to send the national guard to evict them? Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha...forget its over. The only way out off this mess, is if 50 thousand overrun the white house and forcefully evicts them...the only way as if that was going to happen, Ha,Ha, Ha, It's over.  

Thank you, Joe Wilson, for saying out loud and in public that George W. Bush is thoroughly corrupt.

after listening to joe wilson and kieth olberman and just about every network available,we have the single worst leader in history .not just in the free world but, in the history of the world.gorge bush is a son of a bitch his dad was a son of a bitch his childern are daughters of a bitch.and the whole family should be sentenced to a texas hunting trip with dick chenney

"Corrupt to the core." Very succinctly put. It is time for our elected representatives to do their duty and excise the cancer eating at the heart of our Constitutional system. The Bush Administration is an affront to all that we commemorate on our nation's birthday.

KEITH,
 What has our government become? How can a Celebtante get more jail time than Scooter????????????????  I just want to cry and get my immagration papaers ready.

bush? this is not the peoples choice. is this admin trying to take over the county? is there ever going to be another presidential election? i mean it are we being taken over?

I think it's well past time to stand behind Kucinich and impeach Cheney. That's the only way we will stop these treasonous criminals. Has to be Cheney first, cuz he's the master.

"Bill Clinton gets impeached for lying about getting a "hummer" and Scooter gets a pass for lying about revealing the name of a C.I.A. operative?"
Richard Armitage was the Leaker, he admitted that early on.

Is it justice when Paris Hilton serves more time in jail for driving w/o a license than Scooter Libby will ever serve for lying about our country going to war?  

JG
"When I emigrate from this country, which I surely will,"
The Statue of Liberty asked me to relay this message.
"Don't let the doorknob hit you where the good lord split you"

This is what happens when the ellected have no way to be held accountable for their actions.  No one in the current administration was going to be in office another term.  Shame on us for ellecting the Bush and Cheney dog and pomy show to a second term.  Maybe we will be smarter next time.

There are three facts that seem to be forgotten:
1) Libby was not convicted for outing Plame, he was convicted of obstruction in the investigation into who did.
2) Bush has granted the fewest numbers of pardons of any President in modern times.
3) Libby was NOT pardoned but had his actual prison term commuted.

  With those three facts in mind it is easier to digest the reality of what Bush did. He had nothing to lose by doing this as his presidency is all but over. It was a test of wills and he decided to go the cheap way and play to his constituents- not surprising with this guy.
  This is the Paris Hilton of Bush's abuse of power, not surprising and not nearly the worst. I do have a question for the neo-cons out there: How do you reconcile your satisfaction with this outcome and your outrage over the Clinton pardons at the end of his last term?

is there no end to the depths of corruption this administration will reveal?

and congress sits idly by and allows it all to happen.

and the people of this great nation sit idly by and watch it all go down.  no they do not watch it go down; they are oblivious to the ramifications of this corruption or they they are a party to it if they are silent.

my god aren't there any republicans who are outraged?????????????

Joe Wilson was a Democrat whore.  Y'all who pretend to think that Libby deserves to go to jail are the pimps.  This whole thing was an Orwellian nightmare and thank god the President had the courage to pardon him.  Bush has not done for anything for a while that I admire, this is one of them.

Tom Grove:  Be patient.  I'm not familiar with your name in these parts, but if you stick around long enough you'll realize that not every post is posted automatically-much to the chagrin of many of us around here.

No need to worry about some sort of left wing conspiracy against you right wingers-trust me, you'll be allowed to have your say.

BTW, if you want propoganda, I suggest you go on over to Fox-they won't be talking about this, and they certainly will say whatever it is you want to hear.  It may not be the truth, but hey, it will be what you want.

PEACE!

i am kinda wondering what exactly is the congress doing? sen reid is so easily distracted in the senate that he loose all legislative time to the 4th of july on that wild goose chase bush sent him on over the imigration bill.  by thursday todays abuse of the constitution will be old news.  tomorrow a day before a holiday, news is ignored by most. now we have less then 2 weeks before that 'well deserved' aug. vacation the congress takes.  so all is forgaotten and libby, bush and cheney will laugh their *ssess off having gotten awy once again.
the war funding comes up next and bushes destruction of the constitution is ignored. that document had been good enough for the last 220 odd years. that is up until 2001 when this administration took over.
the abusses of this admin. combined with the dept. of justice in shambles and the heavily conservitive justice appointments,(not just the supreme court) recovering from this admin. is going to take decades.  thats decades we as citizens will do without our legal cival rights because congress and WE THE PEOPLE have allowed bush to get away with it.
does congress and the people have the courage to stand up to the loud mouthpieces funded by the republican party and send this group of criminals to jail?  that is the least that should happen to bush and cheney.  there are many here and in europe who rightly belive that they both should be tried for war crimes.  to mention that would only drive the orieli'es of the country into a frenzy so lets worry about our countries constitution for now.

lying and obstruction of justice are just the traits our children need to see forgiven and rewarded by these worthless hypocrite politicians. Clinton was impeached and rightly so for the same offenses but when it is a republican it makes him a great American. PUKE! Yep, we are all for NO amnesty for illegal immigrants mowing our yards, building our houses and raising our children but when it comes to high paid political operatives who lie to THE LAW about outing a US intelligence agent during time of war that's ok cuz he did it for his President. Libby Bush and Cheney and all others involved are nothing but god-damned traitors! They make this country stink of cowardice and treason. If there is any justice we will see them all in public disgrace before their term is up. Impeach and imprison! There.  That feels better. Now to practical action. I have just written a $200.00 check to the DNC in Honor of the great American Scooter Libby.  I fall into the "disgusted with this broken one party system" category but my only course of action is to punish the republican wing and donate NOW to the Democratic wing of the party and dedicate it to this criminal political hack who has participated the disgrace of my country and is culpable by administrative malpractice in the deaths of thousands in all of our names. I urge all of you who feel the same to do the same.  We all complain that money is all that matters. Well it is time to use it against them. It doesn't matter if it is 10 or 1000 dollars. If several million small donors provide a massive influx of cash to the DNC we can help send more republicans deep into the political wilderness beyond '08. They will all have Scooter, Dubya, and the puppet master to thank! Imagine, a near immediate reaction to an outrage that has a crippling effect on the party that perpetrated it. If it works we will be able to smell the fear of a Government for it's people instead of the other way around for a change.  I'm off to the DNC web site, Daily KOS, Huffington post and moveon.org  Lets do this thing! Lets make them pay!

Kieth. I know that there is little chance you will see this but hopefully one of the moderators will  show it to you. I have just written a $200.00 check to the DNC in Honor of the great American Scooter Libby.  I fall into the "disgusted with this broken one party system" category but my only course of action is to punish the republican wing and donate NOW to the Democratic wing of the party and dedicate it to this criminal political hack who has participated in the disgrace of my country and is culpable by administrative malpractice in the deaths of thousands in all of our names. I urge all of you who feel the same to do the same.  We all complain that money is all that matters. Well it is time to use it against them. It doesn't matter if it is 10 or 1000 dollars. If several million small donors provide a massive influx of cash to the DNC we can help send more republicans deep into the political wilderness beyond '08. They will all have Scooter, Dubya, and the puppet master to thank! Imagine, a near immediate reaction to an outrage that has a crippling effect on the party that perpetrated it. If it works we will be able to smell the fear of a Government for it's people instead of the other way around for a change.  I'm off to the DNC web site, Daily KOS, Huffington post and moveon.org  Lets do this thing! Lets make them pay!
Keith, you could help this out just by reporting on it.

OMG--FIRST OF ALL: Mr. Libby did not get convicted of outing a CIA operative. And...Valerie Plame's classification has not been certified as an Operative.Olberman is playing loose with his conversation and definitions when he repeats that Mr. Libby outed Plame...He did not and wasn't found guilty of it.

I was a lot more outraged about Bill Clinton pardoning Mr. Rich, who was convicted and fled the Nation before sentencing. And then he pardoned a group of New York Jewish people(to make sure Hillary got the Jewish New York vote when she was running for Senator).

Don't forget the time Bill and Hill cleaned out the treasures of the White House to furnish their new digs-that was a real slap in the face.

Then there was Sandy Berger stealing original documents from the archive library and stuffing them in his socks and underwear...hmmm. That sounds pretty fishy to me. He obviously didn't want us to read the original account of what was going on in Bin Laden land when he and Berger failed to issue the order to "get him" when we had him in our sights.

There is a lot of political crapola going around always...it never ends. We have a whole bunch of slimy criminals-in-training sitting in the government branches enriching their pockets and screwing up our Nation.

AS DV from Maryland says:
There are three facts that seem to be forgotten:
1) Libby was not convicted for outing Plame, he was convicted of obstruction in the investigation into who did.
2) Bush has granted the fewest numbers of pardons of any President in modern times.
3) Libby was NOT pardoned but had his actual prison term commuted.

DV also asks: "I do have a question for the neo-cons out there: How do you reconcile your satisfaction with this outcome and your outrage over the Clinton pardons at the end of his last term?"

My answer: The two situations are not even close to one another. Mr. Clinton pardoned dangerous people who were convicted of financial scams, and others convicted of crimes against our Nation. Mr. Libby's greatest crime was being unable to remember all the minute details of conversations that occurred years earlier. No comparison. Wilson and his wife were lying so much about their activities, you needed a scorecard to keep track of them. Mr. Libby's crimes do not rank up there with Mr. Rich's or the gaggle of jews, or any of the other pardoned ones.

Can someone please explain to me what harsh punishment Scooter is receiving?  He'll be hired as a loyal lobbyists, have his legal fees and fines paid (250,000 fine) what a joke! This is pin money to these people and how much do you think he's getting paid by the administration for a job well done?  This ABOVE THE LAW administration is laughing at the American public and rule of law, when will this stop?

To paraphrase/bastardize another absurdity ushered forth by one of George's minions, "you go to war with the Congress you got".
I used to be a staunch opponent to Georgie but the fault clearly lies with Congress. For these insults to go unchecked rests completely with them. Can't blame the thief for taking as much as he can carry, you have to blame those who allow it. Reminds me of the footage of looters during the Katrina crisis. We just idly stand by and castigate the thieves but continue to watch. What's wrong with this picture?

Is it any wonder Congress' approval ratings surpass even Dick's, and his are ridiculously low. And the argument is "it's not the focus of this Democratic Congress" or "there's not enough time or resources to impeach. All lame and pitiful excuses. What goes around, comes around. Perhaps the Dems would like the Congress taken back from them next time. It's nauseating, truly.

All I know is I just won a $5 bet with my wife. I said he would pardon Scooter because he kept quite and she thought he would leave Scooter to twist in the wind because Bush cares about no one. What he cares about is Scooter not saying any more about what was done. Dick will prolly lone Scooter the 200k to pay the fine.
What makes me laugh is how Republicans are saying a peep. Pretty hard to defend such corruption. I know, I know. Bill Clinton blah blah blah...
Come off it. Clinton's world is real old news. I don't think he bankrupted our future with a bogus war while shredding our rights like Bush has. The next president is going to have a hell of a time fixing what has been broken.

EMAIL YOUR SENATORS AND CONGRESSPERSON AND ASK THEM TO SUPPORT IMPEACHMENT. Expressing our outrage to each other isn't enough.  

"These two people are the ones I am compassionate for, their lives have truely been ruined!
Brenda Deltona FL
"
They are laughing all the way to the bank.
The Book and Movie deals will bring in millions.

uh those of you who think commuted means a pardon need to wake up.  You are so blinded by your hate.  He is paying a price.  He will be dis-barred as well as still will have to pay $250,000.

Yeah I know its not enough for you people with blind hatred (like your agenda toting leader Keith Olberman) Hey Keith why don't you try reporting the news instead of having an agenda...you are no better than the boys at Fox News...NO BETTER!

You will say that Scooter will get a job at a think tank and make millions...well folks I got news for you...he makes millions regardless of his sentence being carried out or it being commuted.

I agree that this was a pretty heinous act, but truth be told at least Bush did not completely pander to the right that was screaming for a pardon.

But then again, those who are blind never get it...they follow the agenda of their fearless propagandists  Keith Olbermann

This is the Roman empire, but with the internet. I hope at the very least progressive (and that means a hell of a lot closer to center these days than I wish it did) presidential candidates will stop with the potshots on eachother and focus on revealing just vile the current admin is, and how we need a colonic for the white house.

With his ratings so low why not commute Libby's sentence. Would those on this blog have any more respect for him if he did nothing ? I doubt it. Besides Clinton pardoned FALN terrorists and Weather Underground terrorist Susan Rosenberg, directly involved in the killings of two cops and a Brinks guard. Don't remember a lot of hue and cry over that.With all this feigned weeping and gnashing of teeth Bush will be gone soon enough.Some on the blog are talking about leaving the country, get real. Life is like peaks and valleys, sometimes your the bug sometimes your the windshield. Get over it.

To Tom Grove:

Your post from about 9 PM EST on Monday, July 2nd, is a terrific example to demonstrate the total bankruptcy of neo-con "principles" and methods of political discourse.  Your rightful--yes, rightful as in "correct," rather than simply conservative--retort listing the exceptionally suspicious doings of the Clinton administration is, actually, nothing but a straw man.  You couldn't give a damn about what any of that was really about, only that it exists as a counterweight to GWBs dismantling of the constitution, among other things.  You do not, at any time, address the VERY real danger posed by the current administration, and instead get typically self-righteous--and really, after six years of this faux-Christian bullshit, it's getting rather boring--by rifling off what amounts to "oh yeah! well your guy is even worse!"  AS IF THAT WAS EVER THE POINT IN GENUINE POLITICAL DISCOURSE, YOU IDIOT!  All you neo-cons have is poorly sculpted "talking points" scraped from the bowels of Roger Ailes, and even more pathetic "strategies" whose methods are now well-known to all.  The real point of genuine political discourse has absolutely nothing to do with party affiliation, "talking points," or pathetic little lists of transgressions whose sole purpose of existence is not to demonstrate a long-existing problem with our system of government, but simply to deflect even a trace amount of blame from "your guy."  It's a fucking joke, you moron.  If you had any principles, any sense of patriotism, any true desire to clean the crap out of Washington--regardless of what side of the Capitol they sit--you wouldn't speak as you do here.  

You claim that liberals weren't complaining with respect to Whitewater, Lewinsky, Berger, and Mark Rich...what liberals were you listening to?  The ones who managed to appear on Fox Noise?  Just for the record, aside from the truly suspicious nonsense concerning the issues you mention, the real scandal of the Clinton years has NOTHING to do with that stuff.  Clinton did five other things which, to my mind, were genuinely impeachable offenses for their assault on discourse and constitutional integrity, but I wouldn't expect you to know about those things, much less actually present a coherent ARGUMENT about them--that would require thought, research, and, inevitably, force you to defend your precious commander-in-thief against even more serious charges.  We both know you have no intention of doing this, but you could look it up...

By the way, the worst thing about Lewinsky-gate was this: why is it that anyone--man or woman--in power cannot simply admit to getting a genuine, real, human charge out of having such power?  Are you really saying that the most powerful man on the planet at the time was not allowed to admit to taking advantage of it, as have all--ALL--powerful leaders?  Well, in your little bizarre, questionably Christian interpretaion of the world, apparently not.  It seems that an extra-marital blow job is fundamentally more morally heinous than systematic fear-mongering, lying about intelligence, and sending over 3,500 Americans to die in the exact place where Al Quaeda WASN'T.  Your Christian glory is an odd one, and I admit that I am having a terrible time finding anything in the New Testament that Jesus ever reportedly did or said that justified lying and slaughter for the sake of moral purity and righteousness.  Sure, you can find that in the Book of Job, but then, that nasty little chapter is the single most Sadistic story ever written--the Marquis De Sade has nothing on the God who so loved us that he created us in His image...is it any surprise that this very chapter in the bible is the true narrative for the entire neo-con perspective?  "We are confessedly unworthy of anything, O Lord, but we will--somehow?--be sanctified by our zealotry and willingness to sacrifice our critical reason--that is, our abilty to say NO--which is the very essence of the Free Will given to us by Him in the first place?"  Ah, yes, you are proven right by the your refusal to believe otherwise...the need for consistency is a sign of a weak mind, but then you do not surprise at all...

For god's sake, man: Our constitution is in tatters, Religion is demonstrating, more now than at any time since the Crusades, that it wants nothing to do with Democracy, and the best response you come up with is...some fucking parrotted list that you incorrectly claim only you "chosen" neo-cons cared about?  Are you that shockingly stupid, really?  Oh yeah, you're a fucking neo-con...I'd tell you to simply fuck-off, but that would be a waste of the word "fuck," which is, more often than not, a good idea...

Since old Georgie boy is so verrry concerned about exessive sentences, I suppose that he is working to pardon Genarlow wilson right now.  The then 17 year old Genrlow Wilson is unjustly spending time behind bars for a crime that no longer exists. He received consentual oral sex from a girl that was 15 at the time and he was 17. If he had only had intercourse with her the case would have been tried as a misdemeanor and not a felony.  He was sentenced to 10 years and must register as a sex offender.  The law under which he was convicited has since been changed, but it does not apply retroactively.  You wanna talk excessive? But dear me I forgot, consentual sex, especially oral, is bad & wrong; perjury & obstruction of justice, that is okey dokey.  

All I can say the truth is revealing itself, not to long now, Cheney will tell Bush to enforce Martial Law! This I feel will only effect the people who do not agree with them, they have our party affiliation etc, they know who are With Them Or Against Them! The little 20 some percent will be okay, but the rest of us are gonna have to fight tooth and nail! The Real ID and the chip that was passed by the FDA to track us, is another thing, to me that is enforcing Martial Law and we have lost our right to go free in our own country. My Drivers License has already be changed unknown to me with it's little bar code, squiggly stuff and numbers. I was not going to get the Real ID, my bad for not knowing that this state in 2006 were already putting it into motion. With Jebby being the Governor at the time I should've known he would have it rolling as soon as they passed it. Here is some information on it and The Computer Chip for Humans...
http://news.com.com/FAQ+How+Real+ID+will+affect+you/2100-1028_3-5697111.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6237364?GT1=5472

Then you can see how these people that some have taken our rights/freedom away.

Hey Tom Grove
What flavor of Kool Aid are you drinknig?

Armitage said he was the leaker after the Libby trial,  right?  So,  Libby did obstruct justice by lying to the court.  In fact he told so many lies no one could get the truth,  which is the real crime.  I think he did it on purpose knowing he would never be allowed to go to jail or pay a fine and my guess is that there is a full pardon coming at the end of this nightmare.

Bush DID not write that statement either,  it was too well written.

Here's to 1/20/2009!

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