Scooter Libby gets a walk
Monday, July 2nd, 2007Those who are most cynical about the Bush administration are once again proven right: President Bush has commuted the sentence of convicted felon Louis “Scooter” Libby. Libby still stands convicted, but will do no prison time. It was not unexpected based on George W. Bush’s previous examples of immorality, lawlessness, and hypocrisy, but is still appalling. The rule of law has never in my life counted for less. Cheney and Rove and the rest of the gangsters in the White House are obviously convinced that they will be allowed to get away with any criminal act, and clearly they are correct.
There is a constitutional remedy for this, and it is the impeachment of the President. Cynics, myself included, predict the Democratic Party will never do it, that they haven’t the spine, that they are just as corrupt as the Republicans. It would be nice to be wrong about them, but I’m not holding my breath.
