If memory serves, Hillary's husband held a somewhat higher office than Scooter Libby, yet committed a more serious crime.
How much probation time did he spend, again?
Oh, right, none. He got only a fraction of the sentence that Libby got.
Justice might be blind, but Hillary Clinton must have Alzheimer's if she can't remember her husband's conviction for lying under oath.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
Barack Obama is a bad person
Scooter Libby wasn't pardoned today. Scooter Libby - someone I don't much care for, btw - had his sentence commuted by the President. It was a sentence that only savages on the left would deem fair. Two and a half years in jail, plus $250,000, plus several years of probation. This was significantly more than the prosecutor asked for, and far more than is the norm - even for a public official. Moreover, he was denied freedom during his appeals, which is highly unusual.
The sentence was, in short, vindictive. It was mean spirited, particularly given the fact that Libby's lies were actually lies of pride and not lies covering up a crime. He's a fool, I'll grant you. I'll even grant you that his foolish pride has, indeed, made him a criminal. He deserves to be punished, but this sentence makes you wonder if Judge Walton's pride isn't worse. If only we could punish him, as well... but I digress.
George Bush's commutation was, by any reasonable measure, nothing more than righting a wrong. He didn't declare Libby innocent by setting aside the sentence. He's still requiring Libby to pay a quarter of a million dollars and serve probation. Libby has forfeited his career, and any aspirations he might have had for a public career beyond being the manservent to Dick Cheney are gone.
He committed a dumb crime, and he is paying big time. But at least he's not being used as a whipping post.
To Barack Obama, however, this is a great injustice. To Obama, Libby's sentence was appropriate. He is now on the record as saying this, and let the record stand.
Let this stand right beside it: Anyone who supports a martinet is a martinet-wannabe, and is not worthy of anything more than contempt. Thus I find Barack Obama. A small man, with a pitiful sense of justice.
His faith was hijacked? By whom, Satan?
The sentence was, in short, vindictive. It was mean spirited, particularly given the fact that Libby's lies were actually lies of pride and not lies covering up a crime. He's a fool, I'll grant you. I'll even grant you that his foolish pride has, indeed, made him a criminal. He deserves to be punished, but this sentence makes you wonder if Judge Walton's pride isn't worse. If only we could punish him, as well... but I digress.
George Bush's commutation was, by any reasonable measure, nothing more than righting a wrong. He didn't declare Libby innocent by setting aside the sentence. He's still requiring Libby to pay a quarter of a million dollars and serve probation. Libby has forfeited his career, and any aspirations he might have had for a public career beyond being the manservent to Dick Cheney are gone.
He committed a dumb crime, and he is paying big time. But at least he's not being used as a whipping post.
To Barack Obama, however, this is a great injustice. To Obama, Libby's sentence was appropriate. He is now on the record as saying this, and let the record stand.
Let this stand right beside it: Anyone who supports a martinet is a martinet-wannabe, and is not worthy of anything more than contempt. Thus I find Barack Obama. A small man, with a pitiful sense of justice.
His faith was hijacked? By whom, Satan?
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Nancy Pelosi, Professional Crybaby
OK, Nancy, you said you wanted control of Congress and you got it. You got the House; you got the Senate. You control the debate, you control the tenor. You can stop legislation cold, if you'd like.
And you've had it for six months. That's 25% of a Congress' life, Nance, just in case you were wondering.
And you have accomplished?
Nothing. Nada. Zilch.
You know it; we know it. Everyone knows it.
And, as it says right there on your script, we all know whose fault this is: it's yours. Oh, I'm sorry, you'd gouge out your own eyes before you'd admit that. It's THE REPUBLICANS.
Yes, those pesky Republicans just won't roll over and play dead, now will they? And how could you have possibly anticipated THAT when you made your promises, right? I mean, we all expected the Democrats to take 7,000 of the seats in the house, and 1,400 of the seats in the Senate. We were going to have to build an Annex to the chambers that would dwarf the Mall of America, just to give you the power that you need to...
To what? What is it, again, that this shrill crybaby wants to do?
Oh, right: Get Off On Power.
You asked for power and you got it, Madame Speaker. Now shut your whining yap and either use it, or give it up.
WHAT a loser...
And you've had it for six months. That's 25% of a Congress' life, Nance, just in case you were wondering.
And you have accomplished?
Nothing. Nada. Zilch.
You know it; we know it. Everyone knows it.
And, as it says right there on your script, we all know whose fault this is: it's yours. Oh, I'm sorry, you'd gouge out your own eyes before you'd admit that. It's THE REPUBLICANS.
Yes, those pesky Republicans just won't roll over and play dead, now will they? And how could you have possibly anticipated THAT when you made your promises, right? I mean, we all expected the Democrats to take 7,000 of the seats in the house, and 1,400 of the seats in the Senate. We were going to have to build an Annex to the chambers that would dwarf the Mall of America, just to give you the power that you need to...
To what? What is it, again, that this shrill crybaby wants to do?
Oh, right: Get Off On Power.
You asked for power and you got it, Madame Speaker. Now shut your whining yap and either use it, or give it up.
WHAT a loser...
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