Libby's Reprieve

As expected, Libby will not have to serve a day of his sentence for treason. Although Bush has nothing left to lose, he took the oh so courageous approach of not pardoning Libby (so as not to totally offend the 72% majority who realize Bush and Cheney are complete fuckups) but rather commuting his sentence (so as to appease the 28% who are blind, deaf, and dumb).

Amusingly, Bushbots are quick to point fingers at Clinton, as if that makes everything better and returns to them the moral highground, which they've attempted to hold over Democrats like a trophy. Nor can they so much as imply to be the national security party. The administration outed a covert agent for political gain and supporters want to distort that fact in any way possible.

What's more, if the Bush administration was a Democratic one, those currently defending Libby, Bush, and Cheney would be calling for impeachment (and some might call for much worse). This is hypocrisy at its worst. But Libby was merely a puppet, and unfortunately the master will never be brought to justice. Cheney would eliminate the DOJ, or any other department that pointed the finger his way, before that ever happened.