Comments on: Commutation http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/commutation/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim C http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/commutation/comment-page-1/#comment-92116 Jim C Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:34:17 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/commutation/#comment-92116 Hmm, seems to me I remember Clinton pardoning his own brother, the FALN terrorists (so that shrillery could pander to the Puerto Rican community in NY for her Senate seat), and multiple drug dealers. No one on the left even blinked an eye when he did that. Hypocrisy, hypocrisy I tell ya!! Good for President Bush. This needed to be done! Jim C Hmm, seems to me I remember Clinton pardoning his own brother, the FALN terrorists (so that shrillery could pander to the Puerto Rican community in NY for her Senate seat), and multiple drug dealers. No one on the left even blinked an eye when he did that. Hypocrisy, hypocrisy I tell ya!!

Good for President Bush. This needed to be done!

Jim C

]]> By: P-3W http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/commutation/comment-page-1/#comment-410499 P-3W Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:22:11 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/commutation/#comment-410499 I just read some of the reactions in the blogworld <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19584806/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. What the left side is saying is downright scary. Do they even hear the same words as the other side does? It's amazing, and it's the tip of the iceberg, since MSN wouldn't want to scare off normal people with the ululations from the left calling for real scalps from the Whitehouse. I'm grateful for those that go wading into the swamps of loony leftdom to report back. I don't think I could hack more than a few minutes' worth there. Seems to me the President did a good thing here. He also could have given him respite, where he doesn't have to fulfill the sentence until later -- it's been used in the past to delay a sentence or to eventually pardon someone. Seems to me the President split the difference here -- no jail time, but Libby still has a criminal record, fine, and probation to fulfill, and it seems more appropriate with regard to Sandy Berger's punishment (or lack thereof). I get to feeling less hopeful when I see such a great divide on something like this, and how it affects us in all aspects of our lives now. It's like we're seeing two different situations and cross-talking over each other, neither side willing to bend an inch. Getting scary, indeed. I just read some of the reactions in the blogworld here. What the left side is saying is downright scary. Do they even hear the same words as the other side does? It’s amazing, and it’s the tip of the iceberg, since MSN wouldn’t want to scare off normal people with the ululations from the left calling for real scalps from the Whitehouse.

I’m grateful for those that go wading into the swamps of loony leftdom to report back. I don’t think I could hack more than a few minutes’ worth there.

Seems to me the President did a good thing here. He also could have given him respite, where he doesn’t have to fulfill the sentence until later — it’s been used in the past to delay a sentence or to eventually pardon someone. Seems to me the President split the difference here — no jail time, but Libby still has a criminal record, fine, and probation to fulfill, and it seems more appropriate with regard to Sandy Berger’s punishment (or lack thereof).

I get to feeling less hopeful when I see such a great divide on something like this, and how it affects us in all aspects of our lives now. It’s like we’re seeing two different situations and cross-talking over each other, neither side willing to bend an inch. Getting scary, indeed.

]]> By: reddog http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/commutation/comment-page-1/#comment-92061 reddog Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:12:58 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/commutation/#comment-92061 Nobody wanted Libby to go to jail. The conviction and sentence clearly were meant to punish Bush and Cheney. So be it. Nobody wanted Libby to go to jail. The conviction and sentence clearly were meant to punish Bush and Cheney.

So be it.

]]> By: badbob http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/commutation/comment-page-1/#comment-410498 badbob Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:13:16 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/commutation/#comment-410498 You were correct on your speculation Lex. You suggested this "tactic" several months ago. b2 You were correct on your speculation Lex. You suggested this “tactic” several months ago.

b2

]]> By: Casca http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/commutation/comment-page-1/#comment-92003 Casca Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:30:58 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/commutation/#comment-92003 Perfect, there's something here for everyone not to like. Perfect, there’s something here for everyone not to like.

]]> By: jpr http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/commutation/comment-page-1/#comment-410497 jpr Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:15:02 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/commutation/#comment-410497 The commutation was disappointing, but not unexpected. Libby was accused, tried, convicted and sentenced within the framework of existing law. This kind of thing happens everywhere in the US. Yet the president disagreed. Just because the president has the power to commute sentences doesn't mean he has to. The commutation was disappointing, but not unexpected.

Libby was accused, tried, convicted and sentenced within the framework of existing law. This kind of thing happens everywhere in the US. Yet the president disagreed. Just because the president has the power to commute sentences doesn’t mean he has to.

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