Editor&Publisher: White House: Little Comment on Libby Verdict

[DeepModem Mom]

White House: Little Comment on Libby Verdict
By E&P Staff
Published: March 06, 2007

NEW YORK White House spokeswoman Dana Perino this afternoon said President Bush would have no comment on the verdict in the CIA leak case, beyond, "He respects the jury's verdict" and "He was saddened for Scooter Libby and his family."

She said that the press would be "disappointed to hear" that the White House was going to stand by its rule adopted long ago that it would "not comment on an ongoing legal procedure."

The trial was over but it would be appealed, she said, guaranteeing no comment, probably, before Bush finishes out his term in office.

In a conference call later, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, husband of the outed CIA agent Valerie Plame, noted the president's expression of sympathy for Libby and his family, but asked why the White House had never expressed similar feelings for his wife after losing her career at the agency.

Wilson will be appearing on MSNBC's Countdown and CNN's Larry King show tonight.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003554235

[napi21]

1. That's OK, Shrub! The civil trial will keep the topic in the news and MAYBE we'll even have

CAMERAS!

[muntrv]

2. No comment, I'm working on the pardon.

[kiwilover]

5. Yep

That's what's going to come down from Cheney through his little stupid weasel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Kikosexy2]

10. Silence is...

golden...Looks like Chimpie & Dicky feel guilty as it is...gotta stay on the down-low! til it blows over and...then maybe Britney Spears may overdose on some drugs and all the news attention will be on her...

[samsingh]

3. good point from Ambassador Wilson.

[Marnieworld]

4. So I guess this means Dick Cheney won't be on MTP anymore?

:rofl:

[tanyev]

6. I think his actual comment was,

"Dammit, Laura, you bring me that bottle of Jack Daniels you hid! I need it right NOW."

[sandrakae]

7. To hell with focus, I want cuffs on him.

[ClintonTyree]

8. The answer to Wilson's question...

....."but asked why the White House had never expressed similar feelings for his wife after losing her career at the agency", is quite obvious. They don't care. In fact, they were quite pleased to have Plame out of the picture because she was gumming up their attempts to sneak in the WMDs that had to be found in order to justify their invasion of Iraq. Her clandestine operations were to guard against such movement of WMDs into the region, something that the Bushistas found extremely troubling at the time. It made them look bad: no WMDs, no real grounds for the Iraq invasion. And what do the Bushistas do when someone throws a roadblock in front of their plans? They remove the roadblock by any means necessary, including treason.
Everything in the Bush White House is about power, both it's acquisition and retention. They're not keen on people who believe truth and ethics trump political image. Valerie Plame and her associates found that out the hard way.
Let's hope the Bush administration finds out, in an equally hard way, to what extent Americans DO value truth and ethics. To jail with the entire lot of them. They deserve nothing less for their treasonous actions. :mad:

[cassiepriam]

12. They were willing to out her which means she could have been killed.

That is how sad they are about her situation.

[tavalon]

9. Color me surprised

What a nice little fucking loop hole they came up with on that one!

[cjkinsey]

11. It is time to force a comment

It is time to force a comment, first a comment on a pardon. Second, if we can fight through the media push to say that he should get a light sentence of 1, 2, 3, or even 4 years of the near 30 years possible. This is a crime that is so offensive because it is attempting to block the window onto the truth of an incredible offensive crime. He should be made an example of with 27 years in prison.

This strong sentence will cause the comment, from the ignoring and avoiding cabal of the whitehouse.
http://iamnotsosure.blogspot.com/

[DeepModem Mom]

13. Thanks for an excellent first post, cj -- welcome to DU!!!

[Dulcinea]

14. It's not like they can tell the truth.

"We threw Scooter under the bus to protect Cheney & Rove's worthless asses. Sorry."