White House on Libby: President will not intervene

[sabra]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — White House Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino issued the following statement following the news that a judge has order I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby to report to prison to serve his sentence while his attorneys appeal his case.

“Scooter Libby still has the right to appeal, and therefore the president will continue not to intervene in the judicial process. The president feels terribly for Scooter, his wife and their young children, and all that they’re going through.”


Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/06/14/white-house-president-will-not-intervene/

[MNDemNY]

1. Not yet.

[AlinPA]

4. He will pardon Libby. Probably 2 hours after Libby loses his appeal.

(I don't know about the Appeals Court; are they Bush** appointees? If so, Libby walks) No matter what he will be free to work in the White House again in 6-8 weeks.

[MNDemNY]

6. He will never go to jail for this.

[BOSSHOG]

2. "All that they are going through"

I guess Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson have spent the last four years at Disneyworld. Love the fucking compassion FOR CRIMINALS.

[sabra]

3. "their young children" - Bushco loves to use "young"

we need to stand by the "young democracy" in Iraq...

[closeupready]

5. The subtext: when he has exhausted his rights to appeal, Bush will cease not intervening.

:eyes:

[Dhalgren]

7. This is a huge signal - "The pardon is coming." If this goes to the SC

they are not likely to over turn the conviction - they like to maintain the pretense of rule of law and Libby just isn't a big enough fish for them to show their hands. And, besides, Bush will pardon him just as soon as the appeals are over; and if Libby has to go to jail while the appeals are in the works, they won't last long. Libby will be jonesing for a pardon real quick...

[BootinUp]

8. The language is code for "Don't worry Scooter will be protected"

Go ahead Bush, make our day.

[endarkenment]

9. he feels terribly?

What, gone numb again from too much booze?

[Eurobabe]

10. I wonder if DeadEyeDick feels sorry?

Nah.

[spotbird]

11. "Scooter still has the right to appeal..."

They're counting on judicial activism.

[MasonJar]

12. Sorry, Dana, but he feels terrible not terribly. The first is a predicate adjective,

modifying the president (and we all know that nothing modifies this loser president more accurately than the adjective terrible) which is the correct grammatical ending. Terribly would imply that he has something wrong with his fingers so that he could not feel with correctness. While we all know that the pResident never is able to do anything right, in this case the aptitude of his brain takes precedence over the aptitude of his fingers.

[MilesColtrane]

15. No, it's true. The President feels terribly.

He is incapable of empathy...a true psychopath.

[Bitwit1234]

13. Course....like all the other republicans who get in trouble,

especially those loyal to the busher and his crew. The more loyal they are the worst bush adbandons them...Look at Rumsfield, and how about Katherine Harris, who practically handed bush the presidency by declaring they couldn't count the votes, which sent it to the supreme court. When she got in trouble none of the republicans supported her. I guess when you are not useful to bush anymore the republicans sweep you under the rug.

[Xipe Totec]

14. Yet... nt

[lovuian]

16. A lesson to be learned underlings of bush Regime

ALL of you are expendable

so take a look at Nuremburg and prison time in the future

when it gets to it Bush and Cheney are all about survival...theirs

[H2O Man]

17. The chances

of Scooter getting a pardon from Bush are very slim.

[Jack Rabbit]

18. And Bush's word means what?

Hang on to your wallets and purses, boys and girls.

[tanyev]

19. Bupkus

[hippiechick]

20. ... but will the Vice President ?

:shrug:

[Tyler Durden]

21. SING, Scooter, SING!

You've been left to twist on the noose. TIME TO GET SOME PAYBACK!!!

[Supersedeas]

22. * feels terrible for the man who lied to Federal Investigators and exposed a CIA front company

He feels bad for Libbers but not for the taxpayers who had to pay for the investigation into Libbers lies, for the employees of Brewster Jennings who must now look over their shoulder because of Libbers part in the conspiracy to expose Plame and not for Plame herself, who served the country honorably.

Instead, he feels bad for the Republican felon. How touching.

[opihimoimoi]

23. Absolutely no EMPHATY for the VICTIM....

Bush has no Class.

[ShortnFiery]

24. Translation: The Fix is in. n/t

[yasmina27]

25. Too bad he doesn't feel as bad

about the wives/husbands and young children of the soldiers he is sending into this illegal combat. Or as bad about the Iraqi families and young children being decimated.

At least scootie will come out of prison (if he ever goes) relatively unscathed with his family intact, and will probably be hired as a political hack on Faux news.