Kristol: If Bush does not pardon Libby he "will pay a big price over the next year."

[sabra]

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_070312.htm

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The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol, on Fox News Sunday, said pardoning Libby is "the right thing to do, but also it's in the president's interest." Kristol added that if the president does not pardon Libby he "will pay a big price over the next year."

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[H2O Man]

1. Scooter won't vote for him?

Oh, wait: {1} Bush ain't running for office again; and {2} Libby is a convicted felon, and won't be voting for anyone.

[spanone]

6. Maybe ol Scooter showed Billy some of the photos he has of messrs. bush* & cheney?

[MonkeyFunk]

24. Pictures of them

doing what?

[librechik]

7. it's going to be funny watching the puppetmasters discover the strings are cut

on theirmurderous knife wielding little puppet over the next 2 years. Let's see them try to control him if he doesn't want what they want.

[peacetalksforall]

28. It means Cheney won't take Bush to Dubai with him. nt

[peacetalksforall]

30. Bill Kristol is a lot like Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh.

But we think he's bigger and more important because he co-wrote and signed the PNAC doctrine. On screen, he's just a wannabe Coulter.

[PDJane]

2. Besides,

We don't actually care about the laws, you know..........

William Kristol is on my "slimy idiot" list.

[BadgerKid]

3. He's screwn anyway

* is a means to an end for PNAC. I wonder if Billy is threatening bodily harm.

[Arkansas Granny]

29. Yes. In the long run it all boils down to the fact that Bush is

PNAC's puppet.

[Amonester]

32. Sure sounded like Billy the bully was threatening bodily harm.

Paging Agent Mike. Paging Agent Mike.

(Where R they when we Really need 'em?)

[Me.]

4. Oh Yes

Kristol has been right about so many things. Maybe he's now hinting that if * doesn't pardon the Liar that Kristol won't endorse him for re-election. Or is Kristol planning on outing him, as the worst occupant of the WH ever?

[BOSSHOG]

5. Will krystol start telling the truth ??

bush would certainly pay for that. I'd rather krystol join the army and take his bad ass to Baghdad and fix things as only he can.

[DinahMoeHum]

8. Fuck that, the Repuke Party is gonna pay big-time in 2008. . .

whether or not Scooter is pardoned. Bush & Cheney have put the 'Pukes's collective dick in a cleft stick.

It's gonna suck to be a Republican these next few years.

:kick:

[INdemo]

21. Yes,I agree..I dont know why there are those that are worried about the

2008 election..The Democratic nominee will be the next President.We could run Sponge Bob and beat any Republican out there..Even Diebold wont save their ass this time.The Corporate media with all their BS scattered over the air waves wont save the Republican Party..They're finished

[DainBramaged]

9. HAHAHAHA, what no Xmas presents?

[TwilightGardener]

10. Yeah, that's right, hurry up and pardon him

and all of this unpleasantness and scrutiny will go away, and the march to Tehran can continue unabated. What a sick fuck.

[tularetom]

11. True, especially if Scooter rats him out

Sounds like a not very subtle threat to me.

[Ganja Ninja]

22. Absolutely.

Before Scooter does any time in the slammer he'll rat out Cheney & Bush. That's why they're trying to make it seem like there's some sort of public ground swell for a pardon. They have to pardon him for their own sake or he'll blow the top off this scandal.

[Jacobin]

25. That's the way I read it, too

These gangsters are not very subtle.

[chelsea0011]

12. He's the worst President ever. We still have two years of hell left,

and Kristol says it could be worse?

[UTUSN]

13. More wise counsel from Billy "William" KRISTOL n/t

[riderinthestorm]

14. What can they possibly threaten * with, what harm can they inflict now

that would somehow force * to pardon Libby?

Is this a "real" threat from the PNAC group (and if so, what potentially malicious information will they dredge up from Bush's hidden past to bludgeon him into submission)?

Or is this just rhetoric, hot air and bluff?

[Cassandra]

20. I suppose he could work towards impeaching Bush...

and do us all a favor.
That's some serious lovin' Libby's getting from Kristol. You've got to wonder.

[saltpoint]

15. Speaking strictly for myself, I think it's time Bill Kristol was packed

up and launched into deep space. Tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

He's a treasonous instigator and should never be asked onto any news program ever again.

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[saltpoint]

23. Hi, jail_them. Welcome to DU. Well, call me old-fashioned, but

I prefer the pageantry of the rocket ship and the huge crowd in shorts and sunglasses for a several-hour celebration culminating with the launch itself.

And let's have Kristol's magazine bankroll the whole deal.

[BlueJac]

16. The idiot Bill........

While mowing the lawn yesterday I stepped on some Bill Kristol, it got in the tread of my shoes and stunk so bad I had to clean them.

[kenny blankenship]

17. Wanted to know what big price he was thinking of, but there's nothing further in the story

I guess Kristol's "Big Price" idea is kind of like WMDs: if he, William Kristol, says they are there, they must be there. Were it otherwise, why would he say they were there?

Well, Mr. President you better act on this "Big Price" warning toot-sweet, or you could find yourself mired in a very costly mistake, like in Iraq when you ignored those warnings of WMDs from boy genius William Kristol. You don't want a repeat of that do you? Pardon Libby and soon.

[Raven]

18. Does anybody know if pardons

have been granted in the past to shut people up? I don't recall such a blatent discussion of pardoning someone to keep him from ratting.

[RaleighNCDUer]

26. Was that a threat? Anybody notify the Secret Service?

It's not really necessary anyway because, after all, to keep the "zero-year election curse" in place, * won't finish his term - St. Ronnie's Alzheimer's qualifies him as being struck down during his term, even though he physically survived it, so I think the curse is still in effect.

OTOH, if you were brain-dead before being elected in the first place...

[Rydz777]

27. Chickenhawk

The Chickenhawk Kristol is worried that his best inside source among the Bushites will soon be inside some Do Good Hotel - visiting days to be arranged.

[annabanana]

31. Isn't he cute. He thinks he still MATTERS. . . awwwwww. . . . . n/t

[HereSince1628]

33. LOL. Go Ahead George I triple dog dare you to pardon Libby.

Nothing, and I do mean NOTHING would be more likely to throw gasoline on the smoldering remains of WH credibility.

A pardon would guarantee a Non-republican candidate wins in 2008.

[grasswire]

34. sounds like blackmail to me

I believe Kristol is threatening to flip on Bush. He used to be a Trotskyite, so who knows where his ultimate allegiance lies?

[cooolandrew]

35. They defy belief go on pardon him that'll be impressive.

[cooolandrew]

36. They defy belief go on pardon him that'll be impressive. It just proves just how crazy Kristol is.

[SoCalDem]

37. What? Is someone planning to take his bike away from him and put him on restriction?

or no dessert for a month?

[nadinbrzezinski]

38. We won't vote for a lame duck?

How stupid can Krystol get

Now if he pardons Libby he will pay a price, and prove once and for all that Pubies are not on the side of the Constitution

Perhaps more and more Ameircans will come to their senses and keep pubies out of power even longer