Libby sentenced to 30 months in prison

[George Gervin's Afro]

He could be Dean of the Law School at Liberty U.

He always has Regents University...

[Yonivore]

Never said that. Some animals eat their cubs.

So, who controlled Fitzgerald and kept him from prosecuting everyone that needed to be prosecuted?

If they had a right response, I'm sure they'd state it. A little credibility would be a welcome change.

What's to say? The White House has expressed its sadness over the affair and that a good public servant has been caught up in it.

What is so significant about something that everybody expects to happen?

That was in response to this portion of your post:

You don't hear any outrage from the administration.

This administration isn't in the habit of displaying outrage, (even when I believe they should). But, it does indicate where it stands on issues. And, that the White House isn't ruling out a pardon, is significant.

[clambake]

So, who controlled Fitzgerald and kept him from prosecuting everyone that needed to be prosecuted?

That's what you call a "fall guy". Maybe he accepted their token of a sacrificial lamb. Libby should be the one upset, as opposed to you or anyone else. I'd like to see how Libby will sort this all out. You know he knows.

What's to say? The White House has expressed its sadness over the affair and that a good public servant has been caught up in it.

Caught up in it and convicted. He might take his silence to the bank.

This administration isn't in the habit of displaying outrage, (even when I believe they should). But, it does indicate where it stands on issues. And, that the White House isn't ruling out a pardon, is significant.

The only thing significant is that he hasn't been pardoned already.

[j-6]

This is a moot point. He's been sentenced in his first trial. The appeal process hasn't even started. When you're dealing with the White House, you don't think that an executive official's appeals process is going to drag? He got indicted, what, two years ago?

Probably long enough for the outgoing president to slip in a last pardon one sunny morning in January 2009. This saga will be five years old by then. More heiresses will go to jail, more celebrities will adopt babies, and less people will even remember who Valerie Plame is or what Scooter Libby did.

Everyone wins: The Dems got another "Evil Bush" notch in their belt, Scooter skips jail, and the GOP doesn't hang a pawn. John Poindexter was in the White House running DARPA less than five years ago and he was actually convicted of something a lot worse.