WaPo's Murray: "YAAWWN. That's my view of the Libby flap. What did people expect Bush to do?"

[BurtWorm]

Glenn Greenwald on "Our broken political discourse":


http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/07/10/libby/index.html

Washington Post National Political Reporter Shailagh Murray opined on Monday:

Washington: What can possibly be gained by congressional hearings into the Libby commutation? Clearly Bush had the authority to do this, and he did it. Q.E.D. I'm old enough to remember when President Ford appeared before a congressional committee to explain his pardon of Richard Nixon. But Bush is no Ford, and unlike the Ford pardon, I don't think this action is going to look better over time.

Shailagh Murray: YAAWWN. That's my view of the Libby flap. What on earth did people expect Bush to do?

YAAWWN. What could possibly be more boring or irrelevant than the President of the United States protecting one of his most powerful aides, now a convicted felon, from going to prison, thereby ensuring that that aide has no incentive to disclose what he knows? Can we get back to what really matters to Americans, like John Edwards' haircut and probing investigations of his stylist?

From the latest USA Today/Gallup Poll:

5. From what you have heard or read, do you think President Bush was right to commute Libby's sentence, do you think he should have gone further and granted him a full pardon, or do you think he should not have intervened at all on Libby's behalf?

Right to commute sentence - 13%

Should have granted full pardon - 6%

Should not have intervened at all - 66%

No opinion - 15%

As usual, the true "fringe" in our country are Bush followers and their establishment media allies.

[liberal N proud]

1. My expectation was that he should have upheld the law

And abide by the decision of the court.
But then the other side of my brain kicked me in the head and said this is the bu$h regime we are talking about and the law doesn't mean anything to them.

[BurtWorm]

3. Nor to the Beltway media.

:eyes:

[spanone]

2. mr. murray's opinion.....YAAWWN....

[Beelzebud]

4. The Washington Post = YAAWWWN

[C_U_L8R]

5. Now that's quite a jaded opinion

this opinion-giver has clearly lost sight of right and wrong.

[Mandate My Ass]

6. If that was the writer's true opinion, there would be no article about it

It's impossible to justify Libby's obvious guilt or Bush's commutation of his deserved sentence, so the object is to instruct the masses, "Nothing to see here. Move along." :puke:

[rocktivity]

7. I expected everyone in government to uphold the law and protect the Constitution

no matter who gets hurt--even themselves.

But on the other hand, could we really expect Bush to risk Libby deciding to tell the truth if he went to jail?

:eyes:
rocknation

[BurtWorm]

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