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From: geode00	3/10/2007 6:38:02 PM
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Rich: Why Bush pardoning Libby is a slam dunk RAW STORY Published: Saturday March 10, 2007 According to New York Times columnist Frank Rich, it isn't a question of if President Bush will pardon a former White House aide convicted last Tuesday on charges of lying and making false statements but when. Rich calls the prospects of a pardon occurring a "slam dunk" proposition, which is a mocking reference to words that former CIA chief George Tenet reportedly used before the invasion of Iraq to describe the existence of WMD that were never found. "Even by Washington's standards, few debates have been more fatuous or wasted more energy than the frenzied speculation over whether President Bush will or will not pardon Scooter Libby," Rich writes in Sunday's paper. "Of course he will." As Rich sees it, "A president who tries to void laws he doesn't like by encumbering them with 'signing statements' and who regards the Geneva Conventions as a nonbinding technicality isn't going to start playing by the rules now." "His assertion last week that he is 'pretty much going to stay out of' the Libby case is as credible as his pre-election vote of confidence in Donald Rumsfeld," Rich adds, " The only real question about the pardon is whether Bush cares enough about his fellow Republicans' political fortunes to delay it until after Election Day 2008."... rawstory.com ------------- So the question remains, just how little regard does Dubya have for the law? I say, as the nation's chief law enforcement office, Dubya has exactly ZERO regard for the law. Cheney, as the second in command of the Executive branch has NEGATIVE regard for the law. Bring on the pardons!

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