Surprise, Surprise: Democrat Carville Defends Convicted Neocon Felon Scooter
Kurt Nimmo, Another Day in the Empire
June 16, 2007
Justin Raimondo makes mention of the voluminous "love letters" sent to Judge Reggie B. Walton defending war criminal Scooter Libby in his latest column (massive reproduction of said letters in PDF format here). "It seems that this is the new neocon litmus test: if you’re a member of the club, you prove it by going to bat for Scooter," writes Raimondo. "The list of special pleaders reads like a Neocon Who’s Who: Norman Podhoretz, Fouad Ajami, Bernard Lewis, Ken Adelman, John Bolton, Joseph Bottum, Eliot Cohen, Midge Decter, John Hannah, Christopher Demuth (who piously avers 'Scooter is devoted to truth’!), Douglas Feith, and even the neocon defector Francis Fukuyama, who perhaps is trying to signal that his recent heresy is neither permanent nor really a defection. These worthies are joined by a platoon of high-powered lawyers, present and former government officials (Henry the K, former Congressman and present head of the SEC Christopher Cox), academics, personal acquaintances, and corporate movers-and-shakers who type their paeans to Scooter the selfless altruist and patriot on impressive-looking letterheads. A more graphic illustration of the sense of entitlement these people feel, on account of their power, their positions, and their wealth, would be hard to imagine."
Indeed, the usual—and not so usual—suspects, insiders all, have come out of the woodwork to defend Scooter. Justin, however, fails to mention one particular culprit: James Carville, former Clinton campaign manager and husband of Mary Matalin, Bush assistant. "Though my husband James Carville, a Democratic Strategist and Clinton supporter, shares neither political nor philosophical views with Scooter, he has deep respect for his intellect, his integrity, and joins me in the sentiments expressed here," Matalin effuses in a letter sent to Judge Walton. "One of the many enduring and endearing memories of Scooter is his universal love of families…. I have seen what this trial has done to my own kids, just reading about it."
Of course, this "universal love" has nothing to do with Iraqi families, now suffering under weight of invasion, occupation, mass murder, and slow death by way of depleted uranium and other toxins, courtesy of the Scooter and crew. Naturally, psychopaths of Scooter’s caliber are incapable of "universal love," except for themselves. Matalin ’s letter, and those of her compatriots, or rather co-conspirators, serve only to blow smoke up a certain orifice, as factotums for the elite consider themselves beyond the law. Imagine their outrage when one of their ranks is offered up as a sacrifice and scapegoat.
Kos the Democrat makes mention of this funny business: Carville, the blogger notes, is "not pretending to be a disinterested political observer lauding Hillary Clinton on CNN. Let’s see what company he’s in: Donald Rumsfeld, Henry Kissinger, Paul Wolfowitz, John Bolton, Richard Perle, and Douglas Feith." In short, even the most obtuse Democrat and Clinton worshipper should realize there is absolutely no difference between Democrats and Republicans. One might expect an excoriation of the "Jackass" party from Mr. Kos, but mild criticism seems to suffice, as the point here is not to lambaste the blue side of the property party too severely. No need to drag Howard Dean, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Steny Hoyer into the fray, never mind they are as complicit in the murder of 700,000 or more Iraqis as Scooter and the most reprehensible neocon.
At any rate, it appears Scooter will go to prison, regardless of all the "love letters" tenderly sent by concerned insiders. "If this court stays Libby’s sentence, that will be a grievous mistake," explains former Nixon counsel John Dean. "Judge Walton has taken care to scrupulously follow the law, and he has clearly set aside the fact he was appointed by a Republican president. If the panel deciding upon the stay should overrule Judge Walton, that result ought send shudders through the land—because it will mean the rule of law has become secondary to party loyalty." Or, more accurately, class loyalty, as both parties are actually two sides of the same political coin. |
