Bush commutes Libby sentence

[kandrathe]

"You know, this President Bush had commuted Scooter Libby because he felt that 30 months in jail for four felonies was way too harsh, so he reduced it a little back to nothing, zero. See, that's called the rich white guy reduction. See, that's 'cause his name's Scooter. There's not a lot of guys named Jamal gettin' that deal. Nah, Jamal is doin' 30 months for jaywalking." --Jay Leno

However, Scooter was convicted of not properly remembering a conversation he had with a reporter who never published her interview notes. Had he been convicted of outing Mrs. Wilson, then the sentence might have been just. Meanwhile, the guy (Dick Armitage working for Colin Powell) who admitted telling Mr. Novak about Mrs. Wilson (and Mr. Novak did publish the outing) is quietly enjoying his life and career.