Bush commutes Libby sentence

[Jester]

Nope. The death of a thousand cuts is how liberty dies. Administrations are a finitie entity, getting stupid laws off of the books is rather a longer prospect.

I cannot count the number of times, throughout history, that one person, grabbing for power, brought the whole house down, despite the "finity" of their administration. And the powers and priveledges of the executive are growing daily, apparently including the (practical) power to go to war. The number of democracies that have died slow deaths through excessive legislation, on the other hand, are few indeed. (Are there any? I can't think of one.) It seems clear to me which is the greater danger at this point. Obviously, you disagree, but I doubt we will find consensus on that.

Let's put this commuted sentence into perspective[...]

Duly noted. The communation of Libby's sentence is hardly the worst outrage even of the year, let alone of the last decade. It is merely one further example of the cronyism and contempt for justice that has come to dominate both parties, although I must argue that this administration is worse than any since Nixon, at least.

And people gripe about Bush and "executive privilege.:P

I don't see how the outrage compares, but then, I am disgusted with the whole lot of them.

I despised Clinton's politics then, and if they have come into a better light since, it is only because Bush's administration has been a disaster of epic proportions. You're not going to find much defense of either of them from me.

So far, no pardon, but I'm pretty sure the Libby pardon will come after the 2008 election.)

If this does not come to pass, colour me amazed.

-Jester