Clinton Gets Impeaced – Libby Goes Free
02 July 2007 5:47 pm by Taylor Marsh
Clinton Gets Impeached – Libby Goes Free
Former President Bill Clinton can now feel fully vindicated. In the first paragraph
of his biography for history he will be absolved of all impeachment charges, with the reality that it was all about politics, which has now been put in proper perspective. Because George
W. Bush today proved that the rule of law doesn’t matter if you’re a Republican. It’s all about the
rule of politics. Rule of law for Republicans means one thing. The rule of law
for Democrats means something entirely different. Now we’ve got the proof.
The president did not consult the Justice department. He just walked off Air
Force One and right before a holiday he decided that the guy who did the dirty
work on Joseph Wilson deserved to be taken care of, Republican style.
Fred Thompson is “happy for Scooter Libby.” Funny how he voted to
impeach Clinton for having consensual sex with an intern. But Libby deserves
commutation for outing a covert CIA operative.
Rudy said the decision was “correct.” This from Mr. Law & Order. Or is that Thompson? It’s all an act, regardless.
Kiss that “strong on national security” label goodbye, you guys.
Because Democrats are going to shove it down your throats every time you utter
it. The commutation of Scooter Libby is only part of the proof, but it’s powerful. Let the ‘08 games begin.
Consensual sex deserves impeachment, while burning a covert CIA operative that by doing presidential dirty work does not. We the people get it.
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That said, the president can do what he wants. In fact, he doesn’t even have
to follow the rules, which he most certainly did not do.
Authority: U.S. Const., Art. II, Sec. 2; authority of the President as Chief
Executive; and 28 U.S.C. §§ 509, 510.§ 1.1 Submission of petition; form to be used; contents of petition.
A person seeking executive clemency by pardon, reprieve, commutation of sentence,
or remission of fine shall execute a formal petition. The petition shall be
addressed to the President of the United States and shall be submitted to
the Pardon Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, except
for petitions relating to military offenses. Petitions and other required
forms may be obtained from the Pardon Attorney. Petition forms for commutation
of sentence also may be obtained from the wardens of federal penal institutions.
A petitioner applying for executive clemency with respect to military offenses
should submit his or her petition directly to the Secretary of the military
department that had original jurisdiction over the court-martial trial and
conviction of the petitioner. In such a case, a form furnished by the Pardon
Attorney may be used but should be modified to meet the needs of the particular
case. Each petition for executive clemency should include the information
required in the form prescribed by the Attorney General.§ 1.2 Eligibility for filing petition for pardon.
No petition for pardon should be filed until the expiration of a waiting
period of at least five years after the date of the release of the petitioner
from confinement or, in case no prison sentence was imposed, until the expiration
of a period of at least five years after the date of the conviction of the
petitioner. Generally, no petition should be submitted by a person who is
on probation, parole, or supervised release.
The Founders gave the president the right and the power to do what he’s done.
However, that doesn’t make it the most prudent thing to do. It is especially
onerous when Republicans took a Democratic president into impeachment, but a
Republican president is obviously giving a quid pro quo to someone who did his
and the vice president’s dirty work, because a private citizen told the truth about how we went to war. Remember the House Republicans opining about “the rule of law.” What a crock.
The fact remains that outing a CIA operative is an attack on our national security. Having sex with an intern is not. At least the Republican priority is now ingrained. Everyone else is held to one standard, while they are above the law.
Now you know what Republicans were always after when they came after Bill Clinton. It wasn’t about the rule of law. It was about punishing a political enemy. If there was ever any doubt there shouldn’t be anymore.
