Dems get ridiculous on Libby

Washington Times:

Three key Democrats on congressional judiciary committees say they suspect that President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby was a bid to pre-empt the former White House aide from incriminating others in the Bush administration.

“This was, actually in my view, a blatant way of guaranteeing that Scooter Libby would not talk about the things that were done, you know, some of the misleading information given out by Vice President Cheney and the president,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, said yesterday during an appearance on CNN's “Late Edition.” “They led us into this war in Iraq, and they bought his silence.”

Rep. John Conyers Jr., Michigan Democrat and House Judiciary chairman, echoed Mr. Leahy's words during his own Sunday talk-show appearance.

“I think we should put it on the table right at the beginning ... the suspicion was that if Mr. Libby went to prison, he might further implicate other people in the White House,” Mr. Conyers told ABC's “This Week.”

White House spokesman Tony Fratto dismissed Mr. Conyers' charge, saying: “That's a fairly ridiculous and baseless assertion. It may be impossible to plumb the depths of Chairman Conyers' ‘suspicions," but we can hope this one is near the bottom.”

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It tells you something about the sickness that lurks in the hearts on some Democrats that they would by so cynical. It is an absurd suggestion. Neither of these men should be in positions of power in Washington. They just are not very smart.

Jay Tea at Wizbang has the "real" dirt on the deal.

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Of course, the real story is that they were afraid of what would happen if Libby went to prison. You see, Libby said that on his very first night behind bars, he would flush a Koran down the toilet -- and that would trigger riots around the world. Bush had no choice but to give in to the blackmail, and so Scooter goes free to keep millions of Muslims from going on the rampage yet again.

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It could happen. I think Conyers and Leahy should look into this too.

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