Scooter Admits His Guilt

Thanks to President Bush, a guilty man walks the streets of D.C. a free man. Although Scooter Libby was declared guilty for four of five counts against him, his sentence was commuted by his friend George, but only after he started the appeals process against the verdict. If he was truly innocent, Scooter would have fought the charges regardless of the commutation, yet now he has given up the appeal and come to terms with the jury's decision. Now why would he do that you ask?

From The Huffington Post:

AP reports former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is no longer appealing his conviction in the CIA leak case, a tacit recognition that continuing his legal fight might only make things worse.

Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted of perjury and obstruction but President Bush commuted his 30-month prison sentence in July. Had Libby won a new trial, that commutation would be meaningless and Libby would again face potential prison time.

White House Press Secretary Dana Perino refused to comment on the trial during today's press conference despite the fact that there is no longer a pending appeal. Talking Points Memo points out that Tony Snow wouldn't discuss the case previously because of Libby's appeal.

Scooter is well aware that if the proceedings had gone ahead, more information about the whole ordeal could have been made public. He would definitely not want the man who let him out of prison to be directly implicated in his crimes. Now that the case is officially over, the White House is supposed to come clean, since their excuse for not talking was that the case was on appeal. If you think these new developments are going to open the White House's mouth, you obviously have not been paying attention to the Bush Administration for the last several years.

Bill Maher Discusses Scooter's Verdict

Following a definitive week that produced a convicted felon from high a top the Bush Adminstration pyramid, Bill Maher and friends weighed in on the verdict.

Andrea Mitchell: Absolutely Clueless

Members of the traditional media generally make blunders when it comes to reporting the straight truth. NBC's Andrea Mitchell is certainly no exception. Her news report descended into a speculative tale about the future pardoning of Libby. Her most outrageous statement however, had to be this one:

"They're going to try to really tamp this down and appeal to the polling which indicates that most people think, in fact, that he should be pardoned. Scooter Libby should be pardoned."

I'm not sure what poll she is reading, but according to CNN only 18 percent of the country wants to see that convicted felon get himself a Presidential pardon. Last time I checked 'most people' usually connotates a percentage that is at least above 60 percent, if not more. Perhaps if you poll the DC cocktail party circuit your investigations may prove otherwise but really, who cares about the Joe Klein's of the world anymore. These pundits are losing their power by the day.

Catch the video at C & L here.

Colbert Breaks Down The Libby Verdict

Who knows how to evaluate a trial about a conservative other than another fellow conservative:

Fox Noise Channel On Libby Verdict

The always intrepid Fox News Noise Channel was on the scene today in Washington D.C. covering the Libby trial. As usual they stuck to the facts, adhering to their mantra of "We Report, You Decide" unless of course, they aren't......as usual.