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Bush Screws Up Commutation

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Lewis Libby Trial Coverage
Posted on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 11:11:44 PM EST
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Via pontificator, this is priceless:

Section 3583 does not appear to contemplate a situation in which a defendant may be placed under supervissd release without first completing a term of incarceration. . . .

[fn 1] If either party believes that it would be helpful to seek clarification from the White House regarding the President's position on the proper interpretation of Section 3583 . . . they are encouraged to do so

Hahahahaha! BushCo, incompetent even in corruption. Hilarious!

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    I especially like Walton's footnote (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by annefrank on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 11:18:09 PM EST


    His Last One (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by squeaky on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 11:32:22 PM EST
    Was also a winner.

    [ Parent ]
    Shut up! (5.00 / 3) (#2)
    by andgarden on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 11:21:44 PM EST
    The commutation was greeted with flowers, and everyone knows it!

    Bush consulted with (5.00 / 0) (#8)
    by Edger on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 11:41:26 PM EST
    the wrong guy. He should have talked to DOJ, and Fitz.

    What an idiot.

    I deleted my insult of Jim (5.00 / 5) (#9)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 11:43:11 PM EST
    because I violated the site rules.

    It felt good though.

    But I didn't get to see it first! (5.00 / 2) (#11)
    by Militarytracy on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 11:44:29 PM EST


    [ Parent ]
    Good self restraint ... (5.00 / 2) (#19)
    by Sailor on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 12:51:52 AM EST
    ... but someone on this site should explain why ppj, and only ppj, has been allowed to constantly break the rules for years.

    [ Parent ]
    In a word: (none / 0) (#21)
    by scribe on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 09:34:56 AM EST
    IOKYAR. Even here.

    [ Parent ]
    I need more coffee - can't spell (5.00 / 1) (#22)
    by scribe on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 09:36:16 AM EST
    worth a crap:

    "IOKIYAR.  Even here."

    There.  That's better.

    [ Parent ]

    Good One (none / 0) (#12)
    by squeaky on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 11:44:36 PM EST
    Nailed it.

    [ Parent ]
    It ::was:: a good one. (none / 0) (#16)
    by Edger on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 12:04:32 AM EST


    [ Parent ]
    The (5.00 / 2) (#18)
    by squeaky on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 12:12:41 AM EST
    Spelling/typos were of excellent quality, very spicy. What a shame the entire screed was top notch.  

    [ Parent ]
    BTD (none / 0) (#23)
    by jimakaPPJ on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 09:42:26 AM EST
    I am here to serve.

    [ Parent ]
    I vote that we loan you out today (none / 0) (#25)
    by Militarytracy on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 09:50:45 AM EST
    In honor of our founding fathers I hereby allow anyone of lesser means to borrow your service for the day, the whole day.

    [ Parent ]
    Try to offer some value then. (none / 0) (#26)
    by Edger on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 10:10:25 AM EST


    [ Parent ]
    Tracy...Edger (1.00 / 1) (#27)
    by jimakaPPJ on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 12:29:23 PM EST
    Service takes many forms.

    Mine is to point out your many errors and false logic..

    An astonishingly easy task.

    [ Parent ]

    Too bad (none / 0) (#28)
    by Edger on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 12:59:53 PM EST
    you haven't been able to make it work.

    [ Parent ]
    edger (1.00 / 1) (#29)
    by jimakaPPJ on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 01:09:19 PM EST
    Unfortunately, neither of us get to keep score.

    BTW - Posted anything of substance lately??

    I mean besides the startegy to turn terrorists into criminals....which I am still laughing about.

    [ Parent ]

    Keeping score. (5.00 / 1) (#31)
    by Edger on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 01:13:52 PM EST
    Pay attention:

    Bush presidency enters terminal phase
    July 4, 2007

    There may be moments during their summit at his family's compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, when President George W Bush may look with envy on his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, whose popularity at home guarantees him vast influence even as he prepares to leave office just nine months from now.

    Not so for Bush, whose public approval ratings, according to polls released in just the past week, have reached all-time lows and whose influence - even over his own party - appears to be declining at warp speed.
    ...
    In last week's CBS poll, 23% of respondents said they approved of his handling of the war, while 70%, including one-third of all self-identified Republicans, said they disapproved. Moreover, a whopping 77% of respondents said the war was going either "somewhat" (30%) or "very badly" (47%).

    A record 40% said all troops should be withdrawn, while another 26% said they favored a decreasing the number of troops there now. A CNN poll taken a few days before showed similar numbers.

    With elections 16 months away, Republican incumbents are increasingly aware that Bush/Cheney has become a serious drag on their political aspirations. And, as the election draws near, the pressure to break with the White House - absent a major change of course, at least in Iraq - will become irresistible, just as it did last week on the immigration bill.

    Happy 4th of July, ppj.

    Pay close attention: Bush Consigns GOP To Political Oblivion

    [ Parent ]

    I think edger is past the point (1.00 / 1) (#33)
    by jimakaPPJ on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 06:14:29 PM EST
    If you still don't understand that Bush isn't concerned with polls, I really don't know what to say except you are very dense.

    [ Parent ]
    Well, ppj (none / 0) (#36)
    by Edger on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 07:12:15 PM EST
    I guess it went right past you again.

    No surprise there of course.

    If you still don't understand that the GOP is very concerned with polls, I really don't know what to say except you are very dense.

    And to think I really tried to convince people you were just pretending. Heh. I must have lost my mind for awhile.

    [ Parent ]

    edger (1.00 / 1) (#37)
    by jimakaPPJ on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 10:39:28 PM EST
    Uh, puzzle me this.

    Bush isn't running in 2008.

    Some RINOS may stomp off, but nothing serious.

    [ Parent ]

    That's so profoundly (none / 0) (#43)
    by jondee on Thu Jul 05, 2007 at 12:15:27 PM EST
    clueless an observation it's beyond belief..you're claiming that they pay out all that money to pollsters and focus group researchers for no reason whatsoever, ppj?

    I suppose Bush "just does what he wants" without paying attention to what occurs in the rest of the world either.

    Actually, the more I think about it, that kinda makes sense.

    [ Parent ]

    I dont know what else to say other (none / 0) (#44)
    by jondee on Thu Jul 05, 2007 at 12:17:13 PM EST
    than get some help. Please.

    [ Parent ]
    Leading by example (none / 0) (#32)
    by Dark Avenger on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 01:13:54 PM EST
    Mine is to point out your many errors and false logic..


    [ Parent ]
    DA (1.00 / 1) (#34)
    by jimakaPPJ on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 06:16:07 PM EST
    Thanks.

    By your concern over the typo, you illustrate your continuing inabilty to be anything except an ankle biter.

    [ Parent ]

    Sorry, PPJ (none / 0) (#35)
    by Dark Avenger on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 07:08:15 PM EST
    neither post involved the typos you generate when you get angry/excited/etc. but thanks for giving me a chance to remind folks of your fallibility.

    Ankle-gumming would be more your speed, and I already told you I don't do microsurgery, which is what ankle-biting would amount to in your case.

    T!

    [ Parent ]

    DA (1.00 / 1) (#38)
    by jimakaPPJ on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 10:40:51 PM EST
    The longer I think of it, "ankle biter" is an apt description of you.

    [ Parent ]
    That you can think about anything for (none / 0) (#40)
    by Dark Avenger on Thu Jul 05, 2007 at 01:05:40 AM EST
    more than a few picoseconds of time when the subject isn't something you picked up on a wingnut website is remarkable, to say the least.

    You still remind me of the Black Knight, ankle-biting was all that he was left with as a tactic, same as you now, PPJ.

    [ Parent ]

    DA (none / 0) (#41)
    by jimakaPPJ on Thu Jul 05, 2007 at 11:54:54 AM EST
    Nope.

    Ankle biter just says it all..

    [ Parent ]

    Who'd know better (none / 0) (#42)
    by jondee on Thu Jul 05, 2007 at 12:05:33 PM EST
    than a wingnut toe sucker?

    [ Parent ]
    I can't say as to the toe part, jondee (none / 0) (#45)
    by Dark Avenger on Thu Jul 05, 2007 at 03:35:34 PM EST
    but sucker is an appropriate descriptive word when dealing with PPJ's output around here.

    [ Parent ]
    Too Many (5.00 / 2) (#10)
    by ding7777 on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 11:44:17 PM EST
    RegentU lawyers giving him "constitutional advice"

    BushCo can't obstruct justice without a screwup (5.00 / 1) (#20)
    by TeddySanFran on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 01:13:43 AM EST
    Who's covering the hearing at Prettyman?

    Betcha that one will be worth the price of admission.

    IRT 'bushco can't obstruct justice w/o a screwup' (none / 0) (#39)
    by Sailor on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 11:35:32 PM EST
    Not surprising
    bushco could f**kup an anvil.

    bushco couldn't pour pi$$ out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel.

    bushco couldn't find it's own a$$ with both hands in a hall of mirrors.

    Thanks, you guys have been great, I'll be here all week. Tip your hostess.

    [ Parent ]

    Seriously, though, since no one (5.00 / 2) (#24)
    by scribe on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 09:44:58 AM EST
    knows the barren stillness that is Bushie's mind as well as he himself does, I see no reason for Walton to not invited him to come to the hearing an explain exactly what it was he meant.  

    That way, his original intent is not mediated by courtiers or his words twisted by advocates.

    And, if he's reluctant, the Court can subpoena him to testify for the limited purpose of explaining exactly what he meant.  From the horse's mouth, so to speak.

    Moving slightly off topic:  while walking the dog this morning and thinking over the whole Scooter Libby case, I was caused to wonder about a couple things:

    1.  Was the way the admin met the charges against Scooter coordinated (like, maybe by Rover) to calibrate how the criminal justice system reacts?
    2.  Was there any market testing of who Scooter would retain (from the many prominent, competent criminal defense lawyers out there) to be his lead counsel?  Said another way:  did Scooter choose Ted Wells because Johnnie Cochran was no longer available?
    3.  Did the WH play the case as a public relations exercise, having pre-decided that, if it came to a conviction, there would be this resolution?
     

    scribe (none / 0) (#30)
    by jimakaPPJ on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 01:10:47 PM EST
    Do you actually believe the conspiracy you just laid out??

    [ Parent ]
    LOL (1.00 / 0) (#6)
    by jimakaPPJ on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 11:38:33 PM EST
    And the result is the same... Libby isn't going to jail...
    Bush might though. (5.00 / 0) (#13)
    by Edger on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 11:50:04 PM EST
    Being that stupid in public must be illegal.

    [ Parent ]
    Guilty Of (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by squeaky on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 11:54:20 PM EST
    Thinking below the limit.

    [ Parent ]
    Heh! (none / 0) (#15)
    by Edger on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 12:01:35 AM EST
    Set the bar too low?

    [ Parent ]
    I used to try to convince people (5.00 / 1) (#17)
    by Edger on Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 12:09:33 AM EST
    that Bush was only pretending to be as stupid as he appears to be. I was wrong then. Too.

    [ Parent ]
    Dog Bites man (none / 0) (#3)
    by hhex65 on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 11:28:46 PM EST


    No (none / 0) (#5)
    by squeaky on Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 11:34:11 PM EST
    Supervised release. The Chimp just forgot to put that in.

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