The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No. 298

The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No. 298

July 9, 2007
One Hell Of A Commute Edition

It was simply not possible to limit myself to ten candidates this week so the list is a little bit different, with all ten slots devoted to the commutation of Scooter Libby's prison sentence. (I know I've missed some other stories, but I'll try to fit them in when the Top 10 returns to normal next week.)



A Boatload Of Conservatives

In the wake of Our Great Leader's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence, Republican talking heads have had just one straw to clutch at - the infamous "Clinton did it too" defense. Clinton committed perjury! Clinton gave out dubious pardons! Whatever. If the "returning honor and integrity to the White House" administration wants to claim that at its best it's the same as the Clinton administration at its worst, that's fine with me. It must be a disappointment to the people who voted for them, but there you go.

Let's recap:

• Bill Clinton was brought before a grand jury after a years-long investigation into the contents of his underpants, an issue that most reasonable people thought was a frivolous waste of time but conservatives considered to be of the utmost importance. (So much so, in fact, that some of them considered Clinton's anti-terrorism efforts to be a http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/08/20/strike.react">distraction from his penis.) As part of a deal to end the investigation Clinton later http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/stories/01/19/clinton.lewinsky">admitted that he made false statements during deposition in Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit, and thus Ken Starr's successor Robert Ray declined to prosecute, saying, "This matter is now concluded. May history and the American people judge that it has been concluded justly."


• Scooter Libby was investigated by the FBI after the CIA complained that members of the Bush administration had leaked the identity of a covert CIA operative during a time of war, an issue which most reasonable people thought was potentially a serious breach of national security and conservatives considered to be of no consequence whatsoever. During the investigation Scooter Libby lied to the FBI, refused to cut a deal, pleaded not guilty, and was subsequently convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice by a jury of his peers and sentenced to 30 months in prison by a Bush-appointed judge.

All the conservative pundits I've seen on TV this past week seem to be utterly confused by this. For example, the other day Kate O'Beirne http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19618592">actually argued that Scooter Libby's conviction was bogus because "we don't have an admission of perjury and obstruction of justice, like we do in Bill Clinton's case." The fact that Bill Clinton was never prosecuted (although he was impeached by the House and later http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/impeach021399.htm">acquitted by the Senate) but Scooter Libby was actually tried and convicted seemed to have completely escaped her. Scooter never admitted it so he must be innocent! He's an honest man, not like that lying judge and jury! Er, hello?

Perhaps if Libby had owned up to wrongdoing, then, like Clinton, he wouldn't have been prosecuted either - or at worst gotten his sentence reduced to, oh, I don't know, probation and a fine. But he thought he could weasel his way out of it, and he was mistaken.

So since King George decided to spare his former assistant from having to spend a single day in jail for his crimes, I thought this week it might be interesting to compare some quotes by conservatives past and present (along with a few news items) to find out how well they're doing with that whole returning honor and integrity to the White House thing.





























See you next week.

-- EarlG

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..., this was your very best work.

It's nice to have someone bring it all into perspective.

Bookmarked.

Made me boiling mad - again.

Would we call that a trunk job? I can go to bed now.

Calling him the "Worst President Ever" is an understatement. The man is pure evil, and just doesn't give a fuck what we think. He should be out on his ass and awaiting imprisonment.

How about rendition to Iran or Syria or North Korea?

And that would be quite the ironic punishment too - Bush would be imprisoned in one of the very torture facilities he helped justify.

The next to the last item with Tony Snow's comment about Conyers' scheduling hearings says "2001" when it should be "2007".

Fixed it :thumbsup:

You should expand the list to top 100. As corrupt and degenerate the Republican Party has become, even this may not cover it each week.

And the picture of the Elephant and Scooter... priceless! That sums up the situation perfectly. :toast:

Excellent work, as usual.

what all of you are saying is in error. first of all, scooter needs to be tried by a jury of his peers--- and where are the american people going to find such a jury? 12 men and women bold and true who will sit to judge what the democrats cry as lies. the jury would have to understand what a lie is. and who better to do that than the republicans in the bush administration. they are familiar with lies, one might even say that they are intimate with them. so the only good jury would be republicans because they understand lies. but then, would not the democrats call foul, the babies that they are. but in iraq, people would see that we are a fair and just country-- they would if they had electricity so their radios and televisions could pick up that information and praise the bush whitehouse for their fair and balanced treatment of "the scootman", as my boss calls him. and so my friends, god bless america, god bless the president.

this is tony "the snowjob" snow, direct from the whitehouse, explaining how this helps US win, and the TERRORISTS lose.

Super weak. It's a big story and all, but where are the bible thumpin' scoutmaster pastors who like some small children on the side?

....in November 2008. I'm thinking that the safest place to drop all of these jerks would be Antarctica. Any other thoughts or suggestions?

What's that? Cha cha is what females have? Well, if he can't pay for his crimes like every other American, then he is a BIG cha cha!

I find the intellectual dishonesty to be so unbelievably disgusting that I am speechless! How on God's green earth do these "people" get away with this crap?! They have such a strong negative influence on the political discourse that they even had Dana Milbank comparing the Democratic outrage for Clinton's perjury charges to the republican outrage to Scooter!

Democrats were outraged because no one should have to testify and tell the truth for getting a blowjob from another willing adult!
HOWEVER, republicans seem to be outraged because they believe that outing a covert CIA operative is of no consequence to national security and should not be considered treason, whereas any thinking person knows otherwise!

If I hear, "there was no underlying crime" ONE MORE TIME! Just because no one was prosecuted for outing a CIA operative DOES NOT MEAN THERE WAS NO UNDERLYING CRIME OR WE WOULD NOT EVEN BE TALKING ABOUT VALERIE PLAME YOU FRIGGIN' IMBECILES!! Regardless, there was an OVERLYING crime for which he was prosecuted!

Okay, let's see, which is worse, blowjob or treason? Blowjob or treason? Blowjob or treason?

hmmm I need to know one more thing before deciding: did she use her teeth?

For fuck's sake, these people... :banghead:

:evilgrin:

-Hoot

Sure did, didn't you asswipe!

-Hoot

you'd think they feel some embarrassment if not actual shame - but one of the quotes above by gw, who before i read it i thought could not tell the truth except by accident, has turned out to be the truth, the whole truth, even though it is not necessarily nothing but the truth:

"If there's a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. If the person has violated law, that person will be taken care of."

he took care of scooter, didn't he? so, no lie there...

the Reich Wing speechifying. Honor and ethics, my fucking ass. :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

BTW, EarlG, good job as always. :thumbsup:

Bushies upset their hero is now, officially, worse than Clinton? Wait, wait, don't tell me. God told him to do it.

It was the Top 10 that made me come back each week for over a year now, even if, for at least the first half year, I didn't read anything else. I'm glad to compliment you on this edition, which is the most powerfull you've ever compiled. I missed the humour you usually toss in, but I guess I'll see some of that again next week. You did an excellent job in laying out what a bunch of hypocrites the Republicans really are.