Olberman Talks About Possible Presidential Pardon for Libby

orleans

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Tue Jun-20-06 07:15 PM
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Olberman Talks About Possible Presidential Pardon for Libby

could it happen or is it just a rumor???

tune in now on msnbc--it's coming up after the break!

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stepnw1f

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Tue Jun-20-06 07:16 PM
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1. Of Course it Will

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Jeff In Milwaukee

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Tue Jun-20-06 07:22 PM
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2. God, I hope so...

Libby's value to us is symbolic (Bush will never be impeached unless we gain control of both houses of Congress -- and I doubt it even then) and not as a conduit their which we can "get" either Bush or Cheney. Bush's giving a crook and a traitor a Presidential Pardon would be a huge cudgel with which to beat anybody with "-R" behind their name this fall.

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orleans

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Tue Jun-20-06 07:24 PM
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3. the guy olberman talked to... (i forget his name)

said the pardon wouldn't happen until after the election

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stepnw1f

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Tue Jun-20-06 08:24 PM
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4. You Nailed It!

;-) Checkmate

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KoKo

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Tue Jun-20-06 08:28 PM
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5. Josh Marshall (TPM) has some thoughts on Pardon Spin.......

(I posted this earlier today)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1465830&mesg_id=1465830

(Josh is saying in this that Bush will Pardon Libby either sooner or later. And, I had the same dread when I read DiGenova's comments in Newsday...But will this fly with the American people?)

"I missed it when it came out. But it seems the groundwork is now being laid for pardoning Scooter Libby for his alleged crimes relating to the Plame case. How this usually works is a tasked quote-meister like GOP lawyer and uber-insider Joe DiGenova is sent out to give quote floating and legitimizing the idea, to normalize it and make it part of respectable debate.

So here we have him telling Newsday over the weekend that "I think ultimately, of course, there are going to be pardons" in the Libby case and that Patrick Fitzgerald's indictment of Libby "is the epitome of the criminalization of the political process."

-snip-

Make no mistake, this is a trial balloon, an effort to test the waters and prepare the public for Libby's eventual pardon. And you should expect that the president will pardon Libby, perhaps as soon as six months from now, because signals of Libby's impending pardon will raise little concern or controversy in Washington or among name pundits."

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Virginian

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Wed Jun-21-06 12:08 AM
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6. Funny how this wasn't mentioned out loud until after Rove got off.

Sure seems like Rove got off because he said, "If you dare charge me, my pardon will be signed within the hour".

This thing about his not being charged because of the proscecutor not being able to get a conviction is a bunch of bunk. It's DC! It's a DC jury pool! Jury pools come from registered voters. A DC jury would have been less likely to close their eyes and believe his lies than say -- Utah.

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Supersedeas

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Wed Jun-21-06 04:56 PM
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7. greasing the rails for the Bushbots to slide into cognitive dissonance

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leftofthedial

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Wed Jun-21-06 05:06 PM
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8. daddy pardoned everyone but Hitler

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