Justice for Scooter Libby is a commuted sentence
This past week has provided us with proof positive (as if their had previously been any doubt) of the arbitrary, capricious, and meritocratic nature of our criminal justice system. Don’t get me wrong; I realize that we live in an improper world, but isn’t something wrong when people like Lynne Cheney can argue with a straight face that Scooter Libby shouldn’t go to jail because he’s good people, his family needs, him, and…well, he’s a REPUBLICAN, my dear.
Scooter Libby broke the law- FEDERAL law in his case. Paris Hilton broke the law. Money, status, power, and connections should have no impact on their sentences and how much of it they serve…though we all know it will. Pundits are already decrying the unfairness of Libby having to serve jail time- ‘cuz he’s such a good person and a valuable public servant, don’tchaknow? Never mind the fact that he participated in a scheme which blew the cover of an undercover CIA agent as retaliation against her husband, who had the temerity to public call Our Glorious and Benevolent Leader © a liar. (Hey, that sort of disloyalty has consequences…all Libby was doing was making certain that those consequences were visited upon the dissenters.)
Yes, Scooter Libby was the fall guy- at the very least for Vice President Dick Cheney and perhaps for The Worst President EVER © - and the reality is that he shouldn’t be the only high-ranking member of this Administration being fitted for an orange jumpsuit.
As for Paris HIlton…who (&^%$#@ cares? TPRS is still (almost) a Paris-Hilton-free zone, and frankly, I plan on keeping it that way.