Time to go?
Keith Olbermann called for Bush/Cheney to resign on his MSNBC program. Here's a transcript of his comments, courtesy of Salon.
posted by ze roberto @ 7/04/2007 10:51:00 AM
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2 Comments:
I guess my main question is: Why does Keith Olbermann's opinion make one bit of difference to me? He says, "In that moment, Mr. Bush, you broke that fundamental compact between yourself and the majority of this nation's citizens, the ones who did not cast votes for you." Olbermann is but one of many sour grapes journalists who has not been able to come to terms with Bush's reelection with 51% of the votes against Kerry's 48%. Frankly, I couldn't care less about Scooter Libby and his commuted sentence. The simple truth is that he was found guilty of perjury and obstruction of justice as a result of his testimony about the Plame leak, the same leak that was found to have broken no laws. In other words, it's the exact same situation Clinton found himself in when he perjured himself about his cigar and fat girl fetish, which had Democrats screaming "witch hunt" from every corner of the country. I think the real reason folks like Olbermann are so pissed off is because Libby wouldn't implicate Cheney in any malfeasance.
I would submit that the Plame investigation did not reveal enough admissable evidence to feasibly bring charges under the laws outlawing disclosing the identity of foreign agents against any single individual, as opposed to having found that no laws were broken. A small, but significant difference. Kinda like saying there wasn't enough evidence to try Al Capone of murder. Not the same as concluding he (or his agents) never killed anyone.
Also, I agree completely that the situation is generally the same as the Clinton years (i.e. no charges brought on the underlying investigation's main aim, but for lying under oath during the investigation). However, Clinton's lie was about getting a BJ, while Libby's lies were attempts (apparently successful, since no charges were brought) to obstruct an investigation into the leaking of a American agent's identity. I have no problem finding a difference between the two within the realm of seriousness.
The interesting thing to me is that the same people that railed for a pardon (and will probably get one come January 2009) and got clemency (for now) for obstruction of an investigation into treason were the same ones railing for impeachment over the BJ (and got it). WTF? BJ lie = impeachment from the Presidency, lie covering up treason = nothing? (I am not attributing this contradiction to you Todd - but the Far Right commentators).
This commutation is a disgrace from so-called leaders who feel they are above the law (see Harris's earlier post re: Cheney).
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