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Originally Posted by afchic
I agree, but I find it just as ironic that the people that are alright with Libby's sentence being commuted, wanted to hang Clinton. In my opinion, they are both lawyers, who knew the ramifications of perguring themselves, but both thought they could get away with it. Either pergury is wrong or it isn't. You can't have it both ways, depending on who is involved.
I liken it to saying to my children that lying is wrong and will get you punished, but.... sometimes it is alright depending on who you are lying to, and what for.
Both political parties need to get off the whole "it's alright when we do it, but it is wrong if the other party does" All presidents pardon, all commute sentences. Some of the American people will agree with the reasons, while others will not. That will never change the process, unless we the people justify our outrage without casting "political" stones. If it is okay for one party it should be okay for another, if it is bad for one party, it should be bad for the other.
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Let me put it this way.
I would be okay with letting my kids play at Scooter Libby's house as a convicted liar who got out of his jail time.
I would NOT let them visit most of the PARDONED felons on Klinton's list, even under armed surveillance.
If you look at his conviction and punishment for perjury (even without the commuted jail sentence), it makes me wonder how many years Bill and Hill should be facing right now, as two of the biggest liars, deniers, fabricators, prevaricators, and parsers in the business. And yet when they wrote their books, their memories were restored. Curious how that works. 
TR
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