Oh the MSM and their “Libby Pardon Watch“:

“President George W. Bush granted pardons to 29 people on Tuesday but Lewis “Scooter” Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, was not among them.
There has been speculation that before he leaves office in January 2009 Bush may pardon Libby, who was convicted in March [...]

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It’s simple, he doesn’t need to appeal.
“Former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby is dropping his appeal in the CIA leak case, his attorney said Monday.
Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted of perjury and obstruction for lying about his conversations with reporters about outed CIA operative Valerie [...]

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I’ve called the local mental health unit to pick him up, obviously his psychosis has now fully taken root:
“Former President Bill Clinton criticized President Bush on Tuesday for commuting the prison sentence of I. Lewis Libby Jr. and tried to draw a distinction from his own controversial pardons.
In Iowa to promote the presidential candidacy of [...]

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The commutation of Scooter Libby’s sentence yesterday was warranted, but in the eyes of many - including myself - it didn’t go far enough. The WSJ oped is none too pleased with the move as well:
“President Bush’s commutation late yesterday afternoon of the prison sentence of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby will at least spare [...]

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This was the RIGHT move, so right, I’m posting it in it’s entirety (h/t the Corner), for those doubters I told you so:
“STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today rejected Lewis Libby’s request to remain free on bail while pursuing his appeals for the serious convictions of perjury [...]

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The appeal for Scooter has failed.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court has refused to delay the imprisonment of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, who was sentenced in the CIA leak case.
Now it’s time for Bush to do the right thing.
UPDATE: Heh, this tantamount to the Devil giving a [...]

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Perhaps…
“Special prosecutor Fitzgerald did, of course, have a duty to keep his investigation secret during grand jury proceedings, according to the rules. He did not have the power to order witnesses at those proceedings not to disclose their testimony or tell what they knew. Instead, Mr. Fitzgerald requested Messrs. Armitage and Powell to keep quiet [...]

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Time for President Bush to act:

“A federal judge said Thursday he will not delay a 2 1/2-year prison sentence for I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby in the CIA leak case, a ruling that could send the former White House aide to prison within weeks.
U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton’s decision will send Libby’s attorneys rushing to [...]

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The call is on for President Bush to end the farse which was the Plame Game and issue a presidential pardon to scooter libby. The editors at NRO who had previously called for the same reissue the call:
“Now, however, we have a new reason to call on President Bush to pardon Libby: Fitzgerald‚Äôs [...]

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Let’s call this the official Scooter Libby sentence page. (Note the lack of focus on the MSNBC site about Jefferson).
Comment away. Should begin about 9:30am. I’ll say it again, regardless of the sentence he won’t see a day in jail and Bush WILL pardon him on the last day of [...]

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