Well, there you go. Apparently nowadays reporters whose own notes contradict their version of events are more believable to a jury than an administration employee in a 'he said/she said' case.

Appeal time?

Bummer.

The upside is that appeal will get the real story out, which wasn't a sure thing. I doubted we'd get cloture over the run-up to the war with an innocent verdict, and now we have a chance.
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And Sandy Burger goes free, with no prosecution!!!!!

Amazing

What a joke...

And good point about Sandy Burgler

"Imagine the howls from the left if Libby is found not guilty of all charges. My best guess is that it's a mixed verdict - not guilty on obstruction and perjury, and guilty on false statements."

Oh yeah!

I smell a pardon! Presidentin' Iran Contra style!

Wonder what his reward will be for taking the fall for the big guys? Ambassador? Head of the EPA? PR man for the coalition of the leaving?

Good thing Bush brought back honor and integrity to the White House.

"And Sandy Burger goes free"

If you got a problem with that, take it up with the Bush administration They run the Justice department.

That's what passes for justice in this country nowadays. About the only jurors they could find that didn't have much pretrial knowledge of the case were too ignorant (as evidenced by their questions) to deliberate and judge the facts of the case. I'm sure there will be an appeal, but appeals deal only with the process and no new evidence can be introduced unless it pertains to the process rather than the case. Bush needs to mark his January 2009 calendar with a note to remind him to pardon Libby before he leaves office.

And the award for "I Still Don't Understand This" goes to...

groucho:
Wonder what his reward will be for taking the fall for the big guys? Ambassador? Head of the EPA? PR man for the coalition of the leaving?
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I have to agree with _mike_. Talk about glaring ignorance. Not to worry, though, the newspapers will all be reporting tomorrow that he was convicted of 'outing' a covert CIA agent.

what I think is more amazing is that Clinton, who admitted to lying under oath, went free.

What was surprising to me is that the jury convicted on Tim Russert's testimony after he was shown not to even be able to remember some of his own actions and statements even after being shown his own notes.

I can't find it anywhere online, but Harry Reid released a statement that Fox News read saying this verdict held someone accountable for the manipulation of intelligence or some such ridiculous claim. He also said something about a presidential pardon.

Hey, anybody got links to liberal sites already declaring how evil and wrong and indefensible perjury and obstruction of justice in a perjury investigation is?

You know where I'm going with this, right?

Perjury is only a BAD thing when it's a Republican accused of it!

Did the judge and lawyers cry? That seems to be the new thing.

I keep hearing the name Scooter Libby when they read the guilty verdicts. I thought this was about Karl Rove? I mean, all the MSM and liberal bloggers said the Karl Rove guilty deal was a "sure thing." This is confusing. Liberals don't lie, do they?

ROFLMAO

P.S. Looking forward to Clintons upcoming trial - ya know, since he lied under oath while PRESIDENT.

Oh wait....that and stealing documents and hiding them under trucks doesn't count.

Thanks, but I think the award is premature. I don't think all the votes have been counted. It's not such a big deal, really, just another glimpse behind the curtain of the Cheney/Rove political machine. After he's pardoned though, we'll see where he ends up. Good soldiers are always rewarded in the Bush family.

I continue to be puzzled by Bush and Gonzalez.

1) Clinton lies to the Grand Jury and walks

2) Berger steals classified docs and walks

3) Two border agents are sent to prison on the word of a mexican drug dealer who's granted immunity and given mucho bennies

4) A US congressman is caught on tape (and in the fridge) taking a bribe with no apparent ramifications

5) The two largest US papers routinely devulge classified information

But Libby is convicted wrt a crime that never happened, basec on the word of several "journalists"

Bush should be ashamed and Gonzalez fired. This may be the weakest and worst AG in recent history.

Bush get out your pen and pardon the poor guy. This whole thing was a sham and everyone knows it. The jury knew that a not guilty verdict would mean less drama for their upcoming "movie."

Yawn.

Perjury is only a BAD thing when it's a Republican accused of it!
Posted by: Listkeeper at March 6, 2007 12:42 PM

I think you mean a Republican found GUILTY of it. Hahaha. This is very funny seeing you all piss and moan. Justice was served, and you all know it.

Justice was served? Not really sure about that. If the gaggle of reporters was all clear on their stories and agreed with each other (and with themselves, by the way), I could agree with you. As it stands it seems odd that this conviction was based, not on a confession or evidence, but the admittedly spotty recollections of a group of people with a proven antagonistic attitude towards the defendant. That said, it could still be true. I think most of the commenters (and writers) here are thrown mostly by the quality of the evidence and the attitude of the accusers more than anything.

P.S. Looking forward to Clintons upcoming trial - ya know, since he lied under oath while PRESIDENT.
Oh wait....that and stealing documents and hiding them under trucks doesn't count.
Posted by: Jo at March 6, 2007 12:47 PM

Yeah, I guess that lying about weapons of mass destruction doesn't either, right Jo? But, who cares if thousands of American soldiers are dead over a couple of lies, right? It's amazing how you assholes can rationalize for the criminals in the Bush Whitehouse.

The shrinking right-wing: a pathetic group of losers and whiners. LOL.

I smell a rat. This Juror, Collins ... something ain't right about him.

Maggy, we're yawning, not whining. But nice try. Now where is Rove's guilty verdict? You guys said it was a SURE THING. lol.

This would have a hell of a lot more "impact" had it not come after the Clinton administration, who it seems had half his staff get indicted.

Again, yawn.

Bush get out your pen and pardon the poor guy. This whole thing was a sham and everyone knows it. The jury knew that a not guilty verdict would mean less drama for their upcoming "movie."
Yawn.
Posted by: Jo at March 6, 2007 12:52 PM

Everyone knows it? Poor guy? Time to take your meds, dear. The ever diminishing morals of the right-wing couldn't be more evident than they are here today. You people are truly pathetic.

maggy, does lying about WMD count for all the democrats who said the same thing, including hillary? or is it only the republicans that get saddled with that responsibilty? Thought so.

I love when moonbats try to talk about morals.

"what I think is more amazing is that Clinton, who admitted to lying under oath, went free."

Free but not unpunished, "Practicing" journalist:

"On February 12, the Senate concluded a 21-day trial with the vote on both counts falling short of the Constitutional requirement of a two-thirds majority to convict and remove an office holder. The final vote was generally along party lines, with all of the votes to convict being cast by Republicans. On the perjury charge 55 senators voted to acquit, including 10 Republicans, and 45 voted to convict; on the obstruction charge the Senate voted 50-50."

(which party held the majority during that period?)

And -

Clinton was disbarred from his Arkansas law license for five years and ordered to pay $25,000 in fines to that state's bar officials. The agreement came on the condition that Whitewater prosecutors would not pursue criminal charges against him after he lied under oath about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

yo, you're right. What's with the drama with this juror? Looks like he's rehearsed this since day one. This guy is acting like he's vying for his own tv show, like the Anna Nicole judge.

These guys can't wait to get to the microphone for their 15 minutes. What a circus!

Jo, No, you're whining. "You guys" were sure Bill Clinton would be thrown out of office, and you haven't stopped pissing and moaning about it for eight long, boring years. Talk about yawn.

This is very funny. Thanks for the laughs.

maggy, does lying about WMD count for all the democrats who said the same thing, including hillary? or is it only the republicans that get saddled with that responsibilty? Thought so.

Posted by: D-Hoggs at March 6, 2007 01:04 PM

Oh, so you're admitting that the Preznit lied? That's a first, and about time.

Maggysturn,

Yeah, the diminishing morals of the rightwing, meanwhile we continue to pull cash out of Jefferson's freezer, as Nancy rewards him on Homeland Security panel, privy to classified info. What's next? Sandy Burglar in charge of the National Archives? lol

You guys are hilarious.

"I love when moonbats try to talk about morals."

I love it when wingnuts try to talk at all. You might be lucky enough to hear it through a full set of teeth.

Nah.

No, no, d-hoggs, you see George Bush, while governor of Texas, made the Clintons and their administration talk about Iraq's WMDs in the late 90s. Really. And if he didn't do it, then Cheney did it - in the Oval Office with the Evil Weather Machine. Or in the National Archives with The Socks. Or something like that.

Bush get out your pen and pardon the poor guy. This whole thing was a sham and everyone knows it.

Thats right. Keep defending these people as they lie, steal and kill. It doesn't matter whether it's a democrat or a republican. If you're so deluded that you're defending these people simply because they're part of your "team" you're pathetic.

And keep your head in the sand about all this. That's what you're good at. Fools.

Should Clinton have gone to jail? Why not. That was up to his prosecutors. If Nixon hung around and Ford didn't pardon him, he should have been locked up too.

The country is more important than any of these people. That's what someone like you, Jo, with your right-wing-at-all-costs mind can't grasp.

And the current President - that liar - he should be behind bars as well. Probably won't, but the case they'll make against him and Cheney isn't going to be pretty.