Michael Isikoff, in Newsweek:

In a move that has keenly disappointed some of his strongest conservative allies, President Bush has decided not to pardon Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, for his 2007 conviction in the CIA leak case, two White House officials said Monday.

On Bush's last full day as president, Bush did commute the sentence of two former Border Patrol agents--Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos--for shooting a Mexican drug dealer and then lying about it. But White House press spokesman Tony Fratto told NEWSWEEK "you should not expect any more" pardons and commutations from Bush before he leaves office Tuesday. Another senior official, who requested anonymity discussing sensitive matters, confirmed that no more pardons would be granted.

Bush's decision leaves a long line of rejected pardon applicants, many of whom have retained politically well-connected Washington lawyers, to make their case for presidential mercy in Bush's final days in the White House. Among them were junk-bond king Michael Milken, media mogul Conrad Black, former Illinois GOP governor George Ryan and former Louisiana Democratic governor Edwin Edwards. Bush also apparently turned down a last-minute plea from Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski to pardon her former GOP colleague Ted Stevens for his recent political corruption conviction.

I must admit that this news surprises me, as I believed that George W. Bush was going to do whatever he was going to do -- no matter what popular opinion demanded. And I'm not holding my breath on this report either, despite the fact that Isikoff is a great reporter with sources at the highest levels.

If this story does pan out, and the President doesn't pardon Scooter Libby or Ted Stevens -- or preemptively pardon his administration -- it seems to me that the scandal surrounding Rod Blagojevich will have played a not insignificant role. With the alleged sale of a Senate seat being thoroughly discussed throughout the press in recent weeks, could a President, even George W. Bush, really escape unscathed from pardoning or commuting the sentences of those in his administration and party? While President Bush (and I am happy to say this is the last time I will be using those two words in succession without the modifier "former" attached) may not care about his current approval numbers, he does seem to worry about the way he is viewed by history, and excusing the official misconduct of cronies might be an unpardonable sin for Americans, in the long run as well as in the short.

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Isn't it appropriate? Bush will use his power of Presidential pardon to pardon Leslie Owen Collier (unauthorized use of a pesticide and violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act)[1] see wikipedia for complete list.

A murderer of our American symbol will be pardoned by a President who did EVERYTHING in his power to destroy the U.S. Constitution. How unbelievably IRONIC!!

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Here's an idea that came to me this morning. President George W. Bush will pardon various members of the executive branch for war crimes, including murder and torture. To avoid the bad PR of doing this, Bush will make the pardons classified. If anyone is brought before a grand jury the individual will present his/her pardon secretly to the prosecutor.

This will protect the members of the the executive branch who did bad stuff. And it will protect the Bush, Cheney and officers of the Bush administration from some bad publicity.

If the Bush administration can convince people that that existence of these pardons is classified and a national security matter it could even block Congressional investigations.

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Okay. She decided to go there.  

She decided to pile on to the Bill Ayers smear. The guilt by association, new kitchen sink strategy against Senator Obama, artfully suggesting (to the supers) that he would be hit with these purportedly terrible things in the general.  So she wants us to believe she's doing him a favor - vetting him now.

I suggest we all take a look at what would be waiting for Senator Clinton, related not only to the Weather Underground, but to the FALN, Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional, if she should overturn Obama's nomination via the super delegates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1SovbQR0 jE

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I'm sick of hearing the NEO-CON's crying over Scooter Libby going to prison especially when we have 2.2 Million other American's already behind bars the majority of which are non-violent drug offenders. Scooter Libby would have recieved probation if he had only shown any remorse for his actions but instead he acted like the cocky little NEO-CON twerp that he is.

Chart's and Graphs detailing the prison statisitics

USA  2.2 Million Prisoners with a population of just 300 Million people.

China 1.4 Million Prisoners with a population of over 1.3 Billion people.

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