The Audacity & Gal Of It All

When we were first advised about the leaking of Valerie Plame's role and identity as an agent of the CIA, we were appalled. In numerous statements from the White House, including many directly from the top dog in the Oval Office, we were told that no matter what, whoever leaked the identity of an agent of our intelligence community would be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

Then we learned that the leak came from the Office of the Vice President. Yes, we know that Dick Cheney was directly involved, as was Karl Rove, and Scooter Libby. But months of investigation, and hundreds of thousands of dollars later, the only person stuck with the proverbial check was Scooter Libby, who literally fell on his sword to protect Cheney, Rove and Bush.

It's bad enough that we have been duped by the White House and the cronies that serve the chief idiot that occupies our highest elected office, but we have also been duped by the whole investigation process as well. But the ultimate insult comes from the fact that we are not even left with a pound of flesh offered to us by Scooter Libby.

Libby, at least, did an honorable thing in falling on his own sword. At least many among us would consider it an honorable thing to protect the President and Vice President from the primary fallout of such a scandal. In my view, however, Libby has earned himself a place in the historical Hall of Shame along with Aaron Burr, Rudolph Hess, Richard Nixon, G. Gordon Liddy, H.R. Halderman, John Ehrlichman, Virgilio González, Bernard Barker, James W. McCord, Jr., Eugenio Martínez, Frank Sturgis, John Mitchell, Rose Mary Woods, Robert Bork, Charles Colson, Herbert Kalmbach, as well as Oliver North, John Poindexter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Michael Ledeen, Edwin Meese, Caspar Weinberger, Elliot Abrams, John Negroponte, Robert Gates, Donald Rumsfeld, Robert MCFarlane, and Fawn Hall... all of whom wrapped themselves up in our flag and betrayed us, our Constitution, our laws and the spirit of being truly American in either Watergate or the Iran-Contra Affair... and many of whom were pardoned, excused or otherwise not held accountable for their betrayal.

It now seems that the trend of commuting and pardoning criminals against our nation started by Gerald Ford when he took over for Nixon after Watergate became too hot to handle has been passed along as a new trend for the current Bush administration. It is interesting to note that many of the primary players in the Plame Scandal are holdovers from the Watergate and Iran-Contra Affair, or at least related to those that were primary players.

The commutation of Libby's sentence by George W. Bush is a clear sign that Bush and his gang of fascist thugs see themselves above the law and accountable to no one, and to no principles of law or justice. The mere fact that Libby fell on his own sword to save these bastards is a sign that we have been betrayed by those that hold our highest office, including those that hold office in Congress. The only answer that will meet the requirements of justice is impeachment and making those that betrayed us stroll down the "walk of shame" to take their pivotal place in the historical "Hall of Shame."

The hypocrisy, betrayal and unmitigated gall of these bastards is unbelievable.

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