On March 25th, 2009 at 9:57 am, DBNinKY said:
1.) A constitutional power afforded the President and one I’m sure you’ll appreciate once Obama starts using it to help many, many of his supporters.

Bet the first one will be a Mr. Bill Ayers

Libby was convicted of a crime and spared jail time because the President was a political supporter of his.

1.) A constitutional power afforded the President and one I’m sure you’ll appreciate once Obama starts using it to help many, many of his supporters.

2.) Just what “irrefutable” evidence was presented to convict Libby? You haven’t been clear on that.

3.) That you bring up this unrelated topic proves you’re only trying to incite us, like a paid GOP plant would.

Clinton was impeached and tried by the House of Representatives but not convicted.

Difference being, the jury was fixed for Clinton, and tainted against Libby: Republicans held a slim majority then, and the media was pushing hard for Clinton’s exoneration while convicting Libby in their news and editorial pages daily.

And you’re neglecting to mention that there was hard evidence to prove Clinton’s guilt (the blue dress and the misleading testimony) while the same is not true for Libby.

Please explain why Clinton wasn’t convicted for obstruction of justice after he was impeached.

Being impeached is like being indicted, the person is accused of a crime and there’s a trial. Clinton was impeached and tried by the House of Representatives but not convicted. On the other hand, Libby was tried and convicted.

In the eyes of the law, the bad thing Clinton did was not as bad as the bad thing Libby did. Specifically, Clinton lied about a romantic encounter between him and another consenting adult. Libby lied about a matter of national security — the identity of a possible covert CIA operative. Revealing that Valerie Plame had been a covert operative supposedly caused some of her contacts to be killed. (I don’t know whether this is true, but it indicates the seriousness of the offense.)

sonofdy said (#167):

If you look at the things Levin actually says, one by one, many are ridiculous.

Maybe we would. If you actualy cited something he said. Instead of bringing up libby.

I gave the Libby statement as an example of something silly Levin had said (Short attention span there, Sonny). I’m sure that if you read his stuff, much of it will be this silly.