DailyKos On The Libby Verdict

DailyKos is just kicking out the good points and killing the Right-wing talking points. I just wanted to highlight a few posts.

This post skips the easy kill (pointing out the Right's obvious hypocrisy on their standing on "the rule of law" when it comes to perjury charges for Clinton vs. perjury charges for Libby) and goes for a more nuanced approach:

A Pardon For Libby

But setting aside, for now, the blatant hypocrisy of these former defenders of "the rule of law," have any of them considered the implications of George Bush offering, and Scooter Libby accepting, a Presidential pardon? Because a pardon doesn't mean you didn't really commit a crime, and a pardon doesn't mean that the court made a mistake, a pardon is:

...an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the individual, on whom it is bestowed, from the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed...A pardon is a deed, to the validity of which delivery is essential, and delivery is not complete without acceptance.

Let's repeat that, "for a crime he has committed."

If George Bush pardons Scooter Libby, then Libby is admitting that he did in fact lie and obstruct justice. Perhaps these pillars of the Fourth Estate can explain why that's okay with them.

Then, this one goes right after the hypocrisy, not by the Right-wing, but by the Washington Post:

When WaPo Cared about Lies

No, Mr. Hiatt, the damage done to our nation by a president who led it into an ill-conceived war based on a pack of lies has yet to be measured. Where is your righteous indignation for the deaths of 3,188 American soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis? And as for the end of the career of a covert CIA agent working on critical issues to our national security in the mideast, destroyed in a petty political payback scheme and the chief of staff to the Vice President lying about it under oath. Does that fit anywhere in your list of "affronts to the justice system"?

Finally, this post helps to point the traditional media towards what should be their next move on this issue:

Suggestions For The White House Press Corps

Until Scooter Libby is deloused and issued his prison stripes, it would be wrong to say anything that might expose him to further legal difficulties. After all, you don't want to screw with the guy who is taking a fall for you. And realizing that, I thought I would suggest a few possible lines of inquiry for the press corps that might be of interest to the American people:

When did the President know that Dick Cheney was behind the outing of Valerie Plame?

How often does the President selectively declassify material expressly to leak it to the press?

Who gave the order to Karl Rove to discuss Valerie Plame with reporters? The President or the Vice President?

Simple questions that in no way prejudice Scooter Libby's rights as he enters the next phase his of participation in the criminal justice system.

With posts like these, is it any wonder why so many people like me have turned away from the traditional media and turned to the new media online?