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Tony Snow’s Defense Of Bush Commutation: ‘He Did What He Does Normally’

thinkprogress.org — Tony Snow writes, “[The President] did what he does normally, and what makes those of us who work for him proud. He proceeded on the basis of principle.” Indeed, Bush did what he does routinely, showcasing once again his “principle” of rewarding incompetence and malfeasance from unethical staff for carrying out the his horrendous decisions.

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  • Gadren, on 10/11/2007, -9/+87Right, he did what he does normally... which is raping the country.
  • justinil, on 10/11/2007, -4/+48and makes those of us that don't work for him (several millions of people) not so proud
  • adb44, on 10/11/2007, -3/+44So...

    Bush's appointed Republican prosecutor convinced a jury, and a sentence was imposed by a Bush appointed judge, following Bush approved sentencing guidelines for first time offenders. Too harsh, right? I suppose only if you're personally a friend of the President.

    A couple days ago a press reporter told Snow he was "insulting our intelligence." Seems more like he assumes we have no intelligence.
  • MajorDick, on 10/11/2007, -3/+36I'm glad that 26% or whatever it's down to are so proud. I've got to hand it to Tony Snow....he will stand up and deliver what he has to know, NO ONE in there right mind believes and.... keeps a straight face.
  • fredrated, on 10/11/2007, -3/+24This is just what one expects when the criminals are in charge of the criminal justice system.
  • otep, on 10/11/2007, -3/+24.

    Clearly, Bush is doing what he normal does -- hating America.

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  • yakimushi, on 10/11/2007, -3/+24Is anyone elses ass sore yet? I know mine is.
  • Phearce, on 10/11/2007, -2/+18Dear Mr. Snow,
    Please remember that the President -- and indeed his staff -- work for the citizens of America.
    Sincerely,
    The Citizens of America
  • yanked, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14Additional gem from the press briefing today:

    Question: Scott, is Scooter Libby getting more than equal justice under the law? Is he getting special treatment?

    Scott Stanzel: Well, I guess I don't know what you mean by equal justice under the law.
  • treed, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12Um. Because he's getting paid to defend that idiot.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+13Tony Snow has the worst job on Earth. You know every time bush does or says something stupid he says to himself "God damn it" and then thinks up a way to make him look less stupid.
  • byronm, on 10/11/2007, -3/+14Get over yourself. This has nothing to do with Clinton.
  • byronm, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12By your logic any prosecution is a political which hunt.
  • endthetyranny, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Tony Snow is such a tool.
  • Arkonnan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9I wonder if Tony Snow ever wakes up in the morning, looks at his daily talking points memo and says to himself, "How the ***** am I going to say THIS with a straight face??"
  • byronm, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10How is what comes out of Snow's mouth liberal propaganda? Please, enlighten me.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Because he is the president's press secretary. His job is to act as a mouthpiece for the president. The president hired him to speak to the press for him.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Except Clinton was never convicted in a court of law, just impeached, and then not removed. If you believe every allegation of perjury is the same (which you appear to do), then you're an idiot.
  • romistrub, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Goddamn, is your entire country wrought with partisan *****?! CAN NOBODY SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES!?

  • fredrated, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10innocent man? He revealed the identity of a covert CIA agent in time of war, then lied about it. Libby is guilty of treason and should have been sentenced to be shot by a firing squad.
  • andrgo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8When I first read it, I found it hilarious. "He did what he does normally" haha, classic. At least someone close to him is aware of his dumbassery.
  • LogicBomB, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Well... I guess he was always told to "do what you're good at" as a child.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -5/+11Wasting trillions of dollars waging war with the world..
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Who cares what happened 'then'- this is ***** now. If Clinton did wrong, its far too ***** late now to cry about it or change what happened. We can however, stop history from repeating itself (which most neocons don't want to do)
  • Nougat, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Nobody said he broke the law in commuting Libby's sentence. They said he's an idiot who's continually screwing up the country, and by proxy, the world.
  • Mjolniir, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5While reprehensible, it is true that Bush is completely within his constitutional authority in this case. I am more concerned with this administration's blatant disregard for the rule of law, separation of powers, and their general disdain for the constitution as a whole. I used to think we could probably wait for the next election, but now I am firmly in the impeachment camp.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5He did not resign. The British prime minister, Tony Blair, resigned. Tony Snow is very much still the press secretary and not on the world stage, just America's.

    In other news, about 18 commenters still don't know the difference between Tony Blair and Tony Snow.
  • atticus8, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8hmm..... "prime minister". what the hell is it that you're talking about?
  • 98psuAE, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6At what point do we stop giving politicans a free pass because someone did it before them and start holding them accountable for their own actions?
  • delrin500, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Again you weakminded rightwingers cling to the idea that what Bill Clinton did is the same as covering up the outing of a CIA agent's identity to attack a dissenting voice that was attacking the very basis of this administrations justification of GOING TO WAR.. Do you not comprehend the difference?? Or is your religious like devotion to a unapologetically corrupt man too strong?? to me your undying devotion to this administration really goes to the point that you are so weakminded and nonobjective to the facts staring you in the face.
  • YourDoom123, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6No one is bitching and moaning about the president exercising his power: they're bitching cause he exercised it on someone who lied about their role in outing a cia agent; because he chose to help a friend rather then uphold the law. Notice how no one is complaining about his 113 other pardons or his 2 other clemencies, just this one. Circumstances matter.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Secrecy, immunity and justification--these are the common threads of corruption. If you knew you were honest you'd promote openness. You'd would want all your proceedings recorded in the historical record and carefully preserved. If you were honest you wouldn't offer immunity for employees and then exercise it for those who got caught. You also wouldn't need a staff to carefully word rebuttals to defend honest decisions.

    Contrast that to the Bush administration.

  • gruvsf, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6They don't call him Crony McSnowjob for nothin'!
  • howdareyou, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3"and makes those of us that don't work for him (several millions of people) not so proud"

    Which is funny since we the tax payers are the ones paying their salaries. At my job If I was just impressing and making my co-workers proud, and my boss thought I was a total dip *****, I'm pretty sure I would be fired.
  • Drahkar, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3No, he doesn't make the prime decisions. Instead he makes the choice to lie to the general public and the press over and over and over. Frankly anyone who supports the horrors that this Administration is pushing through lately is just as guilty as the administration itself.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I'm saying he was not convicted. Scooter was. And If Clinton was removed from office, he would not have received a jail sentence.
  • fleischner, on 10/11/2007, -4/+7I love Tony:

    Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has scheduled hearings Wednesday on Bush's commutation of Libby's 2 1/2-year sentence.

    "Well, fine, knock himself out," Snow said of Conyers. "I mean, perfectly happy. And while he's at it, why doesn't he look at January 20th, 2001?"

    http://news.aol.com/story/_a/white-house-criticizes-clintons/n20070705143409990004?cid=771
  • Bdog2g2, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Well we soon won't have a forest or trees, the administrations has seen to that.
  • PopcornDave, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3He was hired to?
  • endthetyranny, on 10/11/2007, -4/+7Tony Snow is such a tool.
  • Drahkar, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Unfortunately the Partisan BS is a fundamental problem with the US right now. Republicans and Democrats are so focus on not giving the other side an edge that they forget that there is a country with other people in it that needs to be run without trashing on the founding principles.
  • avisgoth, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Wow...an actual, real life Bu-bu-but Clinton!
  • Battleloser, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5I digg you up only because I've made that same mistake countless times, and I know how stupid you already feel.
  • TyphoidTimmy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3You got to respect the guy for the sheer amount of ***** he can produce and still hold that face. Honestly, Snow could argue down a wolverine from eating him by repeatedly quoting tax laws as a defense mechanism. It won't do ***** at first but if he says it enough and believes it, he can probably get the wolverine to agree and move on.

    An incredible douche and worthy of a punch in the mouth in his future.....but a master of *****, bar none.
  • dogshaft, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Don't you mean... bizarroing the country? Seriously, I think he is a real life bizarro and everyday is opposite day with him.
  • Bdog2g2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3"Bush's appointed Republican prosecutor convinced a jury, and a sentence was imposed by a Bush appointed judge, following Bush approved sentencing guidelines for first time offenders. Too harsh, right? I suppose only if you're personally a friend of the President."

    Well you see that makes it all better, if you made the rules and appointed the people, then you can do whatever you want, because ...... you made the rules and appointed the people, that's why he's The Decider.
  • byronm, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Lots of people have cancer and have served his/her country, family & friends yet you could care less about them. Hell, the rightes love to tear up the terminally ill, Look at Mrs Edwards.
  • Zoophagous, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3He did what he normally does - completely disregards the laws and values of America.

    He needs to resign.
  • deleo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Yeah Bush does what he normally does, which is to continue his reign as the worst President in the history of our great country. He has set us back for years (doubt he cares), but maybe he would care to know that he has disgraced his family name. From now to eternity the name Bush = incompetent failure.

    We are all counting the days until the moving van comes to the White House.
  • orielbean, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Normally? He didn't issue one death row pardon while govtex. He and Gonzales have been pushing to get federal mandatory minimums be the only sentencing guidelines, vs having federal judges use a case-by-case basis (like if a whistle blower would be severely harmed in prison). And then he says "get out of jail free". While Libby still has to pay the fine "do not collect 200 dollars", he will not face any significant hardship otherwise for taking the Cheney bullet.
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