Posted on 07/05/2007 9:31:55 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
White House reacts to Clintons' comments
By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent 41 minutes ago
The White House on Thursday made fun of former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for criticizing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
"I don't know what Arkansan is for chutzpah, but this is a gigantic case of it," presidential spokesman Tony Snow said.
Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has scheduled hearings 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?"
In the closing hours of his presidency, Clinton pardoned 140 people, including fugitive financier Marc Rich.
The former president tried to draw a distinction between the pardons he granted, and Bush's decision to commute Libby's 30-month sentence in the CIA leak case.
"I think there are guidelines for what happens when somebody is convicted," Clinton told a radio interviewer Tuesday. "You've got to understand, this is consistent with their philosophy; they believe that they should be able to do what they want to do, and that the law is a minor obstacle."
Sen. Clinton, seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, said the Libby decision "was clearly an effort to protect the White House. ... There isn't any doubt now, what we know is that Libby was carrying out the implicit or explicit wishes of the vice president, or maybe the president as well, in the further effort to stifle dissent."
Former Vice President Al Gore said he found the Bush decision "disappointing" and said he did not think it was comparable to Clinton's pardons.
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Except that Conyers is wasting OUR money with this crap.
No mention of Clinton’s pardons of Puerto Rican terrorists?
How many people did they kill?
The Puerto Rican terrorists or the Clintons?
Bump for you........
Note to Bill and Hill: Please explain in detail why you pardoned the following list of criminals.
http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/clintonpardon_grants.htm
We all know what this means....That Tony Snow is not included in the 900 FBI files!
The Clintons would only understand if Libby made a cash payment for the pardon.
Thats easy. $
No wonder the approval ratings of Congress have tanked. The Dems, like Conyers and Nostrilitis, only want to have hearings about Republicans while forgetting those in their own camp. The public, being smarter than the Dems give them credit, see through this B.S.
I love that cartoon, but we must, ABSOLUTELY MUST make certain that the top of the list starts with “TERRORISTS”.
Good answers, Tony! Keep up the great work.
fortress
LOL!
That was good.
There.
I fixed it.
That photo includes Hilly leaving with the White House silverware under her coat.
WJC all but held public auctions for presidential pardons while Hillary was busy packing all the White House china and linens for their move back to the trailer park. This kind of behavior is only made possible in a country where the media refuses to shine a light on this thinly veiled corruption.
And, while they are at it, investigate why the Barrett Report was quashed. There was a report that the IRS fought Barrett on orders from Hillary.
But Democrats and Liberals are too pure to do anything for money. /sarc
So she, not appointed to an official post nor confirmed by Congress, was directing the IRS to participate in partisan politics and they complied?
If she gets elected we’re done for.
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