[normy]

I've discussed this with you before and I know your view on it, but Libby also committed a crime and the V.P.'s aides are also not above the law. The punishment doesn't fit the crime and I will go back to what I have told you before, cops kill innocent people in the line of duty all the time. It happens in the heat of the moment and rarely do they get 11 years hard time. Most of the time they are exonerated. This sentence smacks of intimidation.

That is not my point however. As a purely political move, I can't understand how Bush can let the Dems get out in front of him on this. Commuting these guys sentence would put him back in the good graces of the base and probably improve his standing among the voting Hispanic population.

[Perdogg]

I would not have a problem with commutation. But these guys are neither saints nor heroes.