Guilty On All Counts

When your name is Libby, Libby, Libby
You must go to jail, jail, jail
Because you told lies, lies, lies
And you're guilty, guilty, guilty...

Well, it ain't great poetry or even a decent marketing jingle, but it sums up my feelings. As you can imagine, I'm glad the Administration has to take some sort of punishment for the lies they told to cover-up their war on those who opposed them politically. It is also fascinating to hear conservatives say that "there was no underlying crime" here. Sounds like 1997-98 Clinton administration talk to me, no?

As citizens perhaps we could hope that Washington politicians would learn from this...and that attention could actually turn toward governing, instead of throwing one another under the judicial bus. Too much to hope for, I guess.

Although it is admittedly partisan, Democratic Chairman Howard Dean sent this link to a video message about the results of the trial, as compared with the pressing problems on Washington's plate today. Special attention is paid to the problems with the hospital care of our veterans. For those who believe that the Chimp Administration gives two hoots about "supporting the troops," it's quickly becoming clear that they don't.

Just like tax cuts, how do you justify cutting Veteran's benefits in the middle of the war? This link shows the Democrats were concerned about this way before the recent problems at Walter Reed were discovered. This quote comes from an article on cnn.com from 2005:

The governor of Pennsylvania on Saturday said the federal government must do a better job helping America's war veterans and criticized proposed budget cuts affecting them.

"During this time of war, it is absolutely the wrong time for our federal government to step back from any of its commitments to our veterans. To do so would be penny wise but pound foolish," said Gov. Ed Rendell in the weekly Democratic radio address.

"In today's parlance, the cost of health care for these vets may be half a billion dollars but their sacrifice for our nation, priceless," he said.

Time to get back to business and get this war stopped and help our troops recover their physical and mental health, and that of their suffering families.

And no Libby pardon. Ever.