A Day In The Life Of George
Well, it doesn’t include one I. Scooter Libby.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush granted pardons Tuesday to carjackers, drug dealers, a moonshiner and a violator of election laws, but not to I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, his vice president’s former top aide who was convicted in the case of the leaked identity of a CIA operative.
In all, Bush pardoned 29 convicts and reduced the prison sentence of one more, in the end-of-the-year presidential tradition.
Justice Department spokesman Erik Ablin said Bush has granted 142 pardons and commuted five sentences since taking office in 2001 — lagging far behind the pace set by most modern presidents.
Wondering to myself who the Decider will pardon at the end of next year as this is “an end-of-the-year presidential tradition.”
And that’s the end of his presidency.
Thinking, thinking…
You know, when he’s not working on his “legacy” which is sort of toilet-a-fied at the moment but let’s go to this story, shall we.
President Bush says Iran must explain why it hid a past nuclear weapons program from United Nations inspectors. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Iran says it is enriching uranium only for a peaceful civilian program to generate electricity.
President Bush is trying to keep international pressure on Iran after last week’s National Intelligence Estimate found that Tehran stopped its nuclear weapons program four years ago.
Umm, why is he doing this?
Seriously.
