Posted by
AJH on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:56:29 PM
According to the New York Daily News, a serious rift developed between George W. Bush and Dick Cheney during the administration's final days.
Both can obviously be stubborn and persistent. I happen to agree with “The Dark Lord” on this one. Why Bush let Libby take the fall without some serious backup shows how letter-of-the-law (or anal) he can be.
“Sources close to Cheney told the Daily News the former vice president repeatedly pressed Bush to pardon Libby, arguing his ex-chief of staff and longtime alter ego deserved a full exoneration - even though Bush had already kept Libby out of jail by commuting his 30-month prison sentence.”
“He went to the mat and came back and back and back at Bush,” one source said. “He was still trying the day before Obama was sworn in.” Another source said, “He's furious with Bush. He's really angry about it and decided he's going to say what he believes.”
Richard Armitage should be answering questions and, if he were an honorable man, would speak up in defense of Scooter. Bob Novak did not quite understand why his source, Armitage, let it go on for so long, although prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald knew the deputy secretary of state was the guilty party and not Libby. Even some liberals were taken aback by Libby's targeting.
AJH