Let's talk Libby

So Libby gets busted for obstructing justice and lying to a grand jury. He's convicted, has to pay a fine, lose his job and law license, but doesn't have to go to jail, because the president says the punishment didn't fit the crime. Read, "Not that big of a deal" This is a lot like what happened with Bill Clinton. Obstruction of justice, lying under oath, had to pay a fine and his law license was suspended. Yes, he was impeached, but that's just a trial, he wasn't convicted, not because people, read, Congress, didn't think he harassed those women, not because they didn't think he lied about harassing those women, but because they felt the crimes committed "didn't rise to the level" which translates into "not that big of a deal"

What I find inconsistent, when a Democratic Congress, who happens to see Bill Clinton as great bait, luring otherwise intelligent, well adjusted people into paying money to listen to a bore, says something is not a big deal, it's seen as vindication. When a Republican President says something is something, just not a big enough deal for jail-time, it's seen as a disgrace. Bill Clinton lied for the benefit of Bill Clinton. Scooter Libby lied for the benefit of "the team"

It was very much the same crime, and very much the same punishment.

I have to say, my heart does go out a little to the Democrats. It's a tough trick, condescending and whining at the same time. And what about poor Hillary? Her husband, while in office, pardoned lots of people. Including his brother, and hers. Hillary now has to criticize others on grounds of hypocrisy. Awkward.