Disgusted and Fed Up

Some of you will not appreciate nor agree with this blog, but there comes a time when views need to be expressed and hypocrisy must be exposed. I have always been a political person from the sidelines and have very definite and strong views. I do not hide from my views which tend to be to the right of the political spectrum. I make no apologies for my views, and I think that I am a very rational individual and respectful of other opinions. Respectful of those opinions if they can be substantuated and backed up with facts.

Yesterday (Monday) George Bush commuted the sentence of Lewis "Scooter" Libby who had been convicted of giving false statements and lying to a grand jury. A commutation differs from a pardon in that only Libby's prison sentence is effected -- his other penalties remain -- $250,000 fine and two years of probation.

As would be expected all Democrat candidates for president decried the action by the President and labeled charges at him from cronyism, disgraceful act, beyond the law and many others.

Libby's conviction has been controversial and suspect from the beginning. Some have labeled it as a "witch hunt" and that the special prosecuter had to have someone convicted to justify the expenditure of the investigation and subsequent trial. Early it was determined that Richard Armitage was the one who leaked CIA information, and it was not Libby who had been the one accused. Subsequently Libby was finally convicted of "giving false information and lying to a grand jury" -- remember that phrase, you will see it again.

One of those Democrats who cried out the loudest was Hillary Clinton, leading candidate for the Democrat nomination for president. My what a short memory she and the other Democrats have.

At the very end of Bill Clinton's adminstration he pardoned 140 criminals who had been indicted by grand juries and been convicted of various crimes including "importation of cocaine" -- "income tax evasion" -- "bank fraud" -- "mail fraud" -- "forgery of U.S. Treasury checks" and I could go on and on, but you should get the point. To my knowledge the Libby commutation is one of only a very few commutations and or pardons that GW has issued in his two terms. I'm sure that he will issue some pardons at the end of his second term, but I would challenge you to compare the criminal convictions of those individuals with those pardons given by Clinton.

As I said above, I would come back to "giving false information and lying to a grand jury." The much adored Bill Clinton was guilty of both of these charges on more than one occasion, however, he was never convicted because of the power of presidency. He, of course, was impeached but was never convicted. For those of you who do not know, impreachment means bringing of the charges -- then you are either conviced or not in a trial in the Senate.

I am so tired and disgusted with many of our political leaders of all persuasions who will do or say anything to get votes or obtain power. Our lawmakers are supposed to be enacting laws for the good of the American people and not playing a constant game of "gotcha."

Please, please do what you were elected to do or get out, go home and let someone else do the job. It is akin to watching a bunch of children on a playground -- grow up!