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So President Bush commutes Scooter Libby’s sentence. No huge surprise. The far right had called his prosecution a liberal vendetta. Yes, the same far right who ignored data suggesting that Bill Clinton was the best President this country had had in decades, and hounded and handicapped his Presidency and got him impeached because he lied about being given a blow job. And this while their spokesman, Newt Gingrich, was involved in an extra-marital affair! (He didn’t lie about it. He wasn’t asked.)

Why the liberal vendetta? Well, an entire US spy ring was compromised, thus also compromising the security of the country. I haven’t heard the word used too loudly, but folks, that is Treason. It is potentially the only crime worse than murder, as it can put an entire country at risk. And Libby was only the foot soldier. His boss, Vice President Cheney, the most dangerous and crooked man to hold senior office in my time at least, was the architect. The same man whose pockets are lined every time Halliburton is awarded another no bid contract. The same man whose pockets are being lined daily by the high oil prices. Did that little detail pass you by? Yes! The President and his loyal Deputy are oil men and are being enriched by high oil prices. But that they are greedy bastards who don’t mind getting rich while oil prices affect the pockets of the American people isn’t the main point here. VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY IS GUILTY OF TREASON! I don’t call this a vendetta. I actually think that the Democratic Party has been guilty of being too silent on this. Treason cannot be excused. It cannot be left unprosecuted. IMPEACH CHENEY NOW!!!