Author: BooMan

A Strategy for Impeachment and Removal

There have been times when I felt quite lonely within the progressive blogosphere in my calls for impeachment, but that has decidedly changed with the commutation of Scooter Libby’s prison term. Fewer and fewer bloggers...

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Why Libby Got Off

For the first time in quite a while I watched some cable news last night. And I’ve read this morning’s editorials. And, other than a brief mention by Keith Olbermann, I haven’t seen anyone addressing the...

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Fitz Responds

Here’s Fitzgerald’s statement: We fully recognize that the Constitution provides that commutation decisions are a matter of presidential prerogative and we do not comment on the exercise of that prerogative. We...

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My Thoughts on the Libby Commutation

The Editors make a good point. Bush, on overturning the deeply-held philosophy with which he presided over 152 executions in Texas: I don’t believe my role [as governor] is to replace the verdict of a jury with my own, unless...

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