Apparently, former President Clinton has criticized President Bush’s decision to commute the prison sentence of former Vice Presidential aide Scooter Libby:
DAVENPORT, Iowa, July 3 — Former President Bill Clinton criticized President Bush on Tuesday for commuting the prison sentence of I. Lewis Libby Jr. and tried to draw a distinction from his own controversial pardons.
In Iowa to promote the presidential candidacy of his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Mr. Clinton was asked by a radio host, David Yepsen, “You had some controversial pardons during your presidency; what’s your reaction to what President Bush did?”
“Yeah, but I think the facts were different,” Mr. Clinton said. “I think there are guidelines for what happens when somebody is convicted. You’ve got to understand, this is consistent with their philosophy; they believe that they should be able to do what they want to do, and that the law is a minor obstacle.”
You mean the way you saw the law as a “minor obstacle” when you pardoned your own brother, a major campaign contributor, a former cabinet secretary convicted on corruption charges, or a Democratic Congressman who had been convicted on corruption charges ?
Be careful what you say President Clinton, you aren’t exactly clean on this issue yourself.
