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• Tuesday, July 3, 2007 11:17 AM

  I just won dinner!

  I live in the Washington DC area for many years. Although I no longer work on the Hill or for trade associations, I have many friends and contacts who do. The word out for the last several weeks was that Bush would pardon Libby (and make no mistake, it is a pardon - or will be soon enough) immediately if the the court refused to allow Libby to remain free pending his appeal.

  The word is that Libby was going to go to the Feds and try to cut a deal. Now, that's not usually how the process works. Usually, the deal is cut before a trial (and if possible, avoid a trial altogether) but the Bushies were hoping to avoid a guilty verdict, and then avoid immediate jail time - running out the clock so that come January 2009, Bush could pardon a still free Libby. BUT, and here's the kicker, Libby's WIFE has been raising a far bigger stink than has Libby. Word is that she threatend to tell the Feds what she knew - and if that didn't inflict enough damange, she was going to go to the press herself - just to hurt Bush Inc.

  I have a dear friend who used to be the chief of staff for a liberal Repub. (Yes, there used to be some of those.) She was so disgusted with Bush Cheney that she bailed out several years ago to work for a trade association. We spoke right after the immigration bill went down in flames, and she swore that Bush wouldn't pardon Libby because it would cause too much damage to the party in 2008. Well, we bet a very expensive dinner (at the Palm!!)- I bet that if the court refused to allow Libby to remain free pending appeal, that Bush would step in. HaHaHa!

  By the way, I have not seen ONE WORD about Libby's wife in any of the infotain media's reporting. Makes you wonder what else they're not reporting.

  —moira kelly Read moira kelly's other letters
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