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I spent the day yesterday volunteering at the U.S. Vets 4th of July BBQ here in Vegas, (they provide comphrehensive services for homeless veterans, of which we have about 4,300 here in the Las Vegas area).
One of our congresscritters, Shelley Berkley, showed up to speak and confer some medals.
I took her aside and asked the following:
“Tony Snow yesterday admitted that the President and his top advisors had been discussing for several weeks the ‘appropriate’ response to the pending decision on Libby’s appeal for a stay of sentence. How many other convicted federal appellants do you suppose have gotten similar monitoring and deliberation regarding the progress of their in-process stay requests by the Bush administration?”
Her immediate, angry reply? “Oh, none, you can count on it.”
I asked emphatically that she and her fellow legislators loudly include this in their arguments against this execrable insult to America.
Bush didn’t even wait for the ink to dry on the denial-of-stay order. It was a done deal from the outset of Libby’s conviction (with the pardon obviously to follow, on Bush’s last day in office). Of course, we all know that, but for John Q. NoClue, this specific point needs to be hammered relentlessly, in addition to all the others.
I have written all my other legislators (Reid, Ensign, Porter) and will continue. I have never been more pissed. They’re counting on just arrogantly riding this out. Don’t let it happen.
