Scooter Libby's Voting Rights Restored | Drudge Retort

Friday, March 01, 2013

Scooter Libby's Voting Rights Restored

Former vice presidential adviser I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is among more than 1,000 felons whose voting rights were restored in the past year by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R), according to a report to the General Assembly. Libby's name is listed in the Feb. 23 report on pardons, commutations, reprieves and other forms of clemency the Republican governor is required to submit annually. The report said Libby's civil rights were restored Nov. 1, 2012.

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So? Bill Clinton can vote. Ted Kennedy was even allowed to hold office after patent manslaughter.

#1 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-02-28 11:37 PM | Reply | Flag:

"So? Bill Clinton can vote. Ted Kennedy was even allowed to hold office after patent manslaughter.
#1 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-02-28 11:37 PM"

Your equivalency is false since neither is/was a convicted felon.

Besides, is your "they did it too" argument the best you have?

#2 | Posted by TrueBlue at 2013-03-01 12:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

Scooter did not have the entire Democratic Party and the mainstream media trying to get him off, either.
I am glad he got his right restored. He was scapegoated anyway.

#3 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-03-01 09:42 PM | Reply | Flag:

romney/ryan still lost va so i guess its ok...go for it scooter. how's the bestiality-porn thing going?

#4 | Posted by badgerwest at 2013-03-01 10:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Besides, is your 'they did it too' argument the best you have?"

I did not say they did it too. Clinton and Teddy did far, far worse than Libby.
You try leaving a woman underwater in your car to die and see how the courts treat you.

#5 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-03-01 10:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's a slippery slope.

#7 | Posted by Harry_Powell at 2013-03-01 10:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

Good, he and many more had their voting rights restored.

At least, he's not a "traitor," right?

#8 | Posted by et_al at 2013-03-02 12:32 AM | Reply | Flag:

The report said Libby's civil rights were restored Nov. 1, 2012.

That means that the traitorous skidmark was able to cast a futile vote for The Stench.

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2013-03-02 01:33 AM | Reply | Flag:

The essence of a leftist: 1,000 felons had the right to vote restored and the left could care less about the other 999.

#10 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-03-02 01:49 AM | Reply | Flag:

The essence of a righty: a traitor has his civil rights restored and the r-tard immediately deflects to Clinton and Kennedy.

#11 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2013-03-02 01:53 AM | Reply | Flag:

#11

...a traitor has his civil rights restored...

Factsgender is a social construct.

#12 | Posted by et_al at 2013-03-02 02:08 AM | Reply | Flag:

So? Bill Clinton can vote. Ted Kennedy was even allowed to hold office after patent manslaughter.
#1 | Posted by Diablo

What crime was Clinton - however reprehensible his behavior - was convicted of? Oh, riiiight, none.

Kennedy, however odious his behavior, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and causing injury, (not the manslaughter charge of Diablo's imagination> - neither of which, to my understanding (I could be wrong of course) was a felony.

Scooter Libby was convicted on felony charges: perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements in a grand jury investigation.

I know facts can be inconvenient things when making a partisan argument, but, seriously, Pat Moynihan was right: you're not really entitled to making up your own.

#13 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2013-03-02 07:21 AM | Reply | Flag:

Scooter "Bear" Libby took the fall for his criminal boss Dick "Duck!" Cheney, who also should be tried and get twice whatever sentence Bradley Manning gets.

#14 | Posted by Corky at 2013-03-02 10:48 AM | Reply | Flag:

Crime pays.

#15 | Posted by reitze at 2013-03-02 07:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

George Bush was a no-nut scumbag who was too much of a GD coward to pardon his buddies. Clinton damn sure knew what to do...

#16 | Posted by XRESETX at 2013-03-02 09:42 PM | Reply | Flag:

"What crime was Clinton - however reprehensible his behavior - was convicted of? Oh, riiiight, none."

What crime does your common sense, if not your conscience, say he was guilty of, Doc?
Sleep tight, hypocrite.

#17 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-03-03 01:59 AM | Reply | Flag:

Clinton and Teddy did far, far worse than Libby.

Libby, like his mentor Ronnie Reagan, committed treason. Getting a bj in the Oval Office hardly rises to that, Diablo. Even to you righties, I would hope.

#18 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-03 07:06 PM | Reply | Flag:

What crime does your common sense, if not your conscience, say he was guilty of, Doc?

How does that compare to your "common sense" view of Dubya lying his way into a war that took 4000+ American lives and handed Iraq and its oil fields to Reagan's buddies, the Iranian ayatollahs?

You do have a conscience don't you? Maybe a visit to a VA hospital will fire it up.

#19 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-03 07:09 PM | Reply | Flag:

Cheney's loyal stooge. He understood exactly what he had to say to cover for Cheney and it cost him dearly.

#20 | Posted by nutcase at 2013-03-03 07:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

cover for Cheney and it cost him dearly.

Dubya commuted his sentence ASAP and America-hating righties filled his pockets with thank you cash. If Etchy had won, Scooter would have been pardoned and brought into his Admin., the same way Dubya stuffed his Adminwith pardoned traitors.

#21 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-03 08:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

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