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SeattleUte · 03-06-2007, 07:05 PM

Check out the jury's profile on the NY Times. These are smart, accomplished people. A PhD ecoomist/investment banker, retired Washington Post reporter, a web designer for the General Services Administration, a retired math teacher. All are on this level. Okay, there is one lawyer. But still, an unusually educated and accomplished group.

I see this in part as a ringing condemnation of Bush and his war. I'm sure Libby did try to obstruct justice to cover up for his boss Cheney, but jurors always are motivated by the big picture, themes, overarching equities.

Frank Ryan · 03-06-2007, 08:05 PM

go read cougarboard the jury is incredibly dumb.

i think this conviction definately points to something more sinister

Jeff Lebowski · 03-06-2007, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Mastershake

go read cougarboard the jury is incredibly dumb.

Including this guy who thinks the CB crowd were better-informed than the jury:

http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/...tml?id=2529881

Frank Ryan · 03-06-2007, 08:23 PM

that is an exceptionally strange position to take.

where do these people come from?

Venkman · 03-06-2007, 08:30 PM

What crime did Bush/Cheney/Rove et. all commit that Libby was covering up for?

Frank Ryan · 03-06-2007, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Venkman

What crime did Bush/Cheney/Rove et. all commit that Libby was covering up for?

why was scooter lying?

Venkman · 03-06-2007, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mastershake

why was scooter lying?

I don't know. He claims he wasn't lying but just forgot some details and misspoke. If there was no underlying crime or wrongdoing, then maybe he has a point. I'm just trying to figure out what he was supposedly covering for. It's my understanding that the White House wasn't the source of the Plame leak and that she wasn't covert anyway. Maybe I'm wrong on that.

Honest questions here.

SeattleUte · 03-06-2007, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Venkman

I don't know. He claims he wasn't lying but just forgot some details and misspoke. If there was no underlying crime or wrongdoing, then maybe he has a point. I'm just trying to figure out what he was supposedly covering for. It's my understanding that the White House wasn't the source of the Plame leak and that she wasn't covert anyway. Maybe I'm wrong on that.

Honest questions here.

According to the linked article:

"[The prosecutor] Mr. Fitzgerald presented the case as a starkly simple matter: Libby lied under oath about his knowledge of Ms. Wilson, the C.I.A. officer, to avoid any hint that he had violated the law by knowingly revealing her secret employment as a spy."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/wa...agewanted=1&hp

Frank Ryan · 03-07-2007, 12:34 AM

how is that point addressed by the rush limbaugh/snipe crowd?

il Padrino Ute · 03-07-2007, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Mastershake

how is that point addressed by the rush limbaugh/snipe crowd?

A better question would be how do liberals feel that a Republican went after one of his own? For folks like Georgie Stephanopolis, something like this has to be a bittersweet kind of pill.

03-06-2007, 07:05 PM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Libby's conviction an indication of how much Bush and his war are hated Check out the jury's profile on the NY Times. These are smart, accomplished people. A PhD ecoomist/investment banker, retired Washington Post reporter, a web designer for the General Services Administration, a retired math teacher. All are on this level. Okay, there is one lawyer. But still, an unusually educated and accomplished group. I see this in part as a ringing condemnation of Bush and his war. I'm sure Libby did try to obstruct justice to cover up for his boss Cheney, but jurors always are motivated by the big picture, themes, overarching equities. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster Last edited by SeattleUte; 03-06-2007 at 08:29 PM.

03-06-2007, 08:05 PM	#2
Frank Ryan Formerly Mastershake Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 707	of course if you go read cougarboard the jury is incredibly dumb. i think this conviction definately points to something more sinister

03-06-2007, 08:23 PM	#4
Frank Ryan Formerly Mastershake Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 707	yeah, i saw that that is an exceptionally strange position to take. where do these people come from?

03-07-2007, 12:34 AM	#9
Frank Ryan Formerly Mastershake Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 707	fitzgerald is a republican how is that point addressed by the rush limbaugh/snipe crowd?

03-06-2007, 08:30 PM	#5
Venkman Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Jordan, UT Posts: 1,799	What crime did Bush/Cheney/Rove et. all commit that Libby was covering up for?