Why Libby Fell on His Sword

[realFedUp]

interesting...

http://villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/002021.php

Morning Report 11/4/05
Why Libby Fell On His Sword
Demo aide's theory: Scooter lied to delay Fitzgerald probe, saving 2004 election for Bush

Ward Harkavy

The press may have gotten played by the Bush regime to an even greater extent than we thought.

A theory advanced by Dennis Kelleher, a top aide to Maryland Democratic senator Barbara Mikulski, focuses on the question of Scooter Libby's motives for his alleged lies to prosecutor Pat Fitzgerald.

While we're waiting for Karl Rove to fall, Kelleher zooms in on the reason Libby told Fitzgerald that it was reporters who revealed Valerie Plame's identity and job to him.

Basically, this theory argues that Libby knowingly fell on his sword, thus throwing Fitzgerald off the track and in pursuit of the reporters, so that any Plamegate indictments would be delayed until after the November 2004 election, thus ensuring that Dick Cheney could continue as U.S. CEO.

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[soothsayer]

1. Eh, could be. Could also just be hubris.

[Greeby]

2. In Libby's world, falling on swords is probably a bizarre sex act

Along with little girls in cages with bears :puke:

[Totally Committed]

3. I think he was also physically threatened...

"this time, it's your leg that's broken..." You know, like that.

[realFedUp]

4. I don't put anything past this administration

and at the same time wonder if they are this smart
in an evil way.

[Skittles]

5. nah, the little bastard is just a liar

count on it

[Uncle Joe]

6. I believe Libby actually fell on a butter knife,

he knows Cheney will instruct Bush to grant him a pardon if Fitzgerald gets to close to indicting Cheney, or before the end of the Bush occupation of the White House in 2008 at the latest.

[OldCurmudgeon]

7. just a liar, counted on a whitewash

The problem with the "fall on his sword" theories is that Libby started his lying long before it was clear that there would even *be* a serious independent investigation, let alone indictments. That, and
"falling on his sword" would mean taking full responsibility to protect others, which Libby hasn't done.

No, it was just shortsighted butt-covering, and counting on the usual obstruction by Bush, congress, etc. to prevent any real investigation.

So now Libby is screwed, and it's very unlikely that he'd see a pardon before late 2008.

[Delphinus]

8. I'm wondering.

Let's say the boy king pardons Libby. When we retake the White House in '08, can the Democratic President revoke the pardon, or find a way to make sure the traitors are jailed or punished?