Commuting the last faith remaining in this current White House

The day I heard Libby was going to jail I was driving my car and admittedly let out a whoop. I, like many people, agreed that finally someone was going to receive some justice for the whole "yellow cake" Valerie Plame affair. And recall... the judge stated his deliberation time, though long, had nothing to do with his doubt that Libby was guilty. No, the evidence was incontrovertible.

So the long pause was to determine what would be an appropriate sentence. So a ruminating court, finding someone guilty, lying about their role, perjuring themselves in court, and all about the heart of a cover up of national security debacle, felt a 2 year plus sentence was in order. Enter "The Decider":

"I respect the jury's verdict," Bush said in a statement. "But I have concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is excessive. Therefore, I am commuting the portion of Mr. Libby's sentence that required him to spend thirty months in prison."

In one fell swoop Bush basically bitchslapped (not my favorite expression but seems appropriately offensive here and abrasive) the entire justice system, the American Public, Plame and anyone else who dares turn the light of truth onto their fucked up, insular "realities".

To call Bush's move "stunning", as the Press has done, is actually doing more of what the press said it was going to stop doing - uncritically looking at his Presidency and not holding his feet to the fire when necessary. Why are people "stunned". We all knew he would do this - why didn't "you all". Why doesn't the press say what really just happened:

BUSH FUCKS AMERICAN PUBLIC AND JUSTICE SYSTEM ONE MORE TIME - SMILES WHILE DOING IT

and perhaps this byline?

PRESS REPORTS ITSELF AS 'STUNNED' LATER RETRACTS AND SAYS "WE'RE JUST STUNNED" AS IN STUPID, UNABLE TO REPORT TRUTH.

Well maybe the press will be less stunned (I personally doubt it) when they start reporting that the White House is blocking access to Cheney for his subpoenas. We're already there.

The faith in this White House doing anything remotely stinking of telling the truth or serving justice when they've been caught with their pants down: "Oh, look! We do seem to have those emails you asked for on the back up server" (NB - DUH!) "But we're not going to give them to Congress or the Senate - we're not really part of the "Executive Office". Seems Libby was executive enough that Bush sat waiting for the appeals verdict so he could commute Libby's sentence. Hell, the White House didn't give that much attention (and still doesn't) to Katrina Hurricane victims. They are eviscerated and empty souls that sit at Pennsylvania Avenue......