Libby Liberated. Paris Punished.

Paris Hilton and Scooter Libby have one (and probably only one) thing in common -- "excessive" sentencing -- but it's Paris, not Scooter, who actually did the time. Nice to have some friendly Bush on your side!
Scooter Libby and Paris Hilton

President Bush commuted the 2-1/2 year sentence of longtime White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby yesterday, calling Libby's punishment "excessive" -- just as Paris said of her own summertime slammer-time. Libby was busted for leaking a CIA agent's identity, putting her life in jeopardy. Aside from more than a few fashion disasters, Hilton was convicted of what some considered a glorified traffic violation. And who gets the free pass?

Most Americans aren't sympathetic to Paris and Scooter. When TMZ asked whether Paris got what she deserved, an overwhelming 93 percent of the more than 121,000 people who answered the poll responded that yes, Ms. Hilton deserved to do time for the crime. Similarly, most Americans think Libby should've done his too: A SurveyUSA poll revealed that 60 percent of Americans believe that Scooter Libby's 2-1/2 year sentence should stick. It didn't.

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61. Hey libs cry about libby.Remember bubba clinton when he pardoned 11 f.a.l.n terrorists?one of the terrorist was sentenced to 75 years in prison and then there was marc rich and his wife denise rich who was on the run for 17 years from the irs.Then there was hillarys brother hugh rodham who was selling pardons out of the white house.So cry you anti american terrorist supporting military hating liberals.

Posted at 7:29PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by don

62. kate, i answered your questions, but for some reason i never got the TMZ confirmation email. my email was long and detailed and boring, maybe that's why? i dont know (my posts often dont make it onto the site), but i do know the facts of the plame/wilson/cheney/rove/libby fiasco. and it's been explained here pretty well by a lot of people. and i pointed out that the bush staff freely admits that the missing Ws from keyboards and the stolen china were lies they started.

i also agree with you that my name-calling was stupid and totally uncool, so i do apologize for that. i use this site to vent when people in the office annoy me; i love having political discussions with people i dont agree with, the name-calling is useless.

Posted at 7:31PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by kim

63. I love Bush!!!

Posted at 7:39PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by Sophia

64. I AM PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY THAT THE NEXT 17 month of
Bush White House Days are passing , QUICK.
I cannot take anymore of this president.. Thank god I did NOT vote for him I would
be sick to my stomach buy now.
Obstruction of Justice and this is what he does to this man?
Martha served her time, why not this creep?
Oh, I forgot men just dont like women who are succesfull and she was a scapegot
for all criminals. The two way standard is alive well in America.

Posted at 7:41PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by Ronald

65. sophia, why?

Posted at 7:42PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by kim

66. By reading peoples comments it reveals one thing, and that is how little knowledge people have of the facts of both cases. Sad, it shows how effective the print media and local news have been at telling what they want people to know. Here we are on the internet and people still wont research for themselves to find out the truth. Guess if a lie is repeated long enough, it is believed. The more scary thought is that these folks vote.
Oh well... in time we all will suffer because of the ignorance of the many.

Posted at 7:51PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by Ken

67. GO FIGURE! THEY BOTH ARE IDIOTS.

Posted at 7:51PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by FIJINATIVE007

68. "Libby was busted for leaking a CIA agent's identity" -- no, he was busted for lying to the grand jury.

Posted at 7:54PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by Neil

69. this country has proved many times over that if these liars repeat their lies enough times, we will believe them! it's been the white house's most successful strategy from day one.

Posted at 7:59PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by kim

70. I agree. TMZ needs to stilck to "stories"., quite often correct, about Hollyweird. Scooter Libby was convicted of lying to a grand jury, not "outing" a CIA agent! Get the story right. Harvey "I feel so sorry for poor victim Paris", is the only person I know who could link drunk driving, driving twice while supended Paris, and Scooter Libby. Utterly stupid.

Posted at 8:03PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by Jeff

71. Perjury is not an act of treason. Wait, if it were, we would hang Martha Stewart! That would be okay by me.

Those with closed minds are unwilling to hear the truth even when they encounter the truth. Scary that this type of person would get to vote.

Paris Hilton's original DUI should never have been reduced to reckless driving or whatever it was reduced to. Why do that? If she was caught driving drunk, that should be the charge. They tried to do her a favor by reducing the charge and she repaid the kindness with arrogance and insolence.

Clinton pardoned 61 people during his tenure, including known terrorists and killers.
Reagan pardoned 13 during his 8 years in office.
GW Bush has pardoned 5, I think. Libby has not been pardoned.

Posted at 8:03PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by anon

72. NO SHOCK AT ALL

Posted at 8:11PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by breezy

73. Most Americans don't know anything about the Scooter case........he was charged with perjury for not remembering what he said years ago to Russett........this case stems from a paper pushing behind the desk CIA woman who sent her husband abroad without any authority at all..........after his fact finding mission, he found nothing. Just a left wing conspiracy..........

Posted at 8:17PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by Pieta

74. Libby did not leak plames name. Armitage leaked her name to Novak. Fitzgerald knew that early on and should have dismissed the case at that time. By then he was on a mission. Shameful isn't it? Can you remember the EXACT words you used 3 or 4 years ago?? These people like Russert talk all the time and probably knew everything about Plame early on. Next you need to remember that Russert was once a staff lackey for a big shot democrat lawmaker. Don't trust him, don't watch his show, you may get halftruths, untruths, and innuendos. The level of ignorance shown on this site and the level of people willing to spew on subjects they actually no nothing about is truly amazing. Frankly, I believe it is driven by hate not knowledge.

Posted at 8:17PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by Jake

75. #12. Scooter Libby was convicted of obstruction of justice. He lied to federal agents investigating who leaked Valerie Plame's name to the press. He was not "busted for leaking a CIA agent's identity" as you incorrectly stated in your article.

Duh. You don't think his lying to a grand jury was not enough that you have to point out he "was not busted for leaking a CIA agents identity" to keep your simple mind satiated? Are you retarded? Do you watch FOX (News)? A doorstop has more going on for it that you do you silly simpleton. You don't have "ED" you have "MD" mind dysfunction. You want to direct attention away from the obvious to something more obscure to keep the 'little people' happy. If I were Paris I would be fuming that I had to do more time for a stupid DUI than if I had lied to a grand jury in regard to first amendment rights! This country is going into the toilet. I guess all these years of underfunding public schools is finally paying off....people are as ignorant as ever!

Posted at 8:22PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by SuperStarSteve

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