Bush is SO going to pardon Libby

With the Iraq War, Katrina and now Walter Reed hanging around his legacy like a barbed-wire noose, even W is going to understand that his inevitable last-official-act of pardoning this perjuring minor player will be remembered by history as the least of his infamies. Barely rate an asterix. “Oh yeah, and in addition to bringing America to its knees on the world stage and igniting the middle east in an Apocalyptic conflict that continues to this day, he also let his VP’s stooge off the hook with a presidential pardon on the way out the door.”

Gasp!

As long as he stays mum – and he will – Scooter is gonna earn his nickname and scoot home scott free in January ’09, no matter what any silly court of law says. Bush’s profligate use of signing statements tells you all you need to know about his respect for the law, even ones he himself has just signed into effect.

Libby’s casual, devil-may-care demeanor throughout the trial is all the evidence one needs that a deal, either implicit or explicit, has already been struck. If Left and Right can agree on one thing about W, it’s that he’s a man who rewards loyalty.

And that Scooter, well he’s done a heck of a job, loyalty-wise. I smell a Presidential Medal of Freedom gift-wrapped with that pardon...!