Cheney Outraged Bush Didn’t Pardon Libby
Former Vice President Dick Cheney is reportedly outraged that former President George W. Bush didn’t pardon Cheney aide Scooter Libby during his final days in office. Libby was convicted for, among others, obstruction of justice in the case of the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame.
Cheney is a man considering loyalty to be of the utmost importance. Libby was always loyal to his boss, many believe he even sacrificed himself in order to protect the VP. Cheney appreciates this, logically, and wanted Bush to pardon his aide. Sadly for Cheney, however, Bush had no intention of doing so. He told Cheney his mind was made up and, in the final days of his presidency, told his own aides not to let Cheney near to him if he wanted to talk about Libby again.
The result: Cheney is angry and possibly planning for revenge.
It’s an interesting part of Bush’s presidency. Many Bush critics argued all this years that Bush was in Cheney’s pockets; that the VP was truly running the show, not the president himself. The Libby affair, however, proves this not to be the case. Bush was in charge; this initially meant he relied heavily on Cheney for advise and guidance but he later relied more on himself and moderates such as Condoleezza Rice.
We’ll see whether Cheney’s outrage will result in bad-mouthing Bush.
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1) Many believe Libby sacrificed himself? Huh?
2) Possibly planning for revenge? – What?
This whole Plame affair was a non-scandal and Libby was prosecuted for an offense that was a result of the investigation. In other words no crime was ever committed. Libby is rightfully in jail, but he didn’t protect Cheney. Cheney is probably upset that Libby broke the same law Clinton got away with breaking. Presidents are disbarred, aides and normal citizents go to jail.