The Libby Verdict

There is a lot of buzz right now in the MSM and the blogsphere about the fact that Scooter Libby was found guilty of perjury and might face a considerable amount of time in prison, and what the potential consequences might be for the Bush Administration in general and Cheney in particular. But most likely the answer to that question will be: Nothing at all.

Libby will certainly appeal the verdict and try to draw out the whole process until after the next elections, when he will get his presidential pardon for loyal services rendered, like hundreds of other members of this administration, many probably with far more serious crimes to answer for than Scooter and his perjury charges. This will give Libby one more reason to keep his mouth shut until then and to protect his boss Cheney, something that would he have done probably anyway. After all a good foot soldier in the mob never betrays his Don.

And to be honest, this whole sordid affair seem pretty minor in comparison to the massive crimes Bush, Cheney and the whole gang have already committed: Wars of aggression, torture, concentration camps, hundreds of thousands of people slaughtered. Compared to that it seems hard to get worked up over an outing of an CIA agent working in Washington DC.