The Quality of Mercy the Issue: A Libby Pardon Would Pose Problems for Bush. Our View: He Risks Looking Like a Hypocrite

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Hardly had the guilty verdict come in on Scooter Libby than President Bush's conservative Republican fan base began clamoring for an immediate pardon for the one-time vice-presidential chief of staff.

Meanwhile, leading Democrats - consciously or unconsciously echoing the Republicans during President Bill Clinton's impeachment - were insisting that Libby's conviction on lying and obstruction was of such seriousness that Bush should pledge not to.

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The Quality of Mercy the Issue: A Libby Pardon Would Pose Problems for Bush. Our View: He Risks Looking Like a Hypocrite

However much as Bush might wish to pardon Libby, doing so presents political and philosophical problems for ...

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