During Tuesday’s "Situation Room," Jack Cafferty used the conviction of a former aide to Vice President Cheney as a springboard for wild attacks against George W. Bush. According to the CNN correspondent, a decision by the President to pardon Lewis "Scooter" Libby would be symptomatic of "an administration that has come to view things like the Constitution and the nation’s laws as inconveniences that only serve to get in the way of their agenda."
Cafferty, who once giddily joked about Karl Rove being indicted in the CIA leak case, also furiously speculated about just who Lewis Libby is "protecting":
Jack Cafferty: "Remember this?"
George W. Bush (file footage): "America wants somebody to restore honor and dignity to the White House. That’s what America is looking for."
Cafferty: "That’s an interesting clip in light of today’s conviction of Vice President Cheney’s former top advisor Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby. He was found guilty on four of five counts against him and they all had to do with lying and obstructing justice when it came to details about Valerie Plame’s identity. Why would he lie? Who was he protecting? We’ll probably never know the answer to that."
A complete transcript of the segment, which aired at 5:09pm on March 6, follows:
Jack Cafferty: "Remember this?"
George W. Bush: "America wants somebody to restore honor and dignity to the White House. That’s what America is looking for."
Cafferty: "That’s an interesting clip in light of today’s conviction of Vice President Cheney’s former top advisor Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby. He was found guilty on four of five counts against him and they all had to do with lying and obstructing justice when it came to details about Valerie Plame’s identity. Why would he lie? Who was he protecting? We’ll probably never know the answer to that. But the fact that Libby lied to investigators and to a grand jury speaks volumes. This was the nation’s top advisor to the Vice President, one of a handful of people who had unfettered access to the highest levels of power in this country. And yet he couldn’t tell the truth? Why not? What’s he hiding? The most interesting part of this story will be whether or not President Bush pardons Libby on his way out the door a year and a half or so down the road. Somehow, it would be the perfect parting gesture for an administration that has come to view things like the Constitution and the nation’s laws as inconveniences that only serve to get in the way of their agenda. So, here’s the question: ‘How will the conviction of Scooter Libby impact the Bush White House? E-mail your thoughts to CaffertyFile@CNN.com. or go to CNN.com/CaffertyFile."
—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.



















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It always amazes me when left
March 6, 2007 - 18:15 ET by MrSnugglesIt always amazes me when lefties claim to care about the constitution when its THEIR judges that are constantly watering it down.
Cafferty...Stick it where the
March 6, 2007 - 18:24 ET by bigtimerCafferty...
Stick it where the sun doesn't shine.
Fitzgerald knew Libby did not
March 6, 2007 - 18:26 ET by JDWFitzgerald knew Libby did not reveal Plame, he didn't charge him with it. The entire matter makes little sense from a legal perspective.
JDW
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News media: Scoreboard for terrorists
With guilty verdict, the Libe
March 6, 2007 - 18:27 ET by Chris NormanWith guilty verdict, the Liberals' anti-Bush/Cheney fantasy vistas have expanded to an unlimited range...
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
Cafferty comes across as a dry-drunk boozer
March 6, 2007 - 18:29 ET by RJCafferty behaves like a dry-drunk boozer who got his journalistic training on a barstool. Only liberals would take a blathering fool like him seriously.
Cafferty actually does us all
March 6, 2007 - 18:31 ET by MidAmericaCafferty actually does us all a favor by turning off mainstream viewers from watching CNN. His crusty old 'mad as hell' persona is not something you want to subject yourself to after a hard day at work.
"Why would he lie? Who
March 6, 2007 - 18:35 ET by fossten"Why would he lie? Who was he protecting? We'll probably never know the answer to that."
"It's a bullsh-t question!"
-- Mona Lisa Vito
CNN isn't even news anymore
March 6, 2007 - 18:45 ET by TheBigMackDaddyAnyone who has watched CNN for any period of time knows that CNN is likely the most left-wing in the MSM but they don't really even do left-leaning news anymore. Now it is more of a 24-7 liberal infomercial with no real news value. With a name like CNN (Cable NEWS Network) you would think that they would periodically mix some news into their commentary. You are more likely to see a Music Video on MTV than you are to see News on CNN.
They only piece of real news here is the Libby's actual conviction which is really just just the anti-climatic ending to a boring news story which really goes nowhere. Is that piece of news going to be followed by some form of intelligent analysis offering an informed, non-bias dissertation of what this conviction means (I snickered as I typed that last sentence)? No, just some ultra-orthodox, left-wing hack spewing his uninformed views followed by the Emails of those of an even lesser informed audience (present readers excluded).
Just more intellectual porn for democrats.
"Why don't we just ask Osama bin -- Osama Obama... Obama what -- since he won by such a big amount." -- Ted Kennedy
Libby jury
March 6, 2007 - 19:24 ET by Demonhunterhttp://us.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/06/libby.juror/index.html
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Jurors in I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's perjury trial were certain of the former vice presidential aide's guilt, but they also harbored sympathy for him as a "fall guy," one of them said Tuesday after the verdict.
A fall guy? For what and for whom? He was more of a scapegoat for the left, since there was zero evidence that anyone in the White House actually lied or influenced intelligence.
"It was just very hard to believe how he could remember it on a Tuesday and forget it on a Thursday and then remember it two days later," Collins told reporters outside U.S. District Court.
But, apparently they found it totally credible that the three principal prosecution witnesses misremembered and then "corrected" their original statements.
"It was said a number of times, 'What are we doing with this guy here? Where's [Karl] Rove ... where are these other guys?'
This is what happens when you believe Democrats and their psycho-phants in the Old Media. The name you are searching for is Richard Armitage, and Patrick Fitzgerald knew that before he even deposed Libby and Rove.
Or, if you want the person who actually exposed Plame when she was a NOC agent, I believe that would be Aldrich Ames.
If it's not the Crusades, it's the cartoons
Demonhunter, this very stat
March 6, 2007 - 19:43 ET by WolfremDemonhunter, this very statement that you quoted: It was said a number of times, 'What are we doing with this guy here? Where's [Karl] Rove ... where are these other guys?', I believe is the very basis for a mistrial. The statement shows that the jury had their own agenda.
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana
Hide something in plain sight.
March 6, 2007 - 19:36 ET by Wolfrem"view things like the Constitution and the nation’s laws as inconveniences that only serve to get in the way of their agenda."
Once again, a member of the left accuses the right of the exact same thing they themselves are guilty of. As the old saying says, "The best place to hide something is in plain sight".
"President Bush pardons Libby on his way out the door"
Just like Clinton did on his way out?
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana
By the way let me state for
March 7, 2007 - 03:37 ET by radiofitz34By the way let me state for record, I'm not at all related to Patrick Fitzgerald. This whole case will be re-tried. Although I can't predict the outcome, it will be "quieter" than this one was.
Unhappy with the last thread,
March 7, 2007 - 03:41 ET by CarpareusUnhappy with the last thread, eh?
Well at least now you know
March 7, 2007 - 03:53 ET by radiofitz34Well at least now you know my last name Carpareus. I listen to Levin comming home from work and kept hearing Fitzgerald. Not use to hearing Fitzgerald in such a negative light. Oh well, that's the breaks.
You mispelled Lenin.
March 7, 2007 - 04:04 ET by CarpareusYou mispelled Lenin?
The name Levin sounds familia
March 7, 2007 - 04:27 ET by CarpareusThe name Levin sounds familiar.
I agree, the case is a classic for appeal? But why quieter?
March 7, 2007 - 03:47 ET by acaiguanaI agree, the case is a classic for appeal? But why quieter?
I would like to see much more MSM noise. Especially here. This whole case has to do with the MSM. Would you not agree?
ACA
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Well certainly if favorable
March 7, 2007 - 03:57 ET by radiofitz34Well certainly if favorable outcomes happen. I'd like to hear the MSM have to say it.
"...favorable outcomes?"
March 7, 2007 - 04:06 ET by Carpareus"...favorable outcomes?"
This whole case will be re-tried.
March 7, 2007 - 04:08 ET by CarpareusThis whole case will be re-tried. In the 9(ninth), right?
pre- retro apology
March 7, 2007 - 04:18 ET by CarpareusIn the event it becomes necessary may I please state here that I was only fission'.
Carp
DUDE!
March 7, 2007 - 04:24 ET by CarpareusWhen I glanced at your profile I saw "Salem" and thought it reffed OR. My apologies- Salem is a fine network.
Carp
Cafferty is nothing but a pun
March 7, 2007 - 08:30 ET by Al CzervikCafferty is nothing but a punchline anymore. Isn't this the same "politically astute" retard that said: “You know, if you were a real cynic, you could also wonder if the oil companies might not be pulling the price of gas down to help the Republicans get re-elected in the midterm elections a couple of months away”. Gee, I don't remember him recanting that statement.
Perhaps Mr. Cafferty can direct a small bit of that vitriol toward the Clinton team for all of the convictions that took place in "their" administration. With Web Hubbell tied so closely to Mrs. Clinton, how can she be a serious candidate?
"In December of that year Hubbell pleaded "guilty" to tax evasion and mail fraud in the Rose Law Firm affair."
"There was a meeting in the residence at the executive mansion on March 13, 1994, that was related to a stream of developments in the Whitewater affair that were besieging the administration, and at the conclusion of that meeting according to what Mr. McLarty recalls, he informed the First Lady that he, Mr. McLarty, was going to be seeking to provide assistance of some form for Mr. Hubbell."
Gosh Jack, if you were a real cynic, you would also wonder if Mrs. Clinton wasn't trying to buy Hubbell's silence in the middle of an investigation. Probably not since she's a democrat and all.