Libby Trial to be Delayed Even Further?

Libby's defense lawyer is asking that the trial of one of the numerous Bush/Cheney leakers (who are, however, never condemned by the White House for leaking) be delayed even further.

That's right, the defense lawyer for Scooter Libby is asking the presiding federal judge to further extend the delay of Libby's court proceedings. The trial is already set to begin safely beyond the mid-terms elections to allow Bush maneuvering room for his strategists to decide when to pardon Libby, depending upon whether the Democrats take over either branch of Congress.

But now, the Libby "defense team" is attempting to buy even more time.

This allows for all sorts of disingenuous and dishonest posturing in the meantime, like Cheney claiming he is considering "taking the stand" in the trial to defend his "Scooter." Now, there's a laugh riot of a lie. Cheney can sound innocent and honorable because he knows that the trial will never occur in all likelihood, because Cheney himself will write the Libby pardon if he has too. But he won't, Rove will do it for him -- or they might let Libby even pen his own.

By the way, on another front, to all those high-pitched Bushevik one-party rule partisan shills who insinuate that Patrick Fitzgerald is biased, they just need to read the Chicago papers.

Just this weekend, Fitzgerald released a legal communication -- sent to the Illinois Attorney General (a Democrat) -- accusing the office of the Illinois Governor, who is a Democrat, of widespread hiring fraud and corruption. It was a wideranging and all encompassing accusation that left little doubt that Governor Blagojevich (a first-term Democrat) is implicated, although did not expressly say that. (An important note: The Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, is not being accused of any wrongdoing whatsoever. She was sent the letter by Fitzpatrick to ensure that their separate investigations into Blagojevich did not step on each other's toes.)

Meanwhile, Fitzgerald is up to his eyes in alligators investigating the hiring and contracting practices of the office of the Mayor of Chicago. That's as in Richard M. Daley, Democrat.

So, any notion that Fitzgerald is some sort of partisan U.S. Attorney out to get Bush, Cheney and the GOP gang has been put to rest permanently.

The guy is just a Boy Scout who prosecutes any political wrong doing he believes seriously violates the law.

If Bush didn't have pardon power, Fitzgerald probably would put the tsenior staff of the White House in jail, because most of them are crooks.

That's not because Fitzgeraled is in anyway partisan. It's just because he believes in applying the rule of law to Republican and Democrat alike.

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