Lest We Forget

In the midst of all the recent hubbub about President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's prison sentence, let us remember that it is the privilege of the President to commute or pardon individuals who he believes were treated unjustly. And before we go around pointing the finger at Bush for "subverting the rule of law," let us not forget the 61 commutations and 395 pardons of convicted criminals that were granted by former President Clinton. If you don't like Bush's commuting the sentence of a clearly politically-motivated and questionable conviction, then you have to also decry the hundreds of commutations and pardons of your own party's Chief Executive.