Paris Hilton has served more jail time

at the hands of an overzealous judge,

seen more of the inside of a jail cell,

eaten more prison food than Lewis Libby ever will

The Dictator In Chief again has proved

that you don’t mess with his boys

Libby was given a slap on the wrist sentence

for a lesser offense of perjury,

for which he would serve less than three years

and pay $250,000 out of his probable millions in fines

He tried to delay the sentence,

but the courts wouldn’t hear of it

So, he was about to be off to jail

Ride in Cowboy Bush and his Cronies

Instead of pardoning Libby all together,

which eradicates the crime, Bush commuted a sentence

he viewed as “too harsh” so no jail

served but conviction stands

No judge or court in the land can overturn

a commutation, period, the way George likes it

It’s good to be the king

Libby had become a symbol of the Bush

White House's problem with the truth.

Paris Hilton does her time, while Scooter Libby gets to scoot out of his punishment.

And totally too, because his legal defense fund will no doubt cover his $250.000 fine.

Also, what does he need his legal degree for anyway? The people he worked for thumbed their nose to the law. And, the boss he covered for, will make sure he’s amply repaid with some lucrative corporate job.

And if that weren’t bad enough, the President will probably eventually pardon him before he leaves office anyway, making this whole episode even uglier.

Joe Wilson has it right, they are all corrupt to the core and the longer we tolerate this administration’s abuse of power the less respectability we’ll have worldwide. What an embarrassment we’ve become! What a sad time for America.

Libby had become a symbol of the Bush White House's problem with the truth. And now the final act in the long-running CIA leak scandal -- Bush's commutation -- stands as another symbol of this grand theme: Lying doesn't really bother this crowd.

Somehow, it's appropriate.

The president who led the nation into a disastrous war in Iraq by peddling false statements and misrepresentations has come to the rescue of a White House aide convicted of lying.

Once again, Bush, being nudged by the neocons, has sent a clear message: telling the truth doesn't matter.

Bush has refused to acknowledge that he, Cheney, and other administration officials -- to be polite about it -- stretched the truth about Iraq and the threat it posed before the war.

Today, he says that if you lie to protect the White House (especially the vice president), you can escape retribution.

But if Bush, Cheney and the others could get away with big untruths about war, why shouldn't Libby get away with small lies about a cover-up? Fair's fair, right?

The foundation of a democratic judicial system is that the sentence fits the crime. In this instance, the commutation fits the administration.

By the way, the reason Libby's sentence was commuted and not a full pardon is because he still has 5th amendment rights.

If pardoned he would lose his 5th amendment rights.

Also, the Bush administration can still refuse to comment because it's still an on going investigation because Libby's appeal is still on-going.

Paris Hilton Is Now A Martyr

It’s official: Paris Hilton has served more jail time at the hands of an overzealous judge, seen more of the inside of a jail cell, eaten more prison food than Lewis Libby ever will.

The Dictator In Chief again has proved that you don’t mess with his boys, and if you do, he’ll ride in and rescue them; they can do no wrong. And if they do, so what, they’re the ruling class and nothing bad can happen to them.

Let’s get one thing straight: Libby is a traitor to the United States of America. He released the name, whether under direction from his boss the Vice President or not, of a covert agent in an intelligence agency during a declared time of war with troops deployed.

Her job was to find bad people with nuclear materials, a job she could not do after that point. That is treason.

I believe he should have been tried for that charge, and yes, if found guilty, then hung as many a traitor has been. We are a nation of law, or so I always hear.

But instead, he was given a slap on the wrist sentence for a lesser offense of perjury, for which he would serve less than three years and pay $250,000 out of his probable millions in fines.

He tried to delay the sentence, but the courts wouldn’t hear of it. So, he was about to be off to jail. Ride in Cowboy Bush and his Cronies.

Instead of pardoning him all together, which eradicates the crime, he commuted a sentence he viewed as “too harsh” so no jail served but conviction stands.

No judge or court in the land can overturn a commutation, period, the way George likes it. It’s good to be the king.

When are we going to impeach this man?

It is a sad day when Paris Hilton spends more time in jail for driving on a suspended license after a DUI than a traitor to our nation. But these days, treason doesn’t mean much.

We allow the buffoons in Washington DC to do it all the time. Unjust occupations, lies, deceit, waste, bankrupting the nation morally and financially, laughing in the face of justice, stacking the Supreme Court to set us back in to the stone ages...on and on I could go.

And none of them pay, but Paris, well, the public outrage over her being sent home was heard around the world in nations that don’t even have a Hilton.

People, get your priorities straight.

It’s yet another sad day in America. But these days, there seems to be more of them than not. But don’t worry, take this pill, cheer up. Your nation has gone to hell ruled by dictators. But at least Paris did her time and Libby won’t do a day.

Charles Karel Bouley @ HuffPo