Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[seabass]

>>>what was a purely partisan and excessive prosecution resulting in a totally inappropriate sentence. I personally favored a straight out pardon<<<


Partisan and excessive? I'm listening but it's not adding up. Judge Walton who not only sentenced Libby but also refused his request to stay out of jail during appeal was appointed by GW Bush.

"Walton served as an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 1981 to 1989 and from 1991 to 2001. He also served as associate director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and was appointed in 2001 to his lifetime seat on the federal bench by President George W. Bush."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Walton


Then......a three-judge appeals panel including one Reagan nominee and one George H.W. Bush nominee denied the same request.

"Libby may be behind bars within weeks after a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today denied his request for release.

The three-judge appeals panel that issued today's order included Judges David Sentelle, nominated by President Ronald Reagan; Karen LeCraft Henderson, nominated by President George H.W. Bush, and David Tatel, nominated by President Bill Clinton

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a68_Td7qIB80&refer=home


Where's your evidence of partisan politics here? With the exception of one lousy appeals judge, every judge having a hand in Libby's fate has been a Bush or Reagan appointee.