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TBogg summed up the Bush commutation of Libby's prison sentence thusly:

Welcome to Judicial Calvinball...

Couldn't have put it better myself.

And this poll on the commutation is fascinating:

• 60% say the prison sentence should have been left in place.

• 21% agree with the commutation.

• 17% say Libby should have been pardoned entirely.

But since when has the will of the people had any effect on this government? I suspect this will mean a bump in Bush's popularity, oddly enough, as the wingnuts rejoin their tribal victory dance because Bush "stuck it to the liberals". And of course Libby will end up with a nice, cushy think tank job even as a convicted felon.

UPDATE: I highly recommend checking out The Poorman's take, and of course the always brilliant Glenn Greenwald:

We have a radical and lawless government that has run rampant over the last six years precisely because the institutions designed to stop that abuse have not only stood idly by, but have actively defended and participated in it. We actually have a press corps that holds, as its central belief, that our highest government officials should be free of investigation and accountability. In every country ruled by a lawless government and a corrupt political and media elite, powerful political officials do not go to prison for crimes. That is why convicted felon Lewis Libby will remain free.

And Atrios has a suggestion:

Politely tell them what you think about the commutation.

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For my fellow Californians might I suggest Dropping Nancy Pelosi a line? Sure the White House will probably blow us off but she might actually listen and, you know, represent the people of her state. Hey, stranger things have happened.

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So tell me what you really think. :)

This administration and congress never cease to amaze me.

In this case, amaze is also a synonym for horrify.