powerclown

filtherton, the basis of this series of events that led up to the commute is the Iraq War. I think it helpful to see it in that light. This is about political retribution for someone who went against this administration's cause for war. Understand that some conservatives and others in favor of the war see Joe Wilson as a disingenuous cretin who deliberately, with the help of his CIA agent wife, went to great (and shady, to some) lengths to discredit that war effort. This shaped the atmosphere of a prosecution already seen by some as a politically biased, anti-war fueled witchunt from the start.

As far as geting back into the discussions, I haven't had anything constructive to say in threads such as "Ok....Can Anyone Tell Me Why Congress Does Not Impeach Bush Now?" or "Iraq was not invaded for oil" or "Does Bush really say what he means and do what he says - part II" or "Who is worse; George Bush or Hugo Chavez?" or "Support Our Troops: Stop Bush" which seem to be the norm here now.