2/3rds of the video is Jeralyn’s rather warped wrap up of the case. (The bit about Well’s sincere explanation as to why Cheney and Libby weren’t testifying (cause they didn’t get statements until December) is just crap and Marcy could barely keep from laughing out loud.)

Dab, watch the video again. It was Marcy, not me who said Ted Wells sounded sincere in that explanation!

So his defense is I forget and all those other people are lying? No dice!

If Wells is smart he won’t allege the other witnesses were lying, he’ll say they were just, like Libby, mistaken.

Libby’s refusal to testify is the biggest piece of evidence in the trial. If it were just his memory, he could say that on the stand. But then he would be admitting that all those things happened and he’d have to answer to why they happened. Why did he send a C.I.A. Agent looking into Valerie Plame? Why did he talk about her to Judy Miller? and Ari Fleischer? Why did he and his boss work up “talking points” about Joseph Wilson? The only reason not to testify is that he’s guilty.

So his defense is I forget and all those other people are lying? No dice!

Are we to conclude that Libby is falling on the sword provided him by Cheney? And will his wife and children, and perhaps other family members be soon ‘gainfully employed’ at some Republican ‘think’ tank. Isn’t that how they do it? And by the way, where does Libby derive the funding for his legal expenses?

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Markinsanfran – That’s bullshit. The law is the law, and little people sometimes get acquitted and the high and mighty usually go to jail. The reverse is true also.

Seriously, what high profile person on trial are you referring to who the “rigged” system let off? I’m not saying that all those of position and/or power are conicted, they’re not.

And, if you think about it, all those high priced criminal defense lawyers aren’t representing the “little people,” they’re representing the rich and/or powerful, and the vast majority of those people who are paying those high legal bills are going to jail.

Perhaps it is your definition of “crime.” Are you talking about crimes actually on the books, or crimes that you think should be on the books and for which the rich and/or powerful could then be charged?

I’m talking about the *attitude* of a certain class of people. That they believe they are above the law. It’s a pernicious attitude, but it is there.

That the system is stacked in their favor, there is no doubt. That the vast majority are going to jail is in serious doubt. Many who pay those high fees never see the inside of a prison. Many never see the inside of a courtroom.

Then there are those, like Libby, who can just say “pardon me” to the co-conspirator-in-chief and, even though they are found guilty, are absolved of their crimes by executive fiat. For semi-recent examples, see Iran-Contra.

I really don’t think we are in disagreement(?)

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Same here. Thank you all so much!