Take off the political blinders...

or why I'm not celebrating Fitzmas....

Yes, Scooter was indicted, but not for outing Plame. So while on the left some are claiming "five bells on the fitzmas tree" and other silliness a few are stating Bush will just pardon Libbey anyway. Realistically that might end up being what happens to Tom Noe too, after all he was such a good Republican, he could very well be pardoned before President Bush leaves office.

Which is causing a general round of outcry as if this has never been done before. At times I wonder if most of these people on the left are too young to remember back to 2001. Or have not learned anything about our political history and some pretty big pardons that have happened.

Here is a list of Pardons that President Clinton did before he left office.

Here is a list of some of the more "noteable" pardons other presidents have given. Just to mention a few:

Oscar Collazo (Truman, 1952; commuted death sentence to life imprisonment for attempting to assassinate President Truman in 1950)

Jimmy Hoffa (Nixon, 1971; commutation)

Richard Nixon (Ford, 1974)

Tokyo Rose (Ford, 1977)

G. Gordon Liddy (Carter, 1977; commuted sentence for Watergate break-in in 1972)

Oscar Collazo (Carter, 1979; clemency for attempting to assassinate President Truman in 1950)

Patricia Hearst (Carter, 1979; commuted sentence for armed robbery)

W. Mark Felt and Edward Miller (Reagan, 1981; clemency for authorizing FBI agents to break into Vietnam protestors' offices without warrants)

Albert Alkek (Reagan, 1987; clemency for withholding information from federal officials regarding an oil price-fixing scheme)

Caspar Weinberger (Bush, 1992)

Many feel President Clinton went on a Pardon/Clemancy spree. So before the hand wringing and the further bashing of those dastardly Republicans goes full tilt? Please Democrats remember....people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw bricks.

Then remind yourself this is another good reason to have a stronger independent force in Washington.