Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1787 that "The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them."
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
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I think that the American people are inured to Bush's cynical moves by this point. I really doubt it will have much of an impact on politics in the US. It will be another example, however, to tarnish his "legacy."
Bush commuting Libby’s sentence, in my opinion will hurt the republicans come the 2008 elections. Not only does it throw more suspicion on president for how much he knew about the leaking of the CIA operative. It also hurts the republicans running that are close to the president and have agreed with him on all issues since bush took office. If these republicans want to have a chance in 2008 they need to start distancing them self’s from the president. I doubt that the American people will fall for the same trick twice anyway.
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