The Great Scooter Libby Freak-Out

This was hilarious by Digby, but I want to bring up another point. Wolf Blitzer just got done saying, "The pressure's on, Bush has only 6-8 weeks to pardon Libby." Or what? He'll melt? Aren't these the same people laughing that Paris Hilton should take her medicine and not get special treatment to get her out of jail? Now they think this fragile flower Scooter Libby can't spend 10 minutes in the clink and must be saved? Isn't Libby partially responsible for sending Americans into a war zone? He can't bear to don an orange jumpsuit without fainting and slipping into a dementia?

There's no pressure on the President except what's being applied by the right-wing noise machine. These Beltway insiders can't bear to see their friend in the slammer because they know they're just as culpable for the depredations of this Administration. Looking at Libby is like looking into a mirror.

UPDATE: By the way, Hardball really gave voice to the entire political spectrum on today's ruling. You had, on one side, a guy who was hired by and worked for Scooter Libby, and from the left, Pat Buchanan.

UPDATE II: I was surprised to hear David Shuster explain very logically and succinctly that Libby does have an easy way out of thae molten fire that is a minimum security prison. He can simply tell the feds what he knows about Dick Cheney's involvement, and he's likely to get leniency in exchange for that information. Everyone shrieking like a maniac that this is a travesty of justice ought to counsel their sainted Jesus that all he has to do is pass a few nuggets about the VP and he can go on the wingnut welfare lecture circuit for the rest of his life.