President Bush's decision to commute Scooter Libby's 30-month jail term reminds me of a line from a former colleague.
You recall the old adage that a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged.
Well, after Spiro Agnew cut his deal with prosecutors, all the while complaining about how they were persecuting him, my friend turned to me and said:
You know what a liberal is, don't you? A conservative who's been indicted.
In Bush's defense, maybe this is what he meant when he talked about compassionate conservatism.
-- Tom Ferrick
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