Neo-con name calling

This is one pissed neo-con. William Kristol, of Weekly Standard, FOX News, and general warmongering fame, has a few choice words for "his" president.

Will Bush pardon Libby? Apparently not--even if it means a man who worked closely with him and sought tirelessly to do what was right for the country goes to prison. Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino, noting that the appeals process was underway, said, "Given that and in keeping with what we have said in the past, the president has not intervened so far in any other criminal matter and he is going to decline to do so now."

So much for loyalty, or decency, or courage. For President Bush, loyalty is apparently a one-way street; decency is something he's for as long as he doesn't have to take any risks in its behalf; and courage--well, that's nowhere to be seen. Many of us used to respect President Bush. Can one respect him still?

Read that last paragraph again. Can you feel the contempt?

It's one thing to advocate--the completely delusion point, mind you--that a great injustice has been perpetrated against the saintly Scooter Libby and he should be pardoned--I'd be disappointed if the Right, and the neo-cons in particular, didn't--it's quite another thing to call the president a disloyal coward who does not deserve respect.

If William Kristol thinks name calling is going to make the president do what he wants, he is sorely mistaken. I think the anti-war crowd can attest to that. Who knows maybe the president's loyalty ends with his team from Texas and Scooter Libby will actually be hung out to dry.