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Cheney Furious at Bush for Not Pardoning Libby

Ex-VP pushed prez for reprieve 'til he left DC

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(Newser) – Dick Cheney is furious that President Bush wouldn’t listen when he repeatedly pushed for a last-minute pardon for Scooter Libby, the New York Daily News reports. The ex-VP “went to the mat and came back and back and back at Bush” for a full pardon, said one close to Cheney. "He was still trying the day before Obama was sworn in."

Bush commuted Libby’s prison sentence after he was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice for stonewalling the investigation into the leak of a CIA agent’s identity. But he didn’t grant a full pardon. Cheney’s “really angry about it,” a source told the Daily News.  He "places great store in loyalty and thinks Scooter got a raw deal," noted another close to the former veep. The once-warm relationship between the president and Cheney reportedly grew colder before they left office.

Former White House aide I. Lewis
Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Former vice president Dick Cheney is brought in by wheelchair to the House Chambers of the Wyoming Legislature Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2008 in Cheyenne, Wy.
Former vice president Dick Cheney is brought in by wheelchair to the House Chambers of the Wyoming Legislature Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2008 in Cheyenne, Wy.   (AP Photo/ Michael Smith)
President George W. Bush talks with Vice President Dick Cheney, right, after giving a farewell address to the nation, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.
President George W. Bush talks with Vice President Dick Cheney, right, after giving a farewell address to the nation, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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veloslug
Feb 17, 09 9:28 AM CST
Jeez Dick. He obeyed you so well for 8 years, give him this one. Reply
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Lula
Feb 17, 09 9:37 AM CST
Cheney is more to blame than Bush with the mess the USA is in. I guess Cheney is afraid it will come out that he was behind the CIA leak. Thank God they are both gone. Reply
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LeftMiddleRight
Feb 17, 09 9:42 AM CST
It's just killing him that he boasted to all his future cell mates that he could get Bush to do anything he wanted. This one will bother him the rest of his life. I'm sure he promised and gave Libby his word that he would get him a full pardon. Suck on that one for a while, Dick...about his future cell mates...I can dream can't I. Reply
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Caps
Feb 17, 09 11:35 AM CST
LeftMiddleRight. Couldn't have said it better.
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nick
Feb 17, 09 9:43 AM CST
Who keeps interviewing this moral dwarf? We need to check with Cheney only once a year ... to see if there will be six more weeks of winter! No other reason. Reply
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