Bush is now a liberal.

So he lets Scooter out of a very harsh sentence without fully understanding the long term ramifications.

Critics of the federal sentencing system have a long list of complaints. Sentences, they say, are too harsh. Judges are allowed to take account of facts not proven to the jury. The defendant’s positive contributions are ignored, as is the collateral damage that imprisonment causes the families involved.

On Monday, President Bush made use of every element of that critique in a detailed statement setting out his reasons for commuting Mr. Libby’s sentence.

That left experts in sentencing law scratching their heads.



So Bush has reasoned that Federal Sentencing is too tough. This is great news for Defense Attorneys across the land who have always said Federal Court was way too strict. Bush's own Justice Dept. disagrees and wants to make federal sentencing tougher. This is really getting funny. Mr. Bush thinks federal sentencing is too tough.