In the happiness, which I share, that Libby got convicted (and the
hope that many more will be disgraced at least) let's not forget that
even deserved imprisonment is devastating to the perp and to those
who love him. Making fun of his wife's grief and anger seems more
than a little heartless.
Mark
At 11:09 AM 3/7/2007, you wrote:
>Hey, if she got involved wit a mendacious servant of imperial power who
>then got caught, what's her problem?
>
>Aside from their awareness that the real crooks had not been brought
>before them, I thought the jury was far too kind to the man.
>
>I do think that there will be some fall out, as both the prosecutor &
>the one jury member to speak made it very clear that although the trial
>was forced to stick to its narrow focus, the 'cloud over the White
>House' was there, was dark, & couldn't be dismissed....
>
>Doug
>
>Doug
>On 7-Mar-07, at 6:42 AM, Rachel Loden wrote:
>
>>Stephen, apparently they won't stop with trashing us. A tidbit from the
>>Washington Post:
>>
>>"Libby's wife, Harriet Grant, was not as composed. In the first row of
>>spectators, she hunched over and shook. A young member of Libby's
>>defense
>>team put his arm around her shoulders. After judge and jury left,
>>Grant went
>>over to hug her husband with a furious look on her face. Three
>>reporters
>>heard her say what sounded like, 'We're gonna [expletive] 'em.'"
>>
>>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/ AR2007030601
>>998.html
>>
>>Rachel L.
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