Okay, I know I was fully expecting this, and I wasn't going to let it get to me, and I never should have turned on the news this morning. I was annoyed to see GMA open with the caption "Above The Law" in their reporting of the Libby commutation, as if somehow this was an illegal thing for a president to do. There is a reason that the founding fathers left this presidential power in the constitution. Libby's punishment was extremely excessive. The fact that he had to go through this whole trial was excessive. I fully believe that most Americans have no idea why he was even convicted or even who Valerie Plame is. But they hear on the news that Bush pardoned one of his buddies just because he could, and that's all that matters. Bush is the worst president in American history. Of course he is.

Anybody remember Bill Clinton? What really pushed me over the edge was hearing that Hillary had the audacity to even comment on this yesterday. If I were her I think I would stay as far away from this as I could possibly get.

Mr. Clinton faced some serious controversy over his use of the presidential pardon. (Which, remember, isn't even what President Bush did. He only commuted the jail time.) In 1999, Clinton inexplicably pardoned 16 members of a Puerto Rican terrorist group who had been convicted for a bunch of crimes dealing with robbery, bomb-making, firearms and explosives. This was condemned by Congress by a vote of 95 to 2 in the Senate and 311-41 in the House. He refused to turn over documents dealing with this, citing executive privelege.

But the most memorable pardon scandal was the day before he left office in 2001 when he issued 104 pardons and commutations, including his own half-brother and international fugitive (whose wife just happened to be a big buddy and campaign contributer of the Clintons) Marc Rich. This was literally done at the last possible minute of his presidency so that he could do it and skate out of there.

Will President Bush do the same? I have no idea. But the fact is that Scooter Libby deserved this. Of course it's going to be used as political red meat for the Democrats. I would expect no less. But it drives me nuts that facts will be ignored in favor of juicy political spin. Guess I should be getting used to it. We're only 18 months away from the next presidential election. Maybe I need to start the ulcer medication now.