http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspxFrom NBC's Domenico MontanaroVice President Dick Cheney has released a statement on Libby's sentencing: "I relied on [Scooter] heavily in my capacity as Secretary of Defense and as Vice President. I have always considered him to be a man of the highesten-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214463Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:24:49 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214463Mark, NYWhat an ass... Cheney aranged for Libbey to take the blame, and yet he won't come clean.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214469Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:26:34 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214469Al, KSIn other words, Dick, "You hope he will continue to cover your ass."http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214491Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:36:49 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214491Ollie frenchburg kyA Cheney comment? Boy that carries a lot of weight!http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214500Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:39:52 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214500R.Merrell"...a man of the highest intellect, judgment and personal integrity..." Too bad the same could never be said of you, Dick.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214510Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:43:36 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214510HOT DAMYOU are a friend oh weird one!!?? You do not have any friends oh weird one. You taken care of his family? I bet Libby is "Terrorfied" you Will take care of his family. He best keep his mouth shut and do his time, right Boss? http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214528Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:48:59 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214528lloyd roberts Jamaica, NYScariest mo--th--fu---er I have ever seen in American politics, Cheney that is. Thank God this man's rein of terror ends December 2008, a day for America to celebrate it's independance again and reclaim it's freedom. God bless America. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214540Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:52:28 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214540Carrie, NW IowaHe remains deeply saddened by this tragedy. It's good to know that with so many soldiers dying in Iraq, Scooter Libby's conviction for perjury is what Dick is saddened by. Speaks volumes.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214552Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:55:52 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214552Amy B Portland, MECheney isn't sorry a CIA agent's cover was blown, our national security was jeopardized, a journalist spent a year in jail to protect her sources, or that his administration will forever been known for trying to "punish" a critic with smears instead of counter- arguments. Cheney you would be right at home as Putin's right hand man. What a tragedy of bith you weren't botn in Russia.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214566Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:00:15 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214566flkSilence! Satan speaks!http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214572Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:01:53 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214572Chicken dick, WASH. DC"...and if he ever accuses me of "setting him up" again, I'll take his whole family hunting."http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214580Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:04:55 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214580Al, KSCan't make this stuff up....this is just too good to be true. I'm going to enjoy all the comments on this one.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214581Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:05:11 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214581Susan, MiamiMr. Cheney is a truly the epitome of evil. He cares for NO ONE.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214582Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:05:22 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214582Still Crazy After All These Years"I Get by With A Little Help From My Friends"-The Beatleshttp://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214594Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:12:07 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214594AmericaWe really hate you, Dickster. We really do.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214597Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:13:58 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214597Amy B Portland, MEsorry, Cheney, my typing is bad " What a tragedy of birth you weren't born in Russia. " And I mean it.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214614Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:20:26 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214614Pete Caloger Bushkill, PA 18324Hey, Dick, what could you possibly need with a man of intellect, judgment, and personal integrity? http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214627Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:24:03 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214627lloyd roberts Jamaica, NYAmen to Amy, he would have done well in the former Soviet Union. But I got news for you, America may vote for Rudy Giuliani as their next president. And I can tell you as a New Yorker, that's someone who really would have excelled in the former Soviet Union or as Amy said, in the present Russia. Watch out America, the Fascists are coming.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214636Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:28:29 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214636Russell in MarylandDick now has a pen pal.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214661Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:38:23 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214661Russell in MarylandIn case anyone is wondering what was left out of the statement at the elipsis (...) here it is: "a man fully committed to protecting the vital security interests of the United States and its citizens" and I thought it was the VP he was protecting -- silly me.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214701Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:51:42 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214701Scott in South TexasCheney is just being Cheney. He is amazed that someone in this corrupt administration was actually held accountable for his crimes. Cheney thinks that he, and they, are above the law, and it apparently never occurred to him that he can't control a jury and a judge. He has nothing but contempt for the citizens he is supposed to be serving, and the Constitution he swore to uphold. All of this started as nothing but revenge against Joe Wilson, and Cheney was all to happy to throw Libby, someone who trusted him, to the wolves to save his own ass. It just doesn't get any sorrier than this.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214743Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:12:02 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214743Milwaukee MOMOr any scarier, Scott.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214783Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:44:18 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214783ed peffermanScooter Libby is a traitor he should be shot not sent to jail. His boss ElDuce should be shot with himhttp://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214794Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:48:04 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214794Mark ThiemeScott: "It just doesn't get any sorrier than this." Tragically, there are still 19 months of hell left for America and the world. Yes, Scott, it may get sorrier.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214800Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:50:39 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214800cmsTragedy??? It's a tragedy when small children die in a fire. It's a tragedy when a young person is killed in a car crash. Obviously, the tragedies in Iraq are too numerous to mention. Libby getting 2 years in prison for lying to federal prosecuters, while certainly terrible for he and his family, does not constitute a tragedy. I suspect even Libby himself could think of things that could happen to him that would be far more tragic.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214819Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:59:16 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214819Scott in South TexasMark, you are of course right. We probably cannot even imagine how much worse the sorrierness can get.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214846Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:19:41 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214846JIrby, ColoradoWhat happened to all the Repubs? Please step forward and defend your man Cheney, the most Republican of Republicans.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214878Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:42:08 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214878Acid Boy, AZScooter, tune up your tennis racket, you are going to a Federal Country Club. Don't cry for him America.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214931Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:18:29 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214931Cheech Wizzard, where's ya when we needz ya? See, folks, why there was such a big to-do about Shrub not wearing a seat belt? S'pose the little dunce hit a steer or a tree or whatever, and got himself killed. Who would become el presidente then? It would be the same dude that was supposed to shoot a quail in front of him, but was off by about 90 degrees. The same dude that is really behind missing Bin Laden in Afganistan, and had us aim, instead, 180 derees in the opposite direction! Geez- can you imagine what would happen if we let this pri*k go talk to Putin instead of dunce-boy? Anyone old enough to remeber "duck-and-cover"? Shrub- put on that seat belt afore I sic momma Barbara on youz!http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#214934Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:20:39 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:214934DesmondI wonder if Fred Thompson is spending money on his appeals trial too.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/05/214442.aspx#215215Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:58:03 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:215215Amy B Portland, MeHere here Scott, Texas. The theme of the decade is accountability, or rather, the lack there of. That and rewarding failure.