A lot has been in the news lately about President Bush’s recent commutation of “Scooter” Libby’s sentence. It seems like the general consensus out there is that Bush was wrong to do this because it proves that there is cronyism and no equal justice in Washington, DC. I take a different look at it.

First of all, there IS cronyism and no equal justice in Washington DC! Both Democrats and Republicans are guilty of disgusting, immoral bastardizations of the trust that we repose in them to lead our country (anyone remember when a certain Louisiana Congressman’s freezer was stacked with rolls of money?). Our system is broken. On this fourth of July, it is time that everyone in this country really take a good, hard look at our founding documents – all we need to govern ourselves properly is in there. But I digress…

I’m not angry about Bush’s commutation – it’s his power and right as President to enact that provision if he feels it necessary. What I am REALLY angry about is that this Libby guy committed no crime and was essentially found guilty of someone ELSE’s crime! Anyone who looks at this case with any grain of fairness knows that Richard Armitage is the one who leaked Valerie Plame’s name to the Robert Novak, not Libby.

What irks me the most is that Armitage walks free. Now, if the RIGHT guy was convicted of the crime and sentenced to two and a half years in jail and this sentence was commuted by Bush, then I would be irate at the President. But for a guy who simply knew something and repeated what he heard about what was already out there (i.e. committing no crime), two and a half years is too harsh.

Armitage, though, that’s another story. Bring charges against him and throw the book at him!

If you thought President Bush’s approval was low as it hovers in the mid-30’s, then you don’t want to even know about the Nancy Pelosi-controlled Congress and their rating. A recent Gallup poll exposed this do-nothing Congress for what it is by showing a public approval rating of just 14%.

FOURTEEN PERCENT!

I don’t care how much you dislike President Bush or how far to the left you are – you have GOT to be disgusted with that approval rating! The article linked above talks more about the rating, but if I had to opine on why Congress’ rating is so low, I would like straight at the Iraq War and the lack of the Democrats to pull us out of action there.

But you know what? The Democrats did their job on this issue! You see, Americans are brainwashed by the mass media (and to a large degree by the very political extremists who want their votes) to believe that if you elected a new Congress or a new politician, something different will be done.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

That is not what public policy “is” in 21st Century America. Sure, I’d like to see the troops come home yesterday and for us to give Iraq to the Iraqis, but it is not the job of the Democratic Congress or the Republican President to make this happen simply because of their election. Anyone with a basic knowledge of Congressional standards can tell you that much.

The Democrats did their job with Iraq and they did it with the stem cell debate. They used their power to push the “people’s” legislative wants and desires. They passed an Iraq bill with a timetable for withdrawal and they passed stem cell funding legislation. Both were vetoed. Folks, that’s the most they can do with their current positions! This isn’t an anarchy where we go bonkers when we don’t get our way!

For the American people to blast the Congress shows that our public’s education on American government is poor at best. I’m not defending the Democratic Congress (and I probably never would), but they certainly don’t deserve the 14% approval rating. Just like President Bush doesn’t deserve his thirty-something rating, either.

Yesterday, I put up an entry about how bad Wolf Blitzer was during the debate last night. Also, I made some comments that I wouldn’t be surprised if he had some extremist television executive telling him to insert completely ridiculous, way-far-left questions into the debate throughout the course of the night. Below is a great example of this and it also happens to be one of the most eloquent, thoughtful responses that I’ve ever heard any one give about the dumb “evolution vs. creationism” debate which seems to exist in .0001% of the nation’s schools.

MR. FAHEY: Thank you. Governor Huckabee, at a previous debate, you and two of your colleagues indicated that you do not believe in evolution. You’re an ordained minister. What do you believe? Is it the story of creation as it is reported in the Bible or described in the Bible?

MR. HUCKABEE: It’s interesting that that question would even be asked of somebody running for president. I’m not planning on writing the curriculum for an eighth-grade science book. I’m asking for the opportunity to be president of the United States.

But you’ve raised the question, so let me answer it. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth.” To me it’s pretty simple, a person either believes that God created this process or believes that it was an accident and that it just happened all on its own.

And the basic question was an unfair question because it simply asks us in a simplistic manner whether or not we believed — in my view — whether there’s a God or not. Well let me be very clear: I believe there is a God. I believe there is a God who was active in the creation process. Now, how did he do it, and when did he do it, and how long did he take? I don’t honestly know, and I don’t think knowing that would make me a better or a worse president.

But I’ll tell you what I can tell the country. If they want a president who doesn’t believe in God, there’s probably plenty of choices. But if I’m selected as president of this country, they’ll have one who believes in those words that God did create. And as the words of Martin Luther, “Here I stand. I can do no other.” And I will not take that back.

MR. BLITZER: Governor, but — but — (applause) — I think the specific question — the specific question is do you believe literally it was done in six days and it occurred 6,000 years ago?

MR. HUCKABEE: No, I did answer that, Wolf. I said I don’t know. My point is, I don’t know; I wasn’t there. (Laughter.) But I believe whether God did it in six days or whether he did it in six days that represented periods of time, he did it, and that’s what’s important.

But, you know, if anybody wants to believe that they are the descendants of a primate, they are certainly welcome to do it. I don’t know how far they will march that back. But I believe that all of us in this room are the unique creations of a God who knows us and loves us and who created us for his own purpose.

I love Huckabee’s responses. From the very first sentence to the very last one, this is the absolute best I have ever heard any political candidate for any political office come out and say, “You idiot – what are you asking me about something that has nothing to do with the office for which I’m running for!?!? Damn, you’re dumb!”

Excellent job, Governor Huckabee. For that response alone, you go way up in my book, sir.