Go read Hunter now. Here’s a taste:

Eighteen months from now, on some mid-January day, Libby will of course be lauded for his great service to the nation — that service in no way being the remarkable ability to keep his mouth tightly shut in face of a criminal investigation into activities at the White House, perish the thought — and fully pardoned. Bush’s statement about respecting jury opinions will be recast once again, this time to the effect of “I respect the jury opinions, but Scooter has had quite the rough time of it lately, what with all these investigations and indictments and whatnot, and has suffered enough. Let the healing begin!” This will be lauded by administration members, administration friends, other indicted members of the Republican party, and by “centrist” pundits eager to ply all of them for quotes and insights. The mere premise that a member of his administration would be held accountable for criminal actions as others would be is not just unthinkable, but has been a matter of great contention throughout Bush’s presidency, requiring elaborate fictions of legalese to defend even the transparently illegal, such as domestic espionage and torture, and even more tortured justifications for reasons why no such justifications need be given in the first place.

Related and funny: Whiskey Fire.