Monday, July 09, 2007
 
Sylvester Brown Sees World In Black and White, Again
St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Sylvester Brown weighs in on the Scooter Libby thing by finding a racial angle:
    I wonder how Kimberly Denise Jones reacted when she heard about President George W. Bush's recent decision to wipe away the prison sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

    Jones, better known as the diminutive rapper "Lil' Kim," and Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, have something in common. The 4-foot-11 rap star was convicted in 2005 on three counts of perjury and one count of conspiracy. In March, Libby was convicted of four felony counts — perjury, obstruction of justice and making false statements to FBI agents.
Let's compare the whiteys to oranges. Scooter Libby was convicted of perjury for remembering a conversation differently than someone else did, and the testimony was in an investigation that revealed no crime occurred. Li'l Kim, on the other hand:
    Lil' Kim was convicted of lying about a shootout between her entourage and a rival rap group outside a Manhattan radio station. Security photos and witnesses contradicted Lil' Kim's claim that she saw nothing.
So the color of the convicted is the only difference in the cases?

I lack nuance, I guess.


- posted by Brian J. @ 6:46 PM
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