I painted this painting back when I was a teen and Bob had just left for West Point. I had already decided I was going to wait for him.

Life is a waiting game in so many ways. While I waited for Bob I finished college and grew up. Now we are waiting for our son to come home for his two weeks R&R. We aren’t sure when but it hopefully will happen before June.

I’ve been too busy this week to do much blogging, but am aware of the guilty verdict in the Scooter Libby trial. I wasn’t surprised that Scooter Libby was found guilty by a D.C. jury because after all, he is a Republican.

I did have a little hope, considering the length of the jury deliberations, that the jury would set Fitzgerald straight but after hearing from juror, Denis Collins and reading his many worded account (which had little to do with the actual charges) realize the fix was in from the start.

I am very disappointed that this good man, Scooter Libby, who was just doing his duty in the aftermath of September 11th was caught up in the nasty shadow war on the Bush administration.

Waged by hardcore leftists in the CIA, Justice Department, liberal media and other Democrat entities, this shadow war sought to slime the President by casting doubt on the justification for going to war in Iraq.

The War against the Bush administration began long before Joe Wilson went to Niger, but he played his deceptive role, the New York Times took up his cause and the rest is history. The media assault continues to this very moment as Lorie Byrd writes.

Why? Are these journalists too invested in the Wilson tale to give up on it, even in the face of compelling evidence that much of it was at best unfounded, and at worst a fantasy in Wilson’s mind? Many liberals still support Wilson because his story reinforces their opposition to the war and portrays the Bush administration as the evil conspiracy so many on the left insist they see.

Because Wilson’s version of events became conventional wisdom years ago, liberals have been able to ignore inconsistent and contrary revelations with no repercussions.

Scooter Libby is the first human casualty but he won’t be the last.

It’s really sad that everything Mr. Libby has worked for in his life is now stained with Fitzgerald’s folly. How heartbreaking it must be for his family. Now they must wait….for the eventual denial of a new trial, an appeal, and hopefully, a pardon.

Sissy Willis has much more.

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