WASHINGTON - Former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby lost his bid on Monday to delay serving his 2 1/2-year prison sentence while he appeals his conviction in the CIA leak case.

Conservatives have pressured President George W. Bush to pardon Libby before he serves any time in prison but Bush has been advised not to do this as he and Cheney were involved in the original crime.

Libby, who was Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, was found guilty in March of lying, perjury and obstructing justice during an investigation into who blew the cover of a CIA analyst whose husband criticized the Iraq war.

A federal judge last month ruled Libby would have to report to prison in six to eight weeks.

The three-judge panel of the appeals court rejected Libby's request in a one-paragraph order, ruling he has not shown that his appeal "raises a substantial question."

The former CIA analyst, Valerie Plame, has said her identity was disclosed in retaliation after her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, accused the administration of manipulating intelligence to build its case for the Iraq war.

Nobody has been charged yet with blowing Plame's cover but this is about to change as Libby is about to make a full statement..

HIS UNHOLINESS (GEORGE WARMONGER BUSH) : "Sorry to Oil the Commuting of the Libby Sentence, the Bush Sponsored Hijacking of Law and Order, the Bush Sponsored Violations of Criminal Law, and the Bush Push for Immunity from War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity but Oil comes First. READY TO REVEL WITH THE DEVIL ???????????"

This is a nice rat, juicy with really bad information. Intensive Confinement at anyone of many overcrowded hell pits we call correctional facilities.

Bush & Cheney easyily instigated and then got away with 911 and their wholesale genocide/massacres in Iraq! So why should they worry about getting any flack from such a tiny little trifle such as pardoning Libby? They're laughing it all off!

Bush & Cheney easily instigated and then got away with 911 and their wholesale genocide/massacres in Iraq! Plus the Democrats made no moves at all in the direction of bringing the Bush Regime to justice for its many murderous crimes so why should Bush & Cheney worry about getting any flack from such a tiny little trifle as pardoning Libby? They're not worried they're laughing it all off!

Why the backlash againt the President for letting Scooter Libby out of prison?

Libby's crimes seem so insignificant when compared to Bill Clinton's selling of Presidential Pardons to convicted felons.

How completely hypocritical of the Democrats