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Tony Snow on Tell-the-Truth Tuesday:

I will simply tell you that the President, after long consideration, weeks and weeks of consideration, came to the conclusion that 30 months in jail was excessive, and that he is comfortable with the punishment, which is still quite severe, of $250,000, a felony conviction, and two years of probation.

What I would love to know is what Bush is supposed to have been struggling with for weeks and weeks.

He struggled with his conscience? And his conscience lost?

Or do they mean that it was such a close call that he struggled for weeks and weeks to decide whether a 30 month sentence was excessive? And when he finally concluded that yes, it was indeed excessive, then all-of-a-sudden-in-a-big-rush-at-the-end he saw that the right sentence should have been zero? This was after gnawing for weeks on the thorny problem of whether 30 was excessive or just right?

Is that what they’re selling us with a straight face this time around?