'So help me God' doesn't mean what it used to

Soft-on-crime apologists for convicted felon Scooter Libby and for the president's amnesty for him have argued that Libby's lying under oath should've been excused. According to them, it was okay for Libby to lie under oath because the investigation into who leaked Valerie Plame's name was bogus and should never have taken place at all. This is a different position than what most of them held 10 years ago regarding a certain Democratic president.

I always thought that when you put your hand on the Bible and promised to 'tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help [you] God,' it was serious. But I guess the God-fearing types believe that telling the truth when you swear to God should be optional, depending on what party you belong to.

The thing I'm wondering though, how come I didn't hear any of them demanding clemency for New York Times' reporter Judith Miller? Libby lies under oath and he doesn't spend a day behind bars. Miller refuses to say a word and she's thrown in jail for months.

I guess for some folks, 'so help me God' doesn't mean what it used to.