comrade snarky Donating Member (563 posts) Tue Jan-20-09 09:23 PM
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I am confused by the lack of Bush pardons
Amidst all the joy. Honestly, really, truly confused.
I have been waiting for the last month for Bush to pardon a whole slew of people. I expected a blanket pardon for the torture and wiretapping. I expected specific pardons for Gonzales and Cheney and probably Libby. I'd have put even money on him breaking with all tradition and pardoning himself.
But then there was almost nothing. Last night I wasn't surprised to hear about the 2 border agents who tried to cover their own asses to the point of lying about a shooting to superior officers. I was waiting for the rest. As the night wore on here on the West Coast I thought, no it wont be tonight. He'll wait until tomorrow to announce it.
Then today, nothing. No more pardons. Did Obama saying we should look forward give him a false sense of security? Could it be worse, is he stupid enough to think he didn't do anything wrong? Well I know he is but why didn't the usual handlers explain it to him?I cant imagine what must have gone on in his head.Ha
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8121043
This is the result of getting your news and views from DU and believing your own press for the last 8 years DUmmie.
Just because you believe it, and really want it to be true, don't make it so.
One day you might actually find the critical ingredient, the you know actual crime that was committed. Take your time. I'll wait.
comrade snarky Donating Member (563 posts) Tue Jan-20-09 09:27 PM
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4. I cant believe Obama would make that deal
I know he's a politician and will bend a belief in order to work out a compromise but that's just too far.
The thing is without blanket pardons the people in the middle, the ones who followed orders or gave opinions are in legal jeopardy. A lot of it in fact. These people are going to have every reason to drop a dime on a bigger fish.
It just doesn't add up.
You're confused because your premise is faulty. We've told you why over and over again but you just don't damn listen.
MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-20-09 09:25 PM
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3. I'm Confused Too, But...
I'll heed the words of my dad, who told me "never try to figure out what crazy people are thinking; you'll just get upset, and you'll never be right".
Trying to figure out what
crazy people DU'ers are thinking provides me with endless entertainment.
Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-20-09 09:31 PM
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9. Bush is such an asshole he thinks he and all his buds
are really above the law. No pardoning needed. And the rest of the schmucks in the world, screw 'em! That's the mindset I imagine from him. Of course, maybe it's more sinister. I hope someone in that damn admin finally gets some legal comeuppance.
DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-20-09 09:49 PM
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17. He's a jug-eared little coward, who has NO friends.
no wonder here.
Do I sense a little projection here ?
Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-21-09 05:40 PM
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26. it's inconvenient when the people we demonize don't conform to our preconceptions Updated at 8:53 PM
I too would be more comfortable with Bush if he were the two dimensional cartoon villain talked about at DU. Unfortunately, he's an ordinary man--albeit a corrupt buffoon--who just happened to be elevated by arrogance, family ties, and the usual Republican conspiracy of self inflicted ignorance, to a job far beyond his abilities. He was never out to do evil; he doesn't seem capable of really any long term planning in either his personal life or his politics. He was out to enact a hollow philosophy of power and maybe grease a few friends along the way. He wasn't out to do evil this nation; he simply didn't have any mental comprehension of what "the public good" means beyond the shallow "low tax" catechism Republicans like to squawk without comprehending.
"inconvenient" ..Ha.
That you douches have been constantly wrong must be driving you
insane.