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Offline dutch508

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Felons Seeking Bush Pardon Near a Record
« on: July 21, 2008, 10:50:28 AM »
The last day Clinton pardons come to mind...

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flashl  (1000+ posts)      Sat Jul-19-08 08:42 AM
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Felons Seeking Bush Pardon Near a Record 
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WASHINGTON — Felons are asking President Bush for pardons and commutations at historic levels as he nears his final months in office, a time when many other presidents have granted a flurry of clemency requests.

Among the petitioners is Michael Milken, the billionaire former junk bond king turned philanthropist, who is seeking a pardon for his 1990 conviction for securities fraud, the Justice Department said. Mr. Milken sought a pardon eight years ago from President Bill Clinton, and submitted a new petition in June.

In addition, prominent federal inmates are asking Mr. Bush to commute their sentences. Among them are Randy Cunningham, the former Republican congressman from California; Edwin W. Edwards, a former Democratic governor of Louisiana; John Walker Lindh, the so-called American Taliban; and Marion Jones, the former Olympic sprinter.

The requests are adding to a backlog of nearly 2,300 pending petitions, most from “ordinary people who committed garden-variety crimes,” said Margaret Colgate Love, a clemency lawyer.

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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/us/19pardon.html?ref=...


Of course, the first answer is the DUmmie answer for anything. and makes as much sense as anything else they say:

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tekisui  (1000+ posts)      Sat Jul-19-08 08:45 AM
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1. Presidential Pardons are bullshit.
 Impeach the Imperial President!

 
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dbaker41  (1000+ posts)      Mon Jul-21-08 11:37 AM
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23. Tell it to those guys who wrote the Constitution.
 There's a reason it's in there.

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santamargarita (311 posts)       Sat Jul-19-08 10:25 AM
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6. Impeach this bastard so he can't pardon anyone!
 If you're a criminal, you're in with this bunch!


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Re: Felons Seeking Bush Pardon Near a Record
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2008, 11:26:45 AM »
I'm just thankful that you didn't post the unabridged list of Comrade Clinton's Presidential pardons.  I'd have never have been able to load the page for all the memory it'd take up.

One wonders how the ****in' NeoComs can even mention President Bush and pardons in the same sentence without getting profoundly uncomfortable - like vampires in a bath of holy water uncomfortable.
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Re: Felons Seeking Bush Pardon Near a Record
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2008, 11:44:23 AM »
By the way, I've got $50 that says I know of at least 2 "felons" that won't be on President Bush's pardons list.

I haven't forgotten, Ramos and Campeon.
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Re: Felons Seeking Bush Pardon Near a Record
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2008, 01:56:30 PM »
With the exception of the two border patrol guys in prison. I see no reason to have the President pardon all those future Democratic voters.
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Re: Felons Seeking Bush Pardon Near a Record
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2008, 02:33:03 PM »
I wonder if I can get a pardon?
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Re: Felons Seeking Bush Pardon Near a Record
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2008, 02:34:41 PM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on July 21, 2008, 02:33:03 PM
I wonder if I can get a pardon?

The DUmmies seem to think that the President can pardon people for crimes that they haven't been charged with, so I'm thinking about asking for a blanket pardon for anything I might do in the future.
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Re: Felons Seeking Bush Pardon Near a Record
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2008, 01:00:26 AM »
Quote from: djones520 on July 21, 2008, 02:34:41 PM
Quote from: RobJohnson on July 21, 2008, 02:33:03 PM
I wonder if I can get a pardon?

The DUmmies seem to think that the President can pardon people for crimes that they haven't been charged with, so I'm thinking about asking for a blanket pardon for anything I might do in the future.

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