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kpete

(71,984 posts) Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:33 AM Jul 2018

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Potus issues full pardons for Bundy/compound ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond

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Potus issues full pardons for Bundy/compound ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond (Original Post) kpete Jul 2018 OP

Of course he did... Wounded Bear Jul 2018 #1

And watch as public lands becomes privatized for pennies on the dollar. Freethinker65 Jul 2018 #2

Of course they will realize they were snookered, have a moment of cognitive dissonance, and then... ck4829 Jul 2018 #4

every fucking day something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bluestarone Jul 2018 #3

Don't put it past him to issue a dual pardon for Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols no_hypocrisy Jul 2018 #5

The pardon for McVeigh won't do him (McVeigh) any good Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2018 #12

So is Keefer Jul 2018 #14

Good point Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2018 #15

So was Jack Johnson, the boxer. Post-mortem pardon. no_hypocrisy Jul 2018 #17

The once respected and solemn pardon process is now just another tool Fred Sanders Jul 2018 #6

You got THAT right!!!!! MyOwnPeace Jul 2018 #9

Is he trying to set up his own militia by kissing up to these dickheads? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2018 #7

That was my 1st thought Boxerfan Jul 2018 #10

I think so:he wants his own brownshirts benfranklin1776 Jul 2018 #11

That's what I am thinking. He's basically telling his rabid base that they can smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #23

I'm going to be sick... Blue_Tires Jul 2018 #8

He would pardon Dylann Roof if he could dalton99a Jul 2018 #13

He just put a target on the back of every law enforcement and government official. rogue emissary Jul 2018 #16

When they took up arms against federal agents Soxfan58 Jul 2018 #18

Crooked anti-govt assholes. Federal land belongs to all of us, not just to ignorant racist idiots. nmgaucho Jul 2018 #19

I Guess their Check just Cleared Stallion Jul 2018 #20

He should pardon McVeigh next. sfwriter Jul 2018 #21

The GOP's guiding principle seems to be "would half-wit morons cheer for this?" Corvo Bianco Jul 2018 #22

Wounded Bear

(58,647 posts)

1. Of course he did...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:34 AM

Jul 2018

Freethinker65

(10,009 posts)

2. And watch as public lands becomes privatized for pennies on the dollar.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:38 AM

Jul 2018

And only then will the hunters and ATVers realize they have been snookered.

ck4829

(35,045 posts)

4. Of course they will realize they were snookered, have a moment of cognitive dissonance, and then...

Reply to Freethinker65 (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:41 AM

Jul 2018

"The Jews and the Muslims did this to us!"

Count on it.

bluestarone

(16,906 posts)

3. every fucking day something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:40 AM

Jul 2018

I HATE this fucker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no_hypocrisy

(46,080 posts)

5. Don't put it past him to issue a dual pardon for Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:43 AM

Jul 2018

on a day where he really wants to redirect the narrative.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,406 posts)

12. The pardon for McVeigh won't do him (McVeigh) any good

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:56 AM

Jul 2018

He dead.

Keefer

(713 posts)

14. So is

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #12)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:58 AM

Jul 2018

Jack Johnson.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,406 posts)

15. Good point

Reply to Keefer (Reply #14)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:59 AM

Jul 2018

no_hypocrisy

(46,080 posts)

17. So was Jack Johnson, the boxer. Post-mortem pardon.

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #12)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:03 AM

Jul 2018

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/22/politics/jack-johnson-who-is/index.html

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

6. The once respected and solemn pardon process is now just another tool

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:43 AM

Jul 2018

of a corrupt regime that caters only to the screaming braindead cult.

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)

9. You got THAT right!!!!!

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:48 AM

Jul 2018

VERY well said - thank you!

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,500 posts)

7. Is he trying to set up his own militia by kissing up to these dickheads? nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:44 AM

Jul 2018

Boxerfan

(2,533 posts)

10. That was my 1st thought

Reply to Guy Whitey Corngood (Reply #7)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:50 AM

Jul 2018

A direct signal via bullhorn-all you wanabee liberul hunters come'on down it is open season.

benfranklin1776

(6,443 posts)

11. I think so:he wants his own brownshirts

Reply to Guy Whitey Corngood (Reply #7)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:53 AM

Jul 2018

Every fascist has them.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

23. That's what I am thinking. He's basically telling his rabid base that they can

Reply to Guy Whitey Corngood (Reply #7)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 12:47 PM

Jul 2018

commit murder and it won't matter because he will just pardon them anyway. This is really frightening.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

8. I'm going to be sick...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:45 AM

Jul 2018

dalton99a

(81,451 posts)

13. He would pardon Dylann Roof if he could

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:57 AM

Jul 2018

rogue emissary

(3,148 posts)

16. He just put a target on the back of every law enforcement and government official.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:00 AM

Jul 2018

Soxfan58

(3,479 posts)

18. When they took up arms against federal agents

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:06 AM

Jul 2018

Oh my! This will give other "malitias" the go ahead to do as they please, they will expect full pardons.

nmgaucho

(527 posts)

19. Crooked anti-govt assholes. Federal land belongs to all of us, not just to ignorant racist idiots.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:07 AM

Jul 2018

leaked = purposefully set to cover game/mass deer killing violations

small = 139 acres

There were campers that the Hammonds knew about on the land at the time.

oh and another burn was a laughable attempt to pre-empt a wildfire that was far away

Stallion

(6,474 posts)

20. I Guess their Check just Cleared

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:27 AM

Jul 2018

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)

21. He should pardon McVeigh next.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:31 AM

Jul 2018

That will piss off liberals and distract the country real good. 😒

Corvo Bianco

(1,148 posts)

22. The GOP's guiding principle seems to be "would half-wit morons cheer for this?"

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 12:06 PM

Jul 2018

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