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9. And Dukakis didn't personally authorize Horton's specific furlough, he was just a part of a weekend prison furlough

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 30, 2025, 08:51 AM

Nov 30

program the governor supported. Bush made it appear like Dukakis had murdered and raped himself, and corporate media went along with it. Had Hillary or Joe transferred a convicted sexual abuser like Ghislaine Maxwell to a country club prison, the media would literally crucify them. With all of Trump's corrupt pardons, it's crickets.

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Out in less than 2 weeks? Top dollar, and a crate of golden tchotchkes. tanyev Nov 30 #6

Trump is sending a message that crime does pay, and is a respectable profession. Irish_Dem Nov 30 #8

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Merrily setting criminals free. Anyone remember Dukakis and Willie Horton? Back then people were so sinkingfeeling Nov 30 #2

And Dukakis didn't personally authorize Horton's specific furlough, he was just a part of a weekend prison furlough sop Nov 30 #9

There needs to be a Constitutional Amendment that removes Presidential pardon power. It is the power of a king. Celerity Nov 30 #3

I am not so sure. If the president were honest Jerry2144 Nov 30 #21

An absolute power, a power with no check, no balance cannot be dependent on the good moral character of a POTUS. Celerity Nov 30 #23

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Keeping that. Bayard Nov 30 #28

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