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DogPoundPup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 11:55 PM Original message |
President Bush pardons Brooklyn home scammer |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. He also pardoned a bunch of people in for pot "crimes." |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. and still no Leonard Peltier :( |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Now there's a reason |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Thanks for remembering him too Warpy . |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I am so glad there are others who remember him. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. Can someone give me a good reason for the pardon power |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Don Siegelman. |
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proud progressive (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. you're god-damn right i'll give you a good reason. |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 01:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I think it should be limited |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. It's a throw back to royalty. Not a check or a balance. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 04:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. That's precisely what the anti-federalists said about it |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
38. I'm more of a Jeffersonian |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Benjamin Franklin is my personal favorite |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Yes, Ben Franklin. "The only dead president who was never president!" |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 04:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Alexander Hamilton argues for it in Federalist #74... |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. Yeah but as we have seen with Nixon, Reagan and Bush Sr |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 07:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. It needs to be done away with, just like lobbying nt |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. Bush's Marc Rich pardon |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 06:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Not Likely - Remember Scooter Libby's commutation? |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. $28,500.00 ? Wow, it's cheaper to make a bribe than to hire an attorney. n/t |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Might have been the down payment. |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. "this is somebody who was alleged" ... |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. He ought to be pardoning those Border Patrol agents - n/t |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. No shit |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. And the guy's now working as a real estate consultant??? Yikes. |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 03:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Not surprising |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
14. Color me shocked |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
16. Aren't you supposed to repent to get a pardon? His lawyer is claiming he is innocent. |
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mb7588a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. I hate the shock factor in these stories... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
18. True to form |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
19. '..."To pardon Isaac Toussie is a kick in the teeth |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
22. Bush damn well BETTER pardon Michael Milken now! |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
23. Just about everyone on the planet has been kicked in the teeth by the boy monkey. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
25. He scammed the poor; he deserves a GOP medal |
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smiley (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
26. "No high-profile lawbreakers were on the list." |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Ah, the American M$M: Licking the boots of tyrants since 1980 (and who knows how long before THAT) |
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smiley (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. No you were not wrong! |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
27. That one hell of a return on a $28,500 investment! |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
30. How perfectly Republicon |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
31. Disgusting. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
32. Tip of the iceberg, I bet. Just wait... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
37. There he goes again ...protecting America from terrorists. Freaking ASSCARROT! |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
40. I wish everyone could read the story in the Daily News(first post).Bush's true legacy.. |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I am not sure I read this correctly...the asshole unpardoned the pardon.. |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Yep, it's true. I just posted about it over in General Discussion. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. PARDON WAS REVERSED TODAY!!!!!! |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Really? Last I recall reading on CNN was that it was just being looked into because it hasnt been 5 |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
48. The Constitution says nothing about reversing a pardon. Bush has broken the law, again! |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-25-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Another do-over bush can't do? |
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