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Mon Oct-15-07 08:23 AM
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Why doesn't Bush just give a presidential pardon to Sen. Larry Craig like he did for Scooter Libby? |
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Mon Oct-15-07 08:24 AM
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1. Status within the administration. |
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Larry Craig doesn't mean much to Bush or Cheney. Scooter Libby did.
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Mon Oct-15-07 08:25 AM
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2. Because, in the parlance of the rabid aight-wing Craig is ... |
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Edited on Mon Oct-15-07 08:25 AM by truebrit71
...nothing more than a "g*ddamned f*ggot"...whereas Scooter is a "hero"...
Of course, to anyone with HALF a brain there is no distinction...they are BOTH convicted criminals...
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Mon Oct-15-07 08:25 AM
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3. Bush can only issue pardons for federal crimes |
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Craig was charged with a state crime.
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Mon Oct-15-07 08:32 AM
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4. I didn't know that. Thank you. Does Minnesota have a Rethug governor? |
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Mon Oct-15-07 08:40 AM
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7. Tim Pawlenty is a Republican |
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But why in the world would he pardon that guy?
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Mon Oct-15-07 08:34 AM
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5. Why would he? He doesn't owe anything to Craig |
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He's just a faceless minion to the Chimperor. Just doing his duty. He never did anything spectacular.
Just look at Katherine Harris. You could argue that she was instrumental in the Florida debacle that gave Shrub the presidency. SHE was thrown under the bus without a second glance.
Craig is expendable, just like an evil henchman who doesn't even wear a name tag.
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Mon Oct-15-07 08:37 AM
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6. I'm sure that Scooter threatened to spill the beans if he had to spend time |
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in jail, plus he was part of the administration. Larry Craig has bupkis, nada, nothing going for him on this.
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Mon Oct-15-07 09:07 AM
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8. Craig forgot to get all poetic with an 'the aspens are turning' warning |
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