Who do you think Bush will pardon?

Who do you think deserves it?

11/6/2008 3:38:59 PM

Michael Vick

11/6/2008 3:44:15 PM

Ted Stevens.
No.

11/6/2008 3:46:47 PM

Scooter Libby

11/6/2008 3:47:29 PM

It would be funny if he pardoned himself.

11/6/2008 3:56:28 PM

Dick Cheney

11/6/2008 4:03:41 PM

Saddam Hussein

11/6/2008 4:06:11 PM

The Hamburgler

11/6/2008 4:38:48 PM

Nifong

11/6/2008 4:43:43 PM

Stevens most likely. He doesn't deserve it.

[Edited on November 6, 2008 at 4:45 PM. Reason : -]

11/6/2008 4:44:42 PM

Duke Cunningham

11/6/2008 4:45:18 PM

^^^^lol

and prolly that stevens guy...why WOULDNT he pardon the stevens dude

[Edited on November 6, 2008 at 4:45 PM. Reason : .]

11/6/2008 4:45:43 PM

OJ Simpson

11/6/2008 4:46:09 PM

11/6/2008 5:00:59 PM

I think I already made this thread a while back

11/6/2008 5:23:42 PM

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"It would be funny if he pardoned himself."

he already did in the torture bill

11/6/2008 6:59:05 PM

nm

[Edited on November 6, 2008 at 8:55 PM. Reason : ]

11/6/2008 8:52:30 PM

Ted Stevens (but will be required to resign from the Senate in order to get it)

11/6/2008 9:16:40 PM

diego montoya

11/6/2008 10:13:58 PM

killed my father

11/7/2008 11:35:02 PM

Paul Cousins

11/7/2008 11:46:24 PM

he should fuckin pardon the two Border Patrol Agents who shot the repeat drug smuggler

11/8/2008 12:26:25 AM

William Ayers

11/8/2008 2:54:43 AM

IBTL

11/8/2008 12:50:38 PM

wantacivic

11/8/2008 2:16:41 PM

^^^^Beat me to it. Campean and Ramos

11/8/2008 6:50:10 PM

It's aggravating.
Bush sat on his hands for 8 years refusing to veto any of the republicans' crazy spending bills...but now finds his way to interject himself into the justice system pardoning low-level drug sellers, a bank embezzler, a food-stamp thief and a liar amongst others.

11/25/2008 3:38:11 AM

if he aint pardoned those 2 border agents by now he might as well let them stay in jail

[Edited on November 25, 2008 at 4:44 AM. Reason : cause it would look even more dumb to have let them stay in for a year+ and THEN let them out]

11/25/2008 4:44:06 AM

John Forté

11/25/2008 10:00:07 AM

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"cause it would look even more dumb to have let them stay in for a year+ and THEN let them out"

I read that and thought...I bet DNL is the poster...then I looked over to the left hand user column and I was right.

11/25/2008 5:31:02 PM

sucks for this guy. guess his daddy should have held on to his money
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gNbZJtwBki4XVeyI-6zGGYgDJZBAD959KBK80

Quote :

"Toussie, convicted of making false statements to the Housing and Urban Development Department and of mail fraud, was among 19 people pardoned Tuesday. But after learning in news reports that Toussie's father had donated tens of thousands of dollars to the Republican Party a few months ago, as well as other information, the White House issued an extraordinary statement Wednesday saying the president was reversing his decision on Toussie's case."

12/25/2008 11:04:08 PM

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"diego montoya"

inigo montoya

12/27/2008 3:06:51 PM

prepare to die

12/31/2008 8:19:33 PM

jackleg

1/1/2009 1:09:49 AM

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"if he aint pardoned those 2 border agents by now he might as well let them stay in jail"

They're getting out.

[Edited on January 19, 2009 at 4:52 PM. Reason : Not a pardon though]

1/19/2009 4:51:48 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/washington/20sentence.html?hp

Can someone explain to me why these guys deserve special treatment?

1/19/2009 4:58:06 PM

Just check the pardons with Holder first.

1/19/2009 5:02:58 PM

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"Can someone explain to me why these guys deserve special treatment?"

They don't. They were railroaded and given an extremely harsh sentence. They shot a non national drug dealer/trafficker in the ass while he was trying to cross into our country and they are sentenced to over 10 years in jail? GTFO.

They didn't even kill the fucker, and the get jail time? Now they did some stupid shit, by trying to cover up the shooting, but a more appropriate action in that case would have been to either severally reprimand them and demote them and put them on desk duty, or kick them out of the BP. Not give them a harsher sentence than most criminals get for far lesser actions.

1/19/2009 5:47:34 PM

i don't know much about the case, but just to play devil's advocate, shouldn't people in positions of power be held to a higher standard?

1/19/2009 6:04:44 PM

They weren't given special treatment. They were convicted and sentenced to 10 years.

Bush commuted the sentence and it looks like each will serve a little more than two years, which seems like more than enough for what they "did."

I've been getting the "Free Ramos and Compean" emails for the past year or so, so I'm glad they are getting out.

[Edited on January 19, 2009 at 9:58 PM. Reason : ]

1/19/2009 9:57:03 PM

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Quote :

"shouldn't people in positions of power be held to a higher standard? "

"Now that depends on what the meaning of the phrase 'higher standard' means"

[Edited on January 19, 2009 at 10:32 PM. Reason : .]

1/19/2009 10:31:45 PM

^ he was impeached.
for lying about a blowjob.

what else do you want?

1/19/2009 10:51:10 PM

Nothing like shooting an unarmed man in the back then covering it up. That sure deserves a commutation.

1/19/2009 11:28:34 PM

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"Paul Cousins"

lolz

1/19/2009 11:32:42 PM

omg double post

1/20/2009 12:01:02 AM

Nothing like shooting a fellow hunter in the face then getting said shot hunter to apologize. That sure deserves respect. No, srsly, it does.

1/20/2009 12:01:38 AM

Actually, the former border agents have already served two years each in prison. In addition, what they technically received was a commuted sentence, not a full pardon. Therefore, while they're getting out of prison, they've still got the stigma of being convicted felons and their records with CBP. They will probably never be able to get another job with a law enforcement agency or any federal agency ever again.

From what I read in the Washington Post this morning, they say that there was strong bipartisan support for the commuting of their sentences including the entire Texas Congressional delegation (both Republicans and Democrats).

1/20/2009 1:43:05 AM

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"Nothing like shooting an unarmed man in the back then covering it up. That sure deserves a commutation."

Yeah, someone that was invading our fucking country. But who gives a shit, its just a place we live right? Does have any other special meaning

1/20/2009 2:26:25 AM

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"invading our country"

good lord. drama queen much?

Quote :

"The two men, both of El Paso, were convicted on assault charges for shooting the unarmed, fleeing drug smuggler in the buttocks in 2005 and then trying to cover up the episode."

[Edited on January 20, 2009 at 3:52 AM. Reason : ]

1/20/2009 3:50:07 AM

I could care less about shooting a fucking drug smuggler in the ass, it's the covering up part that is bad. If I remember correctly the smuggler successful settled with the government for a few cool million too. Retarded. You try to enter the country illegally carrying drugs to sell, it's open season on your ass.

From what I have read of the case, the agents probably wouldn't have been so harshly punished if not for the cover up. I figure 2 years in prison is more than enough. Hell, Nancy fucking Pelosi agreed with Bush on commuting the sentence.

1/20/2009 9:07:03 AM