Why would Clinton pardon a man who was accused of rigging oil prices and been exiled to Switzerland.
I thought you dems thought Bush did that.........
2006-09-26 06:35:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Marc Rich was able to reward Clinton for the pardon. It is just one more example of Mr. "I did not have sex with that woman...Miss Lewinsky" and his moral border overlap.
2006-09-26 06:39:34 · answer #1 · answered by united9198 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
who cares? you know we're at war right? was he in al qaeda or something? noooooo....
"The Clinton pardon fiasco does raise some important issues. Quinn invented a giant loophole in the law barring revolving-door influence-peddling in order to lobby his former boss. And cash for clemency remains an outrage whether it's about Marc Rich or Armand Hammer. But such pardons are scandalous in the same way that Congressional legislation friendly to corporate donors is scandalous. The pardon flap matters primarily because it further erodes public confidence that anything in our constitutional democracy can survive the polluting power of big-money donations.
Future Marc Rich-type pardons can be cured only by radical campaign finance reform--a far cry from the partisan dart-throwing on display in Dan Burton's hearing room."
2006-09-26 13:37:50 · answer #2 · answered by uncle osbert 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rich gave a lot of dollars and support to Clinton over the years. Presidential pardons really don't require an explanation but, that's the conventional wisdom. Both parties rely heavily on campaign contributions even with campaign reform (which doesn't work). We would be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't accept (in a variety of methods) campaign money which ultimately requires payback in one form or another.
There is one candidate that, to my knowledge, accepts campaign money with out condition: Ralph Nader!
I wouldn't vote for him... I hate Corvairs and Volkswagen's
2006-09-26 13:50:05 · answer #3 · answered by ggraves1724 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Now why do you think? It wasn't because Marc Rich is such a saintly person. Clinton got some kind of payback.
2006-09-26 13:42:37 · answer #4 · answered by WOLFGANG 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
see these articles below:
2006-09-26 13:46:05 · answer #5 · answered by jkahwaty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was a friend of Israel.
2006-09-26 13:38:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
rich was and is bubba-madman-klintooon's butt buddy
2006-09-26 13:39:03 · answer #7 · answered by bushfan88 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋