In August of 1994, Mel Reynolds, a Democratic United States congressman was indicted for having sex with a 16 year-old girl. Despite the charges, democratic leaders did not discourage Reynolds from running for re-election. In August 22 of 1995 Reynolds was convicted of 12 counts including: sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography. Later, Reynolds was convicted on 15 more charges of bank fraud and SEC violations.
In August of 2001, democratic President Bill Clinton pardoned Reynolds who then ran for office in 2004 under a democratic ticket. Democratic senators did not ask him to stop running. Reynolds currently works for Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition.
The questions are, why did President Clinton pardon such a horrible criminal, why did democratic leaders not urge Reynolds to drop out of politics, and why would they continue to attack republicans over Mark Foley when they continue to let child predators work in democratic campaigns?
2006-10-12 07:29:59 · 6 answers · asked by Jean R 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Democrats believe that pedophilia is okay if you have a (D) by your name. Don't forget - They reelected Gerry Studds five times after news came out that he was a pedophile.
2006-10-12 07:31:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
i'm going to overlook with regard to the spin on your query and stick to the data: finished Pardons: Franklin D. Roosevelt 3687 Woodrow Wilson 2480 Harry S. Truman 2044 Calvin Coolidge 1545 Herbert Hoover 1385 Ulysses S. furnish 1332 Lyndon B. Johnson 1187 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1157 Grover Cleveland 1107 Theodore Roosevelt 981 Richard Nixon 926 William McKinley 918 Rutherford B. Hayes 893 Warren G. Harding 800 William H. Taft 758 Andrew Johnson 654 Benjamin Harrison 613 John F. Kennedy 575 Jimmy Carter 566 bill Clinton 456 James Monroe 419 Gerald Ford 409 Ronald Reagan 406 Andrew Jackson 386 Abraham Lincoln 343 Chester Arthur 337 James ok. Polk 268 John Tyler 209 James Madison 196 John Quincy Adams 183 Millard Fillmore a hundred and seventy Martin Van Buren 168 James Buchanan one hundred fifty Franklin Pierce 142 Thomas Jefferson 119 George Bush Sr seventy seven Zachary Taylor 38 John Adams 21 George Washington sixteen James Garfield 0 William H Harrison 0
2016-12-08 13:36:01 · answer #2 · answered by scheiber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a better decision than the one President Reagan made to pardon New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
2006-10-12 07:32:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I find it amusing that you fail to mention that he served 42 months of, I believe a 72 or 75 month sentence. Which is usally the time someone is parolled. NIce.
2006-10-12 07:35:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am too busy and too important to read your long rant.
Child molestation being a state crime, not a federal one (unless, just maybe, committed on a federal reservation) Clinton couldn't have pardoned him or her.
2006-10-12 07:33:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
same reason the judges do politics and money
2006-10-12 07:33:36 · answer #6 · answered by mike L 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋