i am sure that there may well be an exception to the rule. however, it is a challenge to find a president who has not pardoned/commuted the sentence of a crooked friend.
really, this is a non-story.
get over it!!
p.s. i am not a neo-con(yawn)
2007-07-03 18:28:22 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
tonalc1- i say, again, who cares. are there not bigger fish to fry; greater problems at hand?
2007-07-03 18:43:17 · update #1
truth seeker- i feel ya', i really do. you sorta' make my point. bush is a scumbag, yes. we shouldn't tolerate his administrations bullshit. i just think that this is a minor offense in the annals of bush history making.
2007-07-03 18:46:05 · update #2
I'm over it. Just waiting now for the pardon to be issued in 1 1/2 years. Didn't surprise me.
2007-07-03 18:31:47 · answer #1 · answered by arejokerswild 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Libby did not meet the general standard for pardon, which is showing contrition or serving any time (according to a senior administration official).
The guidelines for pardons and clemency recommended by the Department of Justice say that a convict should generally have to wait five years after conviction or release from confinement before being pardoned. Those who received pardons are also generally expected to accept responsibility for their criminal conduct, and should be seeking forgiveness rather than vindication.
2007-07-04 01:36:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
Thank you! I feel exactly the same way. I'm tired of hearing the bitching and moaning about it and the comparisons to Clinton, and blah blah blah. All Presidents give pardons that are instantly complained about by the opposite party, it's not exactly a new practice. Bush 41 pardoned 4 felons involved in Iran-Contra. You can go back as far as you like and they'll be pardons that are going to make somebody's head spin off their shoulders. Big yawn. He was a fall guy for Bush and Cheney and I don't think there was anyone who really thought he'd go to jail before Bush rescued him.
2007-07-04 01:34:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
If it was just about Scooter Libby, I would say yes, let's get over it. The problem is year after year we been asked to "get over" something perpetrated by George W. Bush and/or the Bush Administration. I am one Patriotic American that is mad as hell and am not going to take it anymore.
2007-07-04 01:36:32 · answer #4 · answered by truth seeker 7 · 7⤊ 2⤋
No. I refuse to do so. I refuse to get over a long train of abuses and usurpations of men and women who have shown through word and deed that they have no respect for the rule of law and the Constitution of the United States of America.
2007-07-04 01:41:43 · answer #5 · answered by some_guy_times_50 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Just as soon as people get over Clinton. There is no sin this admin can commit that they don't blame on the Clintons
2007-07-04 01:40:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Just as soon as people get over ex-presidents' sex lives.
2007-07-04 01:57:57 · answer #7 · answered by MattH 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
buck fush and any other bush supporter...
thats why the whole libby thing urks me...cluck finton also...he came and is gone...this is happening now...you all need to pull your heads out of your behinds...
2007-07-04 01:49:18 · answer #8 · answered by MekTekPhil 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Exactly. He's flavor of the week.
2007-07-04 06:09:06 · answer #9 · answered by Truth B. Told ITS THE ECONOMY STUPID 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree....Bush does what he wants to do anyway. This really isn't REAL news.
2007-07-04 01:31:10 · answer #10 · answered by sdc 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋