Somewhere in the back of my mind I think I remember a law that a sitting President CAN'T pardon or commute the sentences of people in the Executive branch without a 3/4 approval of Congress. Does that ring any bells with any legal beagles out there?

I was appalled when I heard the news that President Bush commuted the sentence of Scooter Libby. While I am sure Mr. Bush believes he is acting within his rights as the president, I think this decision is completely wrong. Mr. Libby had a fair and open trial that resulted in a legal conviction and sentencing. There is no reason that he should not have to serve his sentence as punishment for his crime.

When did it become acceptable for people who work for the U.S. government to reveal classified secrets such as the identity of an undercover agent? Last I knew, telling U.S. national security secrets was considered treason. Apparently, it became OK last night when Mr. Bush decided that one of his friends should not be held accountable to the same rule of law that applies to every other American citizen.

This administration has demonstrated time and again a total lack of respect for the U.S. legal system and for those of us who believe in it and try to adhere to it. We cannot have a functioning democracy if the executive branch continues to make up its own rules as it goes along. I am dismayed that Congress has allowed the Bush administration to get away with so much for so long.

Somewhere in the back of my mind I think I remember a law that a sitting President CAN'T pardon or commute the sentences of people in the Executive branch without a 3/4 approval of Congress. Does that ring any bells with any legal beagles out there?

Posted by DPD on July 3, 2007 at 11:26 AM

The only thing I remember is that he can't pardon someone who has been impeached.

The reason Bush commuted Libby's sentence is because he couldn't grant a full pardon because that would have been a slap in the face for the Bush appointed prosecutor and the Bush appointed judges who convicted Libby and because Libby wouldn't of gone more than a week in jail before turning on Cheney and spilling his guts out to the world about everything crooked going on in the White House.

I noticed the only neo-cons speaking out about this situation are no-name Republicans. Every other top Republicans is keeping their mouths shut because they know it's going to hurt the Republicans in 08.

Not only is this an embarrassment to the Republicans but politically it helps the Democrats who stand for integrity, justice and accountability. It stands for qualities that the Republicans sorely lack.

As I remember it, the law was put in place so people can't commit crimes on behalf of the President and expect to be pardoned for their dirty work.

That's why GHWB had to wait until HE was President to pardon all those Iran/Contra crooks.

blognamj: Libby didn't reveal any classified information. He was convicted for lying to federal investigators.

Yes, he should be punished, but where is the justice in having him serve 2 1/2 years in prison when Mary Winkler was only sentenced to 67 days for shooting her husband in the back with a shotgun while he slept?

Punishment, yes, but a fair punishment.

My friends enough is enough. Expressions of outrage just don't cut it anymore. It's time to stop being outraged and time to start impeaching.

Urge your Rep to support HRES 333 - impeachment of Cheney. It's a start.

To start, Rep. John Conyers will be holding hearings on the commutation starting next week.
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Mr. Conyers - please!!! I have enormous respect for you. But stop it with these hearings. They aren't getting anywhere. Just sign on to HRES 333. If Conyers signs on, I guarantee that HRES 333 will pass and the impeachment hearing of one Dick Cheney will proceed. Enough is enough.

Better still than contacting the White House - who doesn't care what you think (if they did this would have never been done), pick up the phone and called your Congressional Representation. Ask them to endorse HRES 333 (impeachment of Cheney). I just called Frank Pallone and I intend to call him every week at least once until he signs on. There is only way way to restore respect for the law at this point and that is impeachment.

William Pitt: I'm In. Cheney Must Be Impeached and Removed
Submitted by Chip on Tue, 2007-07-03 19:13. Impeachment

I'm in. Cheney must be impeached and removed

I've written hundreds of thousands of words since the evening of December 12, 2000. On that night, upon hearing of the Bush v. Gore decision, I wrote something called "Not My President," and have been writing every single day since. In all the words written in essays, books, speeches, campaign letters, press releases, emails, along with a DU post here and there, I am proudest of one line that came to me in 2003:

"Blaming George W. Bush for all that has gone wrong in America is a lot like blaming Mickey Mouse when Disney screws up."

My fav. :)

Besides being a decent snark, it has the added benefit of being true. A blogger I read last week had a great line that I recall now in paraphrase: The Decider decided to let Cheney make all the decisions. We knew this, we could see it, and thanks to some astonishing (albeit far overdue) reporting by the Washington Post, we have details and data to the dot.

Forget impeaching Bush. He almost certainly hasn't been making most of the heavy decisions on policy, which means he probably hasn't actually committed any crimes. Sins of omission and collaboration? Accessory to murder, fraud and grand larceny? Conspiracy to commit same? Sure, yes, clearly, but I don't have much interest in trying to convict a rubber stamp.

The analogy I think of when considering Cheney over Bush:

During the 19th century, ship-to-ship warfare on the high seas determined the fate of nations. Whenever possible, the cannoneers aimed for two spots on the enemy ship: the rudder, and the main mast. Take out either with a well-placed ball, and the enemy ship is defeated; no mainsail to catch the wind, and no rudder for tactical steering makes even the stoutest warship into a barrel of helpless fish.

Cheney is the main mast and the rudder. You want to shatter this administration's ability to do more harm? Impeach the wind and steering, and the whole lot of them will be helpless and immobilized. The case against Cheney must be made, but more than that, it truly can be made.

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/24269

Posted by GregL on July 3, 2007 at 11:59 AM

So why aren't we impeaching Cheney?

rjsnu,

I think we should just do it because we can?

And because Bush is going to pardon Libby. Let's put Bush in a place where he doesn't have any power to stop the process and watch them all sqirm.

In a Vice Presidential impeachment trial all the usual suspects would have no executive privilege to hide behind. They would have to answer the questions or go straight to the slammer.

I'd actually prefer puttng them in the Bush family fishing boat and sending it out to sea without any Secret Service agents to rescue them when they run aground or smash into a iceberg...or al Queada fishes them out the sea.

We are in the middle of a slow summer news cycle. The 24/7 media would love to have a full scale impeachment trial to cover. And voters fed up with all the GOP incompetence would love to watch someone throw darts at Cheney.

Think of it as recreational revenge for the masses.

the statement made "President Bush completely ignored the Justice Department's Manual on Commutation. This sends the message that there's one system of justice for "loyal Bushies" and another system of justice for the rest of us. Here's the important section from the guidelines"

Bush was not the first but at least this president was not the that lied under oath , that was a different president and his wife has guts to complain about Libby
Democrats that want to complain might want offer President Bill Clinton serving time for same crimes as Libby
When will morales come back that is what the people need not bunch of kids pointing fingers while doing same thing.
We need real reform and reps that will do the will of the people not self serving , I think the spirt of our fore fathers has been lost forever! Will GOD ever bless this country again with Leaders with the people in mind not self and power?
Does either party have a Rep that believes they can DO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE?

Somewhere in the back of my mind I think I remember a law that a sitting President CAN'T pardon or commute the sentences of people in the Executive branch without a 3/4 approval of Congress. Does that ring any bells with any legal beagles out there?
Posted by DPD on July 3, 2007 at 11:26 AM

The only thing I remember is that he can't pardon someone who has been impeached.

...... Well then that leaves a pardon out for President Bill clinton but he never serverd day one or paided one dollar for fines for same crimes.

Impeach DIck then Bush.

Yes, he should be punished, but where is the justice in having him serve 2 1/2 years in prison when Mary Winkler was only sentenced to 67 days for shooting her husband in the back with a shotgun while he slept?
Punishment, yes, but a fair punishment.

Posted by spooky on July 3, 2007 at 12:07 PM

First of all, Mary Winkler was defending herself against someone who would eventually kill her.

Secondly, Then Bill Clinton's impeachment for the same exact crime, i.e. lying to a grand jury , was not Fair??? I Didn't think so either!!

I wrote the note below to the White House this morning - not like it will do any good - but I was moved to do something. What will it take to wake people up that we have criminals running our country? When will truly "decent" people unite and actually DO something? When will the democratic party get some guts and LET THEM HAVE IT?! Look what they did to us and to Bill Clinton... wasting tax payers dollars over Bill's sex life! They went after him like rabid dogs. And we haven't done squat about all that this administration has done outside the law. Why? Are we as a party THAT weak, that complacent, that unmotivated? We allow them to sit in the White House after this insane war, and all of the administration's lies, crimes, and corruption...? We allowed them to TAKE the vote, we allowed them to take the country, to take our soldiers to war, to take our lives, our freedoms... when will we say ENOUGH is ENOUGH?? I say impeach them all! Every last one of them.

"George Bush
You and your staff really should be impeached. Your decision about Scooter Libby is totally unacceptable and is the last straw. Had a Democrat President done half of the things you and your administration are guilty of doing, the Republicans would already have him and his staff in handcuffs. I hope the Democratic Party takes the necessary action to ensure that you all receive what you deserve. Shame on you all for what you have done to this country."

Obstruction of justice

Hi,

President Bush let Lewis Libby, the one man who was convicted for the lies around the Iraq war, go free.

And the obstruction of justice doesn't stop there. The Senate recently subpoenaed documents from the Vice President's office Dick Cheney around the illegal wiretapping program and so far he has not complied. It's clear this administration thinks it's above the law. That's un-American, and I think it's time for Congress to hold them accountable.

I just signed a petition urging Congress to force Vice President Cheney to respond to its subpoenas. If he doesn't, Congress has to begin impeachment proceedings against him. Can you join me by clicking the link below?

http://pol.moveon.org/subpoena

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(P.S. You may also want to add a comment how President Bush should pardon the border control agents and how it's a disgrace those two men Ramos and Compean are still in jail for doing their job to protect the American people. )

FALN Pardons of 1999: Clinton pardoned members of a Puerto Rican terror group who had killed hundreds of Americans in bomb attacks. These men were sentenced starting from 35 year going all the way up to 105 years in prison. Clinton offered clemency, on condition that the prisoners renounce violence, at the appeal of 10 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, President Jimmy Carter, the cardinal of New York, and the archbishop of Puerto Rico. The commutation was opposed by U.S. Attorney's Office, the FBI, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons and criticized by many including former victims of FALN terrorist activities, the Fraternal Order of Police,[4] members of Congress, and Hillary Clinton in her campaign for Senator. Hillary herself denounced the pardon (because she wanted to distance herself from her husband while in the middle of the New York race for Senate.)President Clinton cited executive privilege for his refusal to turn over some documents to Congress related to his decision to offer clemency to members of the FALN terrorist group. Holier than thou democrats, listen up...your own people did the same thing to a group of much more dangerous people. Scooter Libby lied to investigators. Clinton should have been impeached for that instead of Monica, not to mention the numerous other pardons sanctioned by the Clinton administration. So what I'm telling ya'll is to be quiet and quit your whining. Democrats are worse than anyone else on the face of the planet.

I heard that there are conservative groups out there that are thinking about raising money for Libby and use that money to pay for his fine. If that is case, Libby wont be losing 250K anytime soon.

To the "all knowing White House":

Your not the only one diffending Pres. Bush in issues of what I'd like to think of as a free aid, their last attempt towards free support was in the trial of error, "the fifth."

When looking into what is seen in the real world as "a correctional diffence," you can only imagine what it was like to have all eyes knowingly deny your attempt toward it.

I'm sure in ways of walking you'd know how to find your way around the walls of the free world, but their only means of communication are seen as fatal means of relation.

The time has come to impeach Dick Cheney.

He is utterly unscrupulous. He's destroying America with his lies, his greed, and his megalomania. Letting Libby off the hook is the last straw.

Cheney has to go!

Scooter Libby is a good man who made one simple mistake. Compare that to all the mistakes Clinton made (the same ones over and over again. Monica, Linda Tripp, Jennifer Flowers, Paula Jones etc.) He was also disbarred from the Arkansas Bar for perjury and was ordered to pay $25,000. In October 2001, Clinton was suspended by the Supreme Court and, facing disbarment from the high court as well, Clinton resigned from the Supreme Court bar in November. (I talk about Clinton a lot because he is the democratic poster boy for liberalism). The point is, compare Scooter Libby's one mistake to Clinton's too numerous to count and what do you get? More corruption in the liberal democratic institutions than in the Republican ranks. You want to hang a man out to dry for one mistake but praise and honor another for more mistakes made than any other. It's because one is a Republican while the other is a democrat.

Libby is a criminal and that's a fact. The GOP wanted to impeach Clinton for no other reason than perjury. Now one of their own commits perjury and all we hear about is "there is no underlying crime". Pure hypocritical crap. No underlying crime? How about outing an active CIA agent. The truth is that Cheney and Bush came up with the plan. Libby acted on their orders.

Impeach Bush and Cheney
Support HRES 333 - impeachment of Cheney.

Clinton did a lot more than lie to investigators during the Monica affair. Libby didn't out any CIA officers, he had nothing to do with the outing at all. He just panicked and lied about the facts. There were mistakes made, that's obvious. But having the guy hung out to dry for this is stupid, especially when much more serious affairs occurred in the other camp that have not been answered for, yet. The conviction itself sticks, the man can no longer practice law. I think that will hurt him more than going to prison because it hurts his livelihood. Let Libby go and be with his family. I think he deserves that much for his long public service to the country.

Cheney IS a good start on impeachment, because the trails will lead from him directly to Bush. They are so interlinked, that taking down one will take down the other.
LET'S GET STARTED!!! IMPEACH NOW!!!!!

Bill & Hillary:
Worse than you thought & worth remembering, and this came from a Democrat

Dear ( Ex) President Clinton:

I recently saw a bumper sticker that said, "Thank me, I voted for Clinton-Gore." So, I sat down and reflected on that, and I am sending my "Thank you" for what you have done, specifically:

1. Thank you for introducing us to Jennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky, Dolly Kyle Browning, Kathleen Willey, and Juanita Broderick. Did I leave anyone out?

2. Thank you for teaching my 8 year old about oral sex. I had really planned to wait until he was a little older to discuss it with him, but now he knows more about it than I did as a senior in college.

3. Thank you for showing us that sexual harassment in the work place (especially the White House) and on the job is OK, and all you have to know is what the meaning of "it" is. It really is great to know that certain sexual acts are not sex, and one person may have sex while the other one does NOT have sex.

4. Thank you for reintroducing the concept of impeachment to a new generation and demonstrating that the ridiculous plot of the movie "Wag the Dog" could be plausible after all.

5. Thanks for making Jimmy Carter look competent, Gerald Ford look graceful, Richard Nixon look honest, Lyndon Johnson look truthful, and John Kennedy look moral.

6. Thank you for the 73 House and Senate witnesses who have pled the 5th Amendment and 17 witnesses who have fled the country to avoid testifying about Democratic campaign fund raising.

7. Thank you, for the 19 charges, 8 convictions, and 4 imprisonment's from the Whitewater "mess" and the 55 criminal charges and 32 criminal convictions (so far) in the other " Clinton " scandals.

8. Thanks also for reducing our military by half, "gutting" much of our foreign policy, and flying all over the world on "vacations" carefully disguised as necessary trips.

9 Thank you, also, for "finding" millions of dollars (I really didn't need it in the first place, and I can't think of a more deserving group of recipients for my hard-earned tax dollars)
for all of your globe-trotting. I understand you, the family and your cronies have logged in more time aboard Air Force One than any other administration.

10. Now that you've left the White House, thanks for the 140 pardons of convicted felons and indicted felons-in-exile. We will love to have them rejoin society. (Not to mention the scores you pardoned while Governor of Arkansas)

11. Thanks also for removing the White House silverware. I'm sure that Laura Bush didn't like the pattern anyway. Also, enjoy the housewarming gifts you've received from your "friends."

12. Thanks to you and your staff in the West Wing of the White House for vandalizing and destroying government property on the way out. I also appreciate removing all of that excess weight ( China , silverware, linen, towels, ash trays, soap, pens, magnetic compass, flight manuals, etc.) out of Air Force 1. The weight savings means burning less fuel, thus less tax dollars spent on jet fuel. Thank you!

13. And finally, please ensure that Hillary enjoys the $8 million dollar advance for her "tell-all" book and you, Bill, the $10 million advance for your memoirs. Who says crime doesn't pay!

14. The last and most important point - thank you for forcing Israel to let Mohammed Atta go free. Terrorist pilot Mohammed Atta blew up a bus in Israel in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo agreement with the Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to agree to release so-called "political prisoners". However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their hands. The American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, "insisted" that all prisoners be released. Thus Mohammed Atta was freed and eventually thanked the US by flying an airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center . This was reported by many of the American TV networks at the time that the terrorists were first identified. It was censored in the US from all later reports. Why shouldn't Americans know the real truth?

What a guy!!

If you agree that the American public must be made aware of these facts, pass this on. God bless America and THANK YOU (once again) for spending my taxes so wisely and frugally.

SINCERELY,
A US Citizen
PS.
Please pass along a special thank you to Al Gore for "inventing" the Internet, without which I would not be able to send this wonderful, factual e-mail.

AND THE REST OF THE STORY Hillary Rodham Clinton, as a New York State Senator, now comes under the "Congressional Retirement and Staffing Plan," which means that even if she never gets reelected, she STILL receives her Congressional salary until she dies. (Would it not be nice if all Americans were pension eligible after only 4 years?)

If Bill outlives her, he then inherits HER salary until HE dies. He is already getting his Presidential salary until he dies. If Hillary outlives Bill, she also gets HIS salary until she dies. Guess who pays for that?

WE DO!

It's common knowledge that in order for her to establish NY residency, they purchased a million dollar-plus house in upscale Chappaqua , New York . Makes sense. They are entitled to Secret Service protection for life. Still makes sense.

Here is where it becomes interesting. Their mortgage payments hover at around $10,000 per month. BUT, an extra residence HAD to be built within the acreage to house the Secret Service agents.

The Clintons charge the Federal government $10,000 monthly rent for the use of that extra residence, which is just about equal to their mortgage payment. This means that we, the taxpayers, are paying the Clinton 's salary, mortgage, transportation, safety and security, as well as the salaries for their 12 man staff -- and, this is all perfectly legal!

When she runs for President, will you vote for her?

How many people can YOU send this to?

dog: You are obviously a Republican, because you failed to mention the worst thing Clinton did in his presidency and which Hillary will continue to support: "free trade", which has ruined the lives of so many Americans, Mexicans and every other country it has been foisted upon.
But then Republicans are all for shipping jobs overseas so the rich and greedy can make a profit.
It is the reason I won't vote for Hillary.
I fail to see that putting any Republi-lite in office is going to be any better for the American people that putting another Republican in office.
I plan to vote for a populist Democrat even if I have to write him in.
I feel that the Democratic party can do a hell of a lot better than Clinton. She's a non-contender as far as I'm concerned.

A better way to look at the Libby matter is to assume that the president did the right the thing in commuting his prison sentence - because the commutation and proposed pardon which Bush has not ruled out, make it clear that everything that Libby did (including lying to the prosecutor and the grand jury) was in accordance with the express instructions of the president and vice-president. The more they argue that they did the right thing for Libby, the guiltier they look. If anybody should be doing 2 and 1/2 years in jail, it is the president and vice-president. At the very least, Democrats should ask them to resign and make Nancy Pelosi president.

So here is another "in your face" challenge for the Democratic majority in Congress. And what are they doing? They're going to conduct hearings! Mull over it. Consider things. Investigate.

The grand Democratic scheme seems to be to live under the assumption that the Democrats will win the White House in 08 and just wait bush out in the mean time.

In the mean time bush can and will do unending damage to this country. And he will do it, just to show he can do it and that the Democrats are weak and can't stop him.

Some say he is the worst president the country has ever had. Yet with all the stupid, criminal, corrupt things he's done, he got himself reelected. In spite of an overwhelming public sentiment that he be impeached, the Democratic Congress is afraid of even trying.

History will not remember bush for being a bad president, it will remember him for suceeding in taking full advantage of an inept legislative body and an apathetic populace.

It is more disturbing to me that Democratic and Republican Senators are not yet enforcing their subpoena against the Vice President than that Mr. Libby was given a commutation. As others may recall, President Clinton issued a number of rather controversial pardons before he left office, so this sort of special favoritism from politicians is not unexpected by voters like me. (Which of course does not mean that I approve of this sort of thing by either President Bush or President Clinton, I don't!!!) But in my opinion, we are ENTITLED as citizens of this Republic to have our members of Congress actually seek to enforce Congressional subpoenas, especially when a sitting Vice President is so evidently ignorant of the law that his attorneys do not even understand that his office is actually a part of the Executive Branch of government. It is mindboggling to me that Democratic and even Republican senators in Congress have not acted on this issue yet. If they are reluctant to do so, they should resign so we can elect people who will enforce the law.

Is impeachment really off the table? I find it appalling that the Democrats will not broach the subject (oh, kooks and 3rd-tier guys like Kucinich have called for it, but it won't go anywhere without somebody of prominence backing it)...

Democrats must use this, and every other opportunity, to not only turn over the apple cart but chop it into little pieces, burn it, destroy it, and make it otherwise unidentifiable. If I ran the party, I'd find the contributors to Libby's legal defense fund and expose each and every donor for what they are: aiders and abettors.

It's time to shove the smear campaign back in their faces. Make them smell it. Inhale it. Digest it. And loathe that they were ever a part of the Repugnican party.

This message has been endorsed by me. Now do something!

Where was all the Democratic ire and outrage when Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), was videotaped accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from a Northern Virginia investor who was wearing an FBI wire. Ah, that would be an actual crime in the real world my blind liberal whiners.
A few days later, on Aug. 3, 2005, FBI agents raided Jefferson's home in Northeast Washington and found $90,000 of the cash in the freezer, in $10,000 increments wrapped in aluminum foil and stuffed inside frozen-food containers. How was this Congressman rewarded for his crime, thus-far he has avoided prosecution and sits on one of the most prestigious committees in the Congress. Was he given a pass because he was Black or because he was a Democrat?
On August 11, 1999, President Bill-the-pill-Clinton commuted the sentences of 16 members of Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (Puerto Rico) FALN, a violent Puerto Rican nationalist group that set off 120 bombs in the United States mostly in New York City and Chicago, convicted for conspiracies to commit robbery, bomb-making, and sedition, as well as for firearms and explosives violations. They were sentenced with terms ranging from 35 to 105 years in prison for the conviction of conspiracy and sedition. Scooter Libby did not set off any bombs or kill anyone!
Pardons and commutations signed on final day in office
Clinton issued 140 pardons as well as several commutations on his last day of office (January 20, 2001). When a sentence is commuted, the conviction remains intact, but the sentence can be altered in a number of ways. Some controversial actions included the following:
• Carlos A. Vignali had his sentence for cocaine trafficking commuted, after serving 6 of 15 years in federal prison. Scooter Libby neither took nor sold drugs!
• Almon Glenn Braswell was pardoned of his mail fraud and perjury convictions, even while a federal investigation was underway regarding additional money laundering and tax evasion charges. Braswell and Carlos Vignali each paid approximately $200,000 to Hillary Clinton's brother, Hugh Rodham, to represent their respective cases for clemency. Hugh Rodham returned the payments after they were disclosed to the public, oh darn, we almost got away with it. Braswell would later invoke the Fifth Amendment at a Senate Committee hearing in 2001, when questioned about allegations of his having systematically defrauded senior citizens of millions of dollars.
• Marc Rich, a fugitive, was pardoned of tax evasion, after clemency pleas from Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, among many other international luminaries. He was required to pay a $100 million dollar fine and waive any use of the pardon as a defense against any future civil charges that were filed against him in the same case. Critics complained that Denise Rich, his former wife, had made substantial donations to the Clinton library and to Mrs. Clinton's senate campaign. According to Paul Volcker's independent investigation of Iraqi Oil-for-Food kickback schemes, Marc Rich was a middleman for several suspect Iraqi oil deals involving over 4 million barrels of oil. Knowing Bill Clinton’s background with women, I bet money that Denise Rich, very good-looking and well shaped, gave Bill Clinton a little more than a donation.
• Susan McDougal, who had already completed her sentence, was pardoned for her role in the Whitewater scandal; McDougal had served 18 months on contempt charges for refusing to testify about Clinton's role. [I love Bill]
• Dan Rostenkowski, a former Democratic Congressman convicted in the Congressional Post Office Scandal. Rostenkowski had served his entire sentence.
• Melvin J. Reynolds, a Democratic Congressman from Illinois, who was convicted of bank fraud, 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice, and solicitation of child pornography had his sentence commuted on the bank fraud charged and was allowed to serve the final months under the auspices of a half way house. He had served his entire sentence on child sex abuse charges before the commutation of the later convictions. Now there’s a man who needs to be back on the street.
• Roger Clinton, the president's half-brother, on drug charges after having served the entire sentence more than a decade before. Roger Clinton would be charged with drunk driving and disorderly conduct in an unrelated incident within a year of the pardon. He was also briefly alleged to have been utilized in lobbying for the Braswell pardon, among others. However, no wrongdoing was uncovered. Key word, uncovered. Well Roger it appears you will be on your own from now on.
And let’s not forget the Whitewater scandal, Travel gate and all the women who happened to just show up from all over the country and testify they were sexually assaulted by Clinton. Barack Obamma is correct in recently stating: ‘why should the Democratics run someone who was in or so close to all the past corruption.’
Now let’s see: George Bush had a former drinking problem, may or may not have served in the National Guard his whole era and commuted the sentence of Scooter Libby. Hmmm, which one has the better chance at getting his glass house shattered? I am well sure after you liberal spin-masters get a hold of the facts it will be Bill Clinton once again who the saint is. Lying, cheating and stealing are fine in American Politics as long as the proponents are all Democrats.
If most of you die-hard Democrats would do a study down through political history on corruption and politics you find the Democrat Party and corruption are synonymous.
…and they all dropped their rocks and had a very left day.