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Huh, presidential aides say no more commutations/pardons are forthcoming.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Jan 19 '09, 13:42

sorry, Ted Stevens, Scooter Libby, Roger Clemens etc.

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Can I get a pardon for future crimes I may choose to commit? -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 13:49 5
- Only if you're Richard Nixon. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 13:50 4
  - nah, that was just for anything he might have done. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 13:53 3
    - Yah this is for things I may want to do. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 13:55 2
      - for that you need 00 status. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 13:58 1
        
        That's too bad. My eyes aren't nearly as piercing as Daniel Craig's. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 14:05
Scooter already got his commuted. It is surprising how few pardons Bush has used, though. -- nm - psilotum Jan 19, 13:47 2
- All the talk's been that Libby would be pardoned as well, since Bush couldn't offer him that at the point in time he commuted. - Will Hunting Jan 19, 13:48 1
  - ahhh. yes. -- nm - psilotum Jan 19, 13:48
What's the betting line on whether the President changes his mind? - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 13:45 8
- I doubt it - I'm not too shocked at this turn. - Reagen Jan 19, 13:49 6
  - yeah, his track record on pardons is pretty stingy...nm - x Jan 19, 14:09 1
    - maybe that's to be expected from a Texas governor. -- nm - loosilu Jan 19, 14:10
  - I'm not really expecting more pardons/commutations, but at the same time, I wouldn't be terribly surprised, either. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 13:52
  - What about the Unitary Executive? -- nm - psilotum Jan 19, 13:51
  - Yeah, he's halved the number of actions from both Reagan & Clinton. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 13:50 1
    - some of the pardons I read about were actually quite worthwhile. - Reagen Jan 19, 13:54
- eleventh-hour coups d'etat-Unis? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:46
none for Conrad Black? Lame. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:45 9
- why does he deserve one? -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 13:45 8
  - I'm convinced he was wrongfully convicted on the charges that were laid against him. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 19, 14:07
  - oh, he doesn't, but neither do half the people who get them. :) - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:46 2
    - He got the sentence his defense lawyers thought her should have. -- (link) - the liioulu with less Jan 19, 13:56 1
      - Where in the linked article do you see the statement that his lawyers agreed with the sentence? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 19, 14:12
  - I figured he would have "donated" to some cause or other to acquire one. -- nm - Beaker Jan 19, 13:46 3
    - Bush actually reversed a commutation? last month of a guy when he found out he donated to the GOP in the past. - Will Hunting Jan 19, 13:46 2
      - that is interesting. surprised we didn't hear more about it -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 13:54
      - ooh, a fringe benefit to my policy of not donating to political parties ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:48

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