"I'll Be Freed For Christmas" 2008 George W. Bush Pardon Pool

[unhappycamper]

"I'll Be Freed For Christmas" 2008 George W. Bush Pardon Pool
Peter Smith
Posted December 11, 2007 | 04:40 PM (EST)

One year from now, George W. Bush will almost certainly celebrate the end 2008 - and his term of office - with a festive round of questionable pardons and, possibly, even a few Scooter Libby-like commutations. Questionable pardons have become a holiday tradition for presidents in their last year in office.

Some Republicans will try to say Bill Clinton started it with his pardon of billionaire tax evader Marc Rich. But questionable pardons have been something of a Republican specialty in recent decades.

Nixon pardoned Jimmy Hoffa and George Steinbrenner. Ford pardoned Nixon and the Vietnam draft evaders. Ronald Reagan pardoned two FBI agents convicted of breaking into Vietnam protesters' digs. Most of these questionable pardons came in the middle of terms.

It was Bush the Elder who seems to have started the end-of-term tradition when he covered his own wrinkled old ass with a questionable pardon of Reagan Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger for lying to the independent counsel then looking into the Iran-Contra Affair. Once pardoned, Weinberger could not be compelled to tell the truth about his or Bush the Elder's role in selling arms to Iran during the Camelot that was the Reagan presidency.

What a guy.


Rest of article at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-smith/ill-be-freed-for-christ_b_76325.html

[PDittie]

1. There will be a bunch of

KBR employees charged with rape who will need pardoning. Also some CIA agents who performed torture.

Perhaps we ought to wait until he leaves office before charging them with any crimes.

[shaniqua6392]

2. I guess Scooter boy will have to wait until next Christmas.

We all know Bush is going to do it.