One thing you can count on . . . the American people will eventually take a stand against inside violators of our rights, constitution, and laws. The American people will eventually not tolerate this. Only those who themselves are immoral or ignorant of the truth could possible defend this administration’s blatant disregard for what we stand for as a nation.

effing anti-american criminal douchebags, all of ‘em–libby, the dick, the weasel (w), rove, thompson, etc etc.

no doubt part of the ongoing effort to continue to slience the truth–i.e., obstruct justice–even more than the white house has already done

Why would or should it have been?

Dissent being the key word. By definition, those were not the framers’ values.

That’s not a pension. OJ simpsons gets a 6 figure NFL pension that his victims’ relatives cannot garnish. I don’t know if it is by US or Florida law though.

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9116918/Document-Andrew-Johnson-Proclamation-of-Amnesty-and-Pardon-for-the-Confederate-States

The pardons themselves are not as noteworthy as the case that followed, which specifically detailed the Presidential pardon power as absolute and unable to be constrained by Congress.

Whether it was the right thing to do or not, it killed his popularity. Alexander Hamilton realized that while one man might buck public opinion to do the right thing, a body of men (the Senate) is far more likely to sway to popular opinion.

But, it’s painfully clear that modern conservatives have little use for American values and institutions.

Yet in the 200+ years of the country, no president has used the pardon to stop an investigation process into its own criminal actions. So there is no precedent for this – st*pid wingnut. What *federalist* bullsh*t site did you pull this crap from?

Something like that, yeah. They won’t actually get much money, though…Scooter’s pension and certain other funds are not garnishable. Comment by m12 — July 5, 2007 @ 5:19 pm

BAHAHAHA, yeah, sure… What federalist bullsh*t lawyer told you that?

Care to back up your whiny ignorant claims? Of course not. The best you can do is copy and paste (plagiarize) someone else’s words, from some wingnut ignorant site. You’re a dumb little b!tch!

Within days of resigning his Whitehouse position, Scooter was given a $160K a year position at a right-wing thinktank. You probably missed that one. And, that salary IS garnishable.

Comment by criticalthinker — July 5, 2007 @ 5:36 pm

W is not exactly known for finding sentences excessive. It kinda throws into doubt his explanation for the commutaton.

Nor does it seem like W commuted Scooter’s sentence just to appease his base. Ramos and Campeon would have been better subjects to accomplish that task.

So maybe W had some other reason. Hmmm. What could it be?

Where the hell is Bush’s “concern” for them?

Shooting a drug dealer fleeing across the border in the ass, is a a worse crime, than obstruction of justice and perjury?

I guess when your testimony can put the president in jail, you move higher up on the pardon/commutation list, than if you “technically” commit a crime while defending the country’s border!