Comments | doofybatz: hmmm

doofybatz

hmmm

Oct 28, 2005 13:38

So, they nailed Libby... and are holding out on Rove pending further investigation ( Read more... )

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etherpunk October 28 2005, 20:47:45 UTC

Can someone actually be pardoned for a capitol crime like that, especially when they're tied to the administration where the crimes took place?

doofybatz October 28 2005, 20:55:00 UTC

I believe so. Iran-Contra was just as serious, and a little more far-reaching. Yet Bush I was able to issue Presidential Pardons.

I think they're on the level of an executive order, so he could probably issue them with little in the way of consequences.

etherpunk October 28 2005, 21:00:19 UTC

Hmm. Interesting thought. Although I doubt Libby is critical enough to deserve a pardon.

If Rove gets indicted though, I'm sure he'll probably get one.

theblackdeer October 28 2005, 21:16:10 UTC

O_O

synabetic October 28 2005, 21:18:16 UTC

Ah, it is time for the Zombie-Nixon Admin-istration! Woooo!

joshua_2415 October 29 2005, 04:03:57 UTC

but isn't that what ALL the outgoing presidents do? It's tradition. Clinton did it too. I think maybe the outlaws in our government (and that would be most high-ranking officials in both parties) count on the pardons when they consider the repurcussions of their actions.