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That really sucks for that dude, if he was on the list of pardons anyway and got denied after he was told he'd be pardoned, just because his family contributed money. Especially on Christmas Eve.
I never understood why presidents don't just go gung-ho with the pardons during their last weeks in office. What's Bush worried about? That his approval rating might go down? :lol:
He's worried about the principle of showing favoritism to campaign donors.
bhkad said:Principle is something many Libs can't understand.
bhkad said:And he's worried about the appearance of impropriety.
I understand, I just wonder why he should care at this point. Especially since it sounds like he was going to pardon the guy anyway, before he found out about the campaign donation. It's not like Bush has to worry about public disapproval.
I could see this maybe being more of an issue if he had issued the pardon after his first year in office. But now?
Everything is a partisan issue to you, isn't it. :roll:
He's only going to be president for a few more weeks. This is certainly an odd time to worry about the appearance of impropriety. He can pardon every campaign donor, and I won't complain. Everyone who will ever disapprove of Bush has already moved on.
And speaking of pardons, on a more political note: When are we going to get a president who pardons every non-violent drug offender in prison? That would do more than any government program ever could to alleviate crime and poverty.
Alas, it doesn't seem likely to happen anytime soon.
Quite the opposite. It would destroy tens of thousands of prison jobs and put hundreds of thousands of people without marketable skills back into the labor force. Recipe for disaster.
this is why his approval is at 18% and not 19% lolThat really sucks for that dude, if he was on the list of pardons anyway and got denied after he was told he'd be pardoned, just because his family contributed money. Especially on Christmas Eve.
I never understood why presidents don't just go gung-ho with the pardons during their last weeks in office. What's Bush worried about? That his approval rating might go down? :lol:
I am still waiting for Bush to pardon Scooter Libby and Tom Delay.
:shock:
As if you never have nor ever would say anything about the possibility of high level corruption?
:lol:
Quite the opposite. It would destroy tens of thousands of prison jobs and put hundreds of thousands of people without marketable skills back into the labor force. Recipe for disaster.
Bush discovers that he is pardoning a Democrat. yet according to the article he was a long time criminal. Maybe he was really a Republican at heart. :rofl
:spin:
General News - Bush withdraws 1 of 19 pardons he issued Tuesday
I really don't give a **** who Bush pardons.
Criminalizing something like drug use/possession/sale/whatever makes no sense. And if your only justification is that it creates prison jobs, that's a horrible excuse. We could criminalize drinking, cursing, gambling, and being mean to people for the same reason. :roll:
I'm not arguing that it's bad policy. I'm just arguing that trying to turn a few hundred thousand convicts loose within a span of a few months would be a disastrous policy that no serious candidate for President should even consider. Even if they were all non-violent and seriously trying to stay on the straight and narrow, it would be a national catastrophe.
I don't see what would be so catastrophic about it. The automakers have laid off workers because business is bad. The banks have laid off workers because business is bad. Why should the prison industry be any different?
Because in addition to all the prison workers, the economy would also be hit with all of the prisoners all at once.
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