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Obama not ruling out prosecution of Bush officials for crimes in office |
2009-01-11 |
Weaselling? Very bad mistake, Obama. You appease your nutroots at the expense of precedence and your own trials when you're out |
Posted by:Frank G |
#6 Move the day of the Rubicon ever closer fools. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-01-11 22:15 |
#5 they can pardon on the way out the door, and this becomes a matter of Chicken then |
Posted by: Frank G 2009-01-11 19:26 |
#4 'Moose ex-Presidents have no power of Pardon. Not even in their pocket. |
Posted by: .5MT 2009-01-11 19:23 |
#3 It's not going to happen. The assumption is that all Presidents have a "pocket pardon" for the top echelon of their administration. So unless they cut one of them loose and throw him to the dogs, or until they do something illegal after their retirement, they are hands off. |
Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-01-11 17:31 |
#2 Frank, it's not a precedent if they never plan on giving up power. |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-01-11 16:08 |
#1 Arrogant, uppity, and dispicable. A lower man's commentary. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2009-01-11 14:52 |