Bush Commutes Libby Prison Sentence

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Letum

If that happen in the UK there would be uproar!

Probably, but there was no uproar when Clinton let loose axe murderers at the end of his term, and this commute is minor compared to whom Clinton let loose.

-S

[geetrue]

ABC news was talking about it among themselves on the air and said,"Why would Bush do such a thing at a point in time that his popularity is at an all time low"?

The other person answers, "Maybe that's why President Bush did it, because it won't hurt his popularity"

I think Putin made him do it

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Probably, but there was no uproar when Clinton let loose axe murderers at the end of his term, and this commute is minor compared to whom Clinton let loose.

-S

Oh, there you go then. Because Clinton did Bush can too. Two wrong's always makes a right.

[Heibges]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Probably, but there was no uproar when Clinton let loose axe murderers at the end of his term, and this commute is minor compared to whom Clinton let loose.

-S

I think you mean Willie Horton, and that was Mike Dukkakis.

[fatty]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Probably, but there was no uproar when Clinton let loose axe murderers at the end of his term, and this commute is minor compared to whom Clinton let loose.

-S

Presidents have been issuing exciting pardons long, long before Clinton and Bush. Check this one out:

Originally Posted by http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/pardons/pardon.history.html

A more puzzling case is Reagan's pardon of Robert Wendell Walker, who was convicted for attempted bank robbery. It is unclear why Reagan pardoned Walker, who had been sentenced to five years of probation. The pardon would have remained obscure if not for Walker's arrest November 3, 2000. He is charged with killing his wife and dismembering her body.

IMHO the powers should really remain seperated.