downwithtyranny.blogspot.com - 11/25/2008
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Republicrook Tom Kontogiannis already paid Bush $400,000 for his pardon Most observers feel certain that pre-emptive pardons will be granted to everyone involved in the organized unconstitutional operations the Bush Regime was involved in, especially torture and the policy of non-cooperation ...
mediamatters.org - 11/21/2008
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mediamatters.org —
In anticipation of the new administration, Beltway media
insiders are busy laying the groundwork for how reporters...
and pundits will treat the new team on Pennsylvania Avenue. "Once a president takes office ... an adversarial relationship ...
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Boehlert: Covering new presidents: the media's double ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/24/2008
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washingtonmonthly.com —
I n March 2001, U.S. Archivist John W.
Carlin received a letter from Alberto Gonzales, then counsel...
to the newly inaugurated president George W. Bush. It concerned an important deadline that was looming one that Bush owed to Richard Nixon. In 1974, ...
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Last Secrets of the Bush Administration - Charles Homans
theanchoressonline.com - 11/20/2008
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theanchoressonline.com —
I’m still trying to keep to my new
pledge of only writing about politics when it intersects...
with religion, but it does seem only fair to note that, Old Europe, which has been struggling all along with its restrictions, has finally admitted ...
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Bush was right. Victorious, too
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Bush Throws Some Pardons: What About The Border Agents?
Pirate's Cove —
... brought up by the House and Senate, Bush ignored them. When a petition was delivered by Rohrabacker to W with hundreds of thousands of signatures, Bush did nothing. He has a few months left. Maybe he will do the right thing. But, I doubt it.
Fausta notices the Ramos and Compean issue as well, and provides a number to call the White House. You can also check Grassfire.
Meanwhile, Alan Colmes and good blog friend The Gun Toting Liberal go silly. Down With Tyranny just plain loses all connection with sanity. And at ...
Bush Throws Some Pardons: What About The Border Agents?
Stop The ACLU —
... was brought up by the House and Senate, Bush ignored them. When a petition was delivered by Rohrabacker to W with hundreds of thousands of signatures, Bush did nothing. He has a few months left. Maybe he will do the right thing. But, I doubt it. Fausta notices the Ramos and Compean issue as well, and provides a number to call the White House. You can also check Grassfire . Meanwhile, Alan Colmes and good blog friend The Gun Toting Liberal go silly. Down With Tyranny just plain loses all connection with sanity. And at Firedoglake , ...
Let the Pardoning Begin
Opinionator —
... , at his blog, Liberaland.“They never stop talking about the Clinton pardons. I wonder if any of these will bother them. I mean, it’s not like these crooks were as bad as Mark Rich. All they did was drug offenses, tax evasion, wildlife violations, bank embezzlement, hazardous waste, food stamps, and the theft of government property. ” (But, Alan, were they as bad as Marc Rich?) Meanwhile, the anonymous blogger Down With Tyranny reaches new heights of cynicism : Personally, I’ve always felt that Bush will be eager to pardon all the Republican politicians who have the goods on ...
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Bush Only Pardons White Turkeys —
Politics Daily
To be fair to the President, it appears that Truman may have been the last president to pardon a non-white turkey at the White House. Still, a little diversity might be appropriate. This is 2008 after all.
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Bush Promotes Democracy, Pardons Turkeys —
Politics Daily
Still President George W. Bush will be pardoning the traditional Thanksgiving turkeys today at the White House. This year, Bush is using the event to show his commitment to democracy by letting the good people of United States vote on the names of the Turkeys . The options are: Popcorn & ...
Can You Say, Mixed Message? —
Comments from Left Field
I saw this on Rachel Maddow last night (where the video was sanitized so it wouldn’t be quite so gruesome to watch), but now it’s all over blogtopia: Gov. Sarah Palin went to a local turkey slaughtering house, picked one turkey to “pardon,” and then stood in front of the ...