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Perino: Talk to the Hand
Politics Daily —
... conference. When asked if the President had any last minute pardons in the pipeline, Ms. Perino replied, "I just have you talk to the hand when it comes to pardons. But I don't - we have never talked about them from here, in terms of what may or may not be coming, and I'm not going to start on - five days to go. ... I don't anticipate that you'll have any, necessarily, on the 20th." Oh, snap, Dana! You go girl! Watch below (video via Think Progress). I'll surely miss Perino - Bob Gibbs doesn't seem anywhere near as ...
Perino On Bush Pardons: "Talk To The Hand"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... heard Mr. Gillespie say, you're going to spill your guts about pardons. Where is that process?
MS. PERINO: I don't know why he threw me under the bus on that. (Laughter.)
Q Is there debate on that?
MS. PERINO: He doesn't know that basically I just have you talk to the hand when it comes to pardons. But we have never talked about them from here in terms of what may or may not be coming. And I'm not going to start on five days to go.
Video, via Think Progress: ...
Perino On Bush Pardons: "Talk To The Hand"
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... heard Mr. Gillespie say, you're going to spill your guts about pardons. Where is that process?
MS. PERINO: I don't know why he threw me under the bus on that. (Laughter.)
Q Is there debate on that?
MS. PERINO: He doesn't know that basically I just have you talk to the hand when it comes to pardons. But we have never talked about them from here in terms of what may or may not be coming. And I'm not going to start on five days to go.
Video, via Think Progress: ...
Clock is ticking on pardons
Political Animal —
... rattled the Bush White House a bit on the issue of clemency, but I more or less assumed we'd be hearing more about pardons as this presidency winds down. Today a reporter asked White House press secretary Dana Perino about pardons, and she replied that she has reporters " talk to the hand when it comes to pardons ." (Yes, an acute case of "senioritis" among top White House aides has set in.) ...
Bush Offers to Pre-Pardon Obama Treasury Pick
ScrappleFace —
... “Bush has offered to write the pardon now,” said the source, “leaving the date line blank for President Obama to fill in once Geithner has been convicted. That way, Obama can blame Bush for the pardon, and still keep his Treasury Secretary.” ...
Plea for Stevens
Political Animal —
... , wondering who, if anyone, will get 11th-hour clemency from George W. Bush. He has 25 hours to go, and on Thursday, Dana Perino was a little vague about whether the president had any additional pardons in mind. The lobbying, meanwhile, continues. Some in the conservative media are still pushing for a ...
