washingtonmonthly.com - 11/24/2008
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THEY BEG HIS PARDON.... This ought to be interesting. With a backlog of applications piled up at the Justice Department, high-profile criminals and their well-connected lawyers increasingly are appealing directly to President Bush for special consideration on pardons and clemency,...
usdoj.gov - 11/28/2008
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usdoj.gov —
Ronald L. Rodgers, Pardon Attorney The Office of
the Pardon Attorney, in consultation with the Attorney General
or his designee, assists the President in the exercise of executive clemency as authorized under Article II, Section 2, of the ...
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Office of the Pardon Attorney
downwithtyranny.blogspot.com - 11/25/2008
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downwithtyranny.blogspot.com —
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, ...
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A DWT Contest: Who Will Bush Pardon?
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The Quality of Mercy
Matthew Yglesias —
Via Steve Benen, a look a the folks hoping to get out of jail:
With a backlog of applications piled up at the Justice Department, high-profile criminals and their well-connected lawyers increasingly are appealing directly to President Bush for special consideration on pardons and clemency, according to people involved in the process.
Among those seeking presidential action are former junk-bond salesman Michael Milken, who hired former solicitor general Theodore B. Olson, one of the nation’s most prominent GOP lawyers, to ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/25/2008 — The Presidential pardon power is just hanging out there begging to be abused and so of course you get stuff like this :
President Bush pardoned a Brooklyn real estate developer accused of scamming hundreds of poor, minority homebuyers — and ...
Presidential Pardon Season
swampland.blogs.time.com 11/24/2008 — Yes, it's that time again. The Washington Post tells us today:
Among those seeking presidential action are former junk-bond salesman Michael Milken, who hired former solicitor general Theodore B. Olson, one of the nation's most prominent GOP ...
Please. Please Make It Stop. I Beg You.
themoderatevoice.com 11/10/2008 — I sincerely hope that this purported Topeka-Capital Journal article is a hoax… somebody’s very poor idea of a bad joke. Planning under way for Obama holiday Plans are being made to promote a national holiday for Barack Obama, who will become the ...
Who Will George Bush Pardon Today?
wonkette.com 1/19/2009 — The clock is ticking! George Bush has just a few short hours to issue blanket retroactive/pre-emptive pardons for all of the criminal leather queens and torture fetishists in his administration. But what about the other crooks who would also like a ...
Pardon Me? Bush Pardons 14, More To Come?
firedoglake.com 11/25/2008 —
Photo via Xavier Mazellier.
'Tis the season. The pardon rumors and begs have begun cropping up everywhere .
Despite the Bush/Cheney administration being the stingiest pardoners in recent history , speculation runs rampant on who may ...
Pardon Prospects
corner.nationalreview.com 11/25/2008 — Slate's look at possible pardons by the outgoing administration gives good odds for a pardon of the two Border Patrol agents -- Nacho Ramos and Jose Compean -- serving 11- and 12-year terms, respectively, for shooting a drug smuggler in the butt in ...
Begging His Pardon
cato.org 11/19/2008 — This article appeared in Legal Times the week of November 14, 2005. It's unfortunate that it takes the indictment of a high-ranking White House official to remind Washington that the president has the "Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for ...
Stevens may, after all, seek pardon
politico.com 11/18/2008 — The Crypt found Sen. Ted Stevens in the hall after his morning meeting with the GOP and asked him to elaborate on his decision not to seek a pardon from President Bush.
"I didn’t say anything about that at all. I said nothing about ...
Pardon Mr. Shoes!
tigerhawk.blogspot.com 12/16/2008 — Lefty blogs are in a froth over rumors that Iraqis, or even Americans, are torturing Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at President Bush the other day. That would be bad. I, for one, hope that nobody did anything worse than, ...
Stevens not seeking pardon
politico.com 11/18/2008 — Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) ducked out of a GOP conference meeting briefly and talked with reporters waiting outside. He said that he has not been asked to make any remarks and appeared confident and upbeat, flashing a smile. The image ...
Bush consulted with Obama on Citigroup —
CNN.com - Politics 11/24/2008
President Bush said Monday that the first step toward economic recovery is to stabilize the financial system - and that the government may step in to help financial institutions again the way it did with Citigroup.
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