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Scooter!

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Fenian_Bastard, Jun 5, 2007.

  1. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I am thinking you just don't want to show up for your first day in Federal Prison with a name tag that says, "Scooter" on it. Just doesn't seem like the right way to start things off. But what do I know about these things?
     
  2. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pardonchartlst.htm
    Scooter should get pardoned, if Clinton's pardon list is used as precedent.
     
  3. Any of those pardons a result of crimes committed on behalf of the Clinton administration?
    Didn't think so.
     
  4. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Almon Glenn Braswell was pardoned of his mail fraud and perjury convictions, even while a federal investigation was underway regarding additional money laundering and tax evasion charges. Braswell and Carlos Vignali each paid approximately $200,000 to Hillary Clinton's brother, Hugh Rodham, to represent their respective cases for clemency. Hugh Rodham returned the payments after they were disclosed to the public. Braswell would later invoke the Fifth Amendment at a Senate Committee hearing in 2001, when questioned about allegations of his having systematically defrauded senior citizens of millions of dollars.

    Marc Rich, a fugitive, was pardoned of tax evasion, after clemency pleas from Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, among many other international luminaries. Denise Rich, Marc's former wife, was a close friend of the Clintons and had made substantial donations to both Clinton's library and Hillary's Senate campaign. Several months after her last donation, emails reveal Republican attorney "Scooter" Libby asked her to approach Clinton about pardoning Marc Rich. Clinton agreed to a pardon that required Marc Rich to pay a $100,000,000 fine before he could return to the United States. According to Paul Volcker's independent investigation of Iraqi Oil-for-Food kickback schemes, Marc Rich was a middleman for several suspect Iraqi oil deals involving over 4 million barrels of oil.

    Melvin J. Reynolds, a Democratic Congressman from Illinois, who was convicted of bank fraud, 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice, and solicitation of child pornography.

    Henry Cisneros

    I'd say Bush has open field running to pardon just about anyone, using Clinton as a guide.
     
  5. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    I'm sure you could do parse the wisdom of any president's pardons. It seems like they're all a mix of righting wrongs, rewarding cronies and, well, general oddballness. Like what of Clinton pardoning the three guys convicted of odometer rollback? What, was Clinton planning on running a used car lot after office?

    Then again, given that George W. Bush's pardon list so far includes some old moonshiners, maybe he's planning to brew up some White Lightning after he leaves the Oval Office.
     
  6. Point of Order

    Point of Order Active Member

    Why would Clinton's pardon list be used as precedent? Nothing else Clinton did in office was used.
     
  7. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Because Clinton got a blowjob.
     
  8. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    For the record it was BILL Clinton that got the blow job. There's no evidence that HILLARY Clinton ever got a blow job in the White House
     
  9. Boomer7

    Boomer7 Active Member

    But there's no evidence that she DIDN'T get a blow job in the White House, either.
     
  10. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    You're correct, I'd hate to be called anti-Semantic
     
  11. D-Backs Hack

    D-Backs Hack Guest

    Bush is more likely use Pappy as a pardon guide.

    That would make Christmas Eve the date to watch.
     
  12. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    There's no evidence that Hillary ever gave a blow job, either.
     
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