Get ready for a Pardon Party!

[Norman Bernstein]

Just unbelievable. Words nearly fail me, with this one.

“The White House has assembled the paperwork to pardon dozens of people, two sources with knowledge of the developments tell CNN, signaling that President Trump is poised to exert his constitutional power and intervene, in some instances, where he believes the Justice Department has overstepped.”

“The administration has prepared the pardoning paperwork for at least 30 people.”

[Nicholas Scheuer]

Re: Get ready for a Pardon Party!

+1 Me, too, Norman.

[Mike V.]

Re: Get ready for a Pardon Party!

I loathe Trump but all presidents have pardoned people. How is this any different?

[oznabrag]

Re: Get ready for a Pardon Party!

I loathe Trump but all presidents have pardoned people. How is this any different?

Really?

I don't think ANY 'President' has pardoned the criminal gang he committed treason to install in positions of power.

Name a couple dozen, if you will.

[Keith Wilson]

Re: Get ready for a Pardon Party!

I loathe Trump but all presidents have pardoned people. How is this any different?

Past presidents have used their power very selectively, and rarely if ever to pardon associates, friends ,and members of their own administration. Using the power to pardon for political purposes or to protect your associates from the law is simply wrong. Of course, we don't know who those 30 people are, or even if they exist.

[bobbys]

Re: Get ready for a Pardon Party!

Thank you prez Trump.

[S.V. Airlie]

Re: Get ready for a Pardon Party!

Thank you prez Trump.

Are you being pardoned bobby?

[Ian McColgin]

Re: Get ready for a Pardon Party!

All previous presidents mainly pardoned people who were victims of gross miscarriages of justice. There's a huge vetting and investigative process before a pardon request gets to the president's desk. Sometimes a large group of pardons is a political act, an effort at healing as when Andrew Johnson pardoning most citizens of the Confederacy (leaders had to seek individual pardons) and when Jimmy Carter pardoned draft dodgers. Some pardons just seem odd, like Nixon taking a last vindictive swipe at the Kennedy's by pardoning Jimmy Hoffa. And most presidents have also made political pardons, as Reagan pardoning George Steinbrenner or Clinton pardoning Marc Rich.

If you google something like 'controversial presidential pardons' you get sites like https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/c...tml/?a=viewall . It is interesting to see differences and trends in the type of pardon and the party of the president.

[mdh]

Re: Get ready for a Pardon Party!

Compared to the year and a half pity party, here? Priceless.

[S.V. Airlie]

Re: Get ready for a Pardon Party!

Compared to the year and a half pity party, here? Priceless.

You're right, we pity those who voted for him. The party was far trying to cheer up those who did and realized they had made a terrible choice.

[ccmanuals]

Re: Get ready for a Pardon Party!

It's a great photo op.

After all, this president is all about appearances and photo ops.

[bobbys]

Re: Get ready for a Pardon Party!

Compared to the year and a half pity party, here? Priceless.

Note to bilge libs.

When you throw pity parties only fellow libs will show up with party favors .

[John of Phoenix]

Re: Get ready for a Pardon Party!

You reds have any parking tickets you need fixed? Now's the time to step forward.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

[bobbys]

Re: Get ready for a Pardon Party!

Sweet mother hillary, libs are dumb.

[John of Phoenix]

Re: Get ready for a Pardon Party!

See this manafort, cohen, all the president's men? Keep your mouth shut and you too will walk free.

The best thing about this (so far) is that Martha Stewart can finally pack a heater again.