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1. #577403
   On December 24th, 2008 at 6:10 pm, backwoods conservative said:

   Oops.

2. #577404
   On December 24th, 2008 at 6:25 pm, et said:

   President Bush’s staff have not served him well. How did this ever get to his desk anyway?

3. #577407
   On December 24th, 2008 at 6:30 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

   Oops indeed. Now give that pardon to Scooter Libby. He took the hit for nothing and got a lousy reprieve from prison but still has a felony conviction.

   If Mr. Bush cannot pardon Ramos and Compean at least call off the war dogs (Justice Department )from attacking Ignacio Ramos’ family, father-in-law and supporters. As one HERO of the Bureau of Prisons told us:

   Ignacio Ramos is the ONLY American born person he knows of put in with the Mexican born gang unit–hence the beating.The three guards who went into the unit to retrieve Mr. Ramos did so at great peril and cost–they will never be promoted. Here the Justice Department thought they had that mouthy little spic taken care of and these three guards screwed it up.

   Merry Christmas open border types everywhere. What is a dead American compared to cheap green fees for Lindsay the Pansy Graham?

4. #577412
   On December 24th, 2008 at 6:53 pm, torabora said:

   Where in the Constitution does it say there are take backs…or fingers crossed?
   This is just too weird.

5. #577417
   On December 24th, 2008 at 7:19 pm, MrScribbler said:

   “Fool me once,….shame on you. Fool me again….uh…you can’t fool me twice.”

   Way to go, George. Always got your eye on the ball, I see!

6. #577419
   On December 24th, 2008 at 7:25 pm, American Elephant said:

   Meh. All it does is bring attention to Bush’s pardons and how non-corrupt they are compared to certain other presidents who shall not be named.

7. #577420
   On December 24th, 2008 at 7:31 pm, WaterBoyz said:

   I seem to remember that someone on the prosecution side had promised that Ramos and Compean would NOT be placed in the general population because there were people in there that Ramos and Compean were part of the reason they were in prison.
   Somewhere along the way the “paperwork” didn’t get done and thus the beatings.

   More current info…..
   http://ramos-compean.blogspot.com/

8. #577422
   On December 24th, 2008 at 7:37 pm, BMooyaso said:

   Excuse me? Can he do that? How ridiculous. So when is a pardon not a pardon? It shouldn’t matter that Bush or his staff was stupid enough as to let this slip by: you don’t get do-overs. If he didn’t do enough research to let this stand, that’s his own dumb fault and he should have to just suck it up.

9. #577423
   On December 24th, 2008 at 7:41 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

   Excuse me? Can he do that?

   Maybe the pardon had not been finalized-but watch the lawyers dig into it.

10. #577426
    On December 24th, 2008 at 7:53 pm, rightisright said:

    all I can do till Jan. 20th is shack my head in disbelief…then I’ll move to pulling my hair out when Odummy is crowned.
    I’m not religious, but it’s looking like I may be again and soon.

11. #577427
    On December 24th, 2008 at 7:53 pm, pclevenger said:

    It has been so long since we have had actual leadership in Washington, would we know it if we saw it?

12. #577429
    On December 24th, 2008 at 7:59 pm, WisCon said:

    I hate to say it, but it will be a relief with this bozo finally gone.

13. #577437
    On December 24th, 2008 at 8:16 pm, txvet2 said:

    At least Bush isn’t getting anybody’s wife to prostitute herself for the pardon.

14. #577438
    On December 24th, 2008 at 8:21 pm, right4life said:

    On December 24th, 2008 at 8:16 pm, txvet2 said

    I’m not making excuses for old Bill, but he had a couple very good reasons to pardon marc rich….

15. #577441
    On December 24th, 2008 at 8:37 pm, Marc said:

    This was an idiotic idea by someone on W’s staff. Interesting that the Rich pardon got the most publicity for the Clintons but check out a guy named Brasswell who got a Clinton pardon. He was far worse than Rich. Clinton never explained how Braswell got a pardon or what Braswell did to deserve a pardon. Something shady must have happened for Braswell to get a pardon. A google search of Braswell shows what a lousy person this guy was.

16. #577442
    On December 24th, 2008 at 8:37 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Good thing this wasn’t a do over for somebody on Death Row> How exciting would that be?

17. #577451
    On December 24th, 2008 at 9:18 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Better late than never.

18. #577455
    On December 24th, 2008 at 9:27 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    Pardon everyone that has ever been convicted of willful failure to file an income tax return. Keep doing that until congress gets it through their head that they need to repeal the 16th amendment and pass the FairTax.

    If I was president, those are the only pardons I would grant.

19. #577465
    On December 24th, 2008 at 10:29 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    It shouldn’t matter that Bush or his staff was stupid enough as to let this slip by: you don’t get do-overs.

    Haven’t you been paying attention? President Bush makes laws that suit President Bush. He is the decider.

20. #577467
    On December 24th, 2008 at 10:58 pm, Tazed and Confused said:

    Hey Dick… can we recall those nukes headed for Moscow?

    Bush = Boob

21. #577469
    On December 24th, 2008 at 11:29 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On December 24th, 2008 at 8:37 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Good thing this wasn’t a do over for somebody on Death Row> How exciting would that be?

    

22. #577470
    On December 24th, 2008 at 11:42 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    White House press secretary Dana Perino said the new decision was “based on information that has subsequently come to light,” including on the extent and nature of Toussie’s prior criminal offenses. She also said that neither the White House counsel’s office nor the president had been aware of a political contribution by Toussie’s father that “might create an appearance of impropriety.”

    “Given that, this was the prudent thing to do,” she said.

    Hmmm…

    Sounds much like the Ramos/Campeon case, wherein the jury had not been told of the drug trafficking background of the jerk who was shot. Or that the illegal alien drug trafficker had been given a pass to come back and forth across the border. Or that the illegal alien drug trafficker had used that pass to move even more drugs across the border during the proceeding that wrongly imprisoned two men doing their jobs.

    Yes, sounds familiar indeed.

23. #577472
    On December 24th, 2008 at 11:53 pm, 4 Borders Pundit said:

    So, can we take it that Ramos’ and Compean’s parents donated to Democrats, since they haven’t been pardoned yet?

24. #577480
    On December 25th, 2008 at 12:50 am, vickisoup said:

    It is the AG’s office that vets these things and makes its recommendations to the President. Honestly…can’t you Bush bashers give it a rest for even a day? It’s Christmas!
    This blog is looking like HuffPo more and more each day.

25. #577483
    On December 25th, 2008 at 12:57 am, Freddy said:

    Yea! It is looking like Christmas!

    And this even after the CEO said last week, they could not even begin to qualify for it! Will the miracles never end!

26. #577499
    On December 25th, 2008 at 4:58 am, graysonret said:

    The way I see it, Bush could have let the whole thing ride, and just shrug his shoulders. At least he has some scruples, which is more than I can say for many politicians in D.C. today. Yes, Vickisoup, it is Christmas, and so I’ll be like “Nephew Fred” and continue to wish everyone (Scrooges included) a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

27. #577507
    On December 25th, 2008 at 6:48 am, misterbee241 said:

    On December 24th, 2008 at 6:53 pm, torabora said:
    Where in the Constitution does it say there are take backs…or fingers crossed?
    This is just too weird.

    The Constitution to today’s politicians is just some nice words on a old piece of parchment written by a bunch of slave-holding white men. That’s why we’re in the mess we’re in. The Democrats trashed the Constitution and the Republicans did nothing to stop it.

28. #577512
    On December 25th, 2008 at 8:01 am, Juliethejarhead said:

    Pardon Marion Jones!

29. #577513
    On December 25th, 2008 at 8:24 am, zorro said:

    The Klinton’s would have asked for more money…

30. #577516
    On December 25th, 2008 at 8:57 am, Wade said:

    Boosh needs to stop doing anything but grabbing a magazine and head for the ceramic library.

31. #577536
    On December 25th, 2008 at 11:43 am, happyscrapper said:

    On December 25th, 2008 at 8:57 am, Wade said:
    Boosh needs to stop doing anything but grabbing a magazine comic book and head for the ceramic library.

    Fixed it.

32. #577563
    On December 25th, 2008 at 12:53 pm, WaterBoyz said:

    On December 24th, 2008 at 11:42 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    Hmmm…

    Sounds much like the Ramos/Campeon case, wherein the jury had not been told of the drug trafficking background of the jerk who was shot. Or that the illegal alien drug trafficker had been given a pass to come back and forth across the border. Or that the illegal alien drug trafficker had used that pass to move even more drugs across the border during the proceeding that wrongly imprisoned two men doing their jobs.

    Yes, sounds familiar indeed.

    That drug @sshole is in jail now. He got less term to serve than Ramos or Campeon.
    Is Justice really blind?

33. #577726
    On December 26th, 2008 at 10:21 am, Mister P said:

    How can one take back a pardon? He would have to be reconvicted.

34. #578217
    On December 27th, 2008 at 3:51 pm, obdurate said:

    At times Georgie W makes Jimmah Peanut look like a genius, JeeZ!

35. #578344
    On December 28th, 2008 at 1:17 am, rightwingrocker said:

    I keep saying it … eventually people are going to have to listen …

    Republicans and Democrats …

    Need a new party …

    Wake up America.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

36. #579284
    On December 30th, 2008 at 10:20 am, reshas1 said:

    The outrage is not simply that a well-connected white white-collar criminal(Toussie) won a pardon. It also would be an outrage if Bush failed to do right by Aaron, an unconnected African-American man serving life for a first-time nonviolent offense, and two Latino Border Patrol agents who, if they did break the law, did so in the heat of the chase, not the cool of a boardroom.