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YoungWhipperSnapper
I've been watching CNN again after Benoit's tragedy and I'm trying to care. Channels like CNN is trying to make me care with 'conservative' guys like Glenn Beck saying he thinks it's absolutely wrong. But I feel like it's just the way it is and meh.

Anyone else feel this way about it? Or is anyone actually outraged of all of this?
Asuka
I can't follow the Scooter Libby story for the life of me.
Magicplayr
It's really messed up that he got his sentence commuted, but I think it's complete crap that Bill Clinton is one of the loudest voices of outrage on this. He went crazy with pardons right at the end of his term. If anyone should be critiquing this, it isn't him.
The President
I'm pissed and want to see him go to jail.

Everyone goes crazy with pardons at the end.

See: Bush Sr. Caspar Weinberger.
B C
QUOTE(Magicplayr @ Jul 5 2007, 11:39 PM) *

It's really messed up that he got his sentence commuted, but I think it's complete crap that Bill Clinton is one of the loudest voices of outrage on this. He went crazy with pardons right at the end of his term. If anyone should be critiquing this, it isn't him.

How many of Cilnton's pardons were meant to shield him or his administration from the checks and balances of the goddamn CONSTITUTION?

Come on. Bill Clinton's pardons were almost laughable, white-collar crooks who were guilty of various types of fraud for the most part. We're talking about the Chief of Staff of the Vice president of the United States here, not a cousin of Hillary's (M. Rich) or some such.
Magicplayr
QUOTE(B C @ Jul 6 2007, 01:27 PM) *

How many of Cilnton's pardons were meant to shield him or his administration from the checks and balances of the goddamn CONSTITUTION?

Come on. Bill Clinton's pardons were almost laughable, white-collar crooks who were guilty of various types of fraud for the most part. We're talking about the Chief of Staff of the Vice president of the United States here, not a cousin of Hillary's (M. Rich) or some such.

I'm not saying the two are the same, but pardoning someone who happened to be a large campaign contributor right at the end of his term isn't exactly an above-the-board action. I wanted to see Libby serve his time because he damn well deserved 30 months for stopping an investigation into who gave away the identity of a CIA agent. I just don't want to see someone who went nuts with pardons say it's an insult to the office basically.
Frankie G
Since the title cut off, I thought and hoped it was going to say scooby doo. I'll go back to the lounge now.
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