"I wouldn't pardon somebody who's not been indicted" - *

[ThoughtCriminal]

January 2001

Asked if he plans to pardon President Clinton after he's sworn in as his successor. "No, I wouldn't pardon somebody who's not been indicted," Mr. Bush told reporters...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/01/07/politics/main262157.shtml

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Just a reminder - in case * decides to pardon Rove, Libby, etc BEFORE the indictments - not that I expect him to keep to his word.

I do expect that there will be pardons before a trial - just to derail that bit of humiliation.

[tuvor]

1. Read it closely.

His double negative = a positive. i.e., he *would* pardon someone who's been indicted.

He probably meant it all along. :crazy:

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. My point is: If Bush pre-emptively pardons Rove etc.

before they have been indicted, he's flip-flopped.

I'm sure he will pardon everyone involved, but will he wait for indictments?

[rfranklin]

3. Didn't his Daddy pardon people who weren't indicted?

Or had they all been nailed?

[immoderate]

4. Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon.

He wasn't indicted.

--IMM