Conyers: "a pardon will be a last ditch tactic to evade accountability"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.conyersblog.us/archives/00000185.htm

Blogged by JC on 07.25.05 @ 01:19 PM ET

Will the President Pardon Rove?

Today, I wrote to the White House to ask the President to pledge that he will not pardon any Administration official indicted during the course of the Fitzgerald investigation. As some of you may recall, his father, President George H.W. Bush, issued pardons of officials under indictment in the Iran-Contra scandal. Many of my Republican colleagues, and some of my Democratic Colleagues, raise questions about the pardons issued by President Clinton during his last days in office. It would seem to me that an Administration that promised a higher standard of ethics could, at least, make this pledge.

The White House has promised its full cooperation with the investigation, but has thus far fallen woefully short of actually cooperating. In fact, thus far, their strategy has been attack, attack, attack -- most significantly on Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. I believe we will soon see attacks by the President's surrogates on every part of this investigation: the prosecutor, the Central Intelligence Agency and the press. I am afraid, if push comes to shove, a pardon will be a last ditch tactic to evade accountability.

I do not have any illusions that the President will answer my letter (as he has ignored a letter signed by more than 120 of my colleagues about the Downing Street Minutes), but the press has the power to ask the question directly, and I hope they will.

The letter is here (http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Conyers_writes_Bush_Promise_you_wont_pardon_those_who_oute_0725.html). There are several other questions I am pursuing and I will have more to say on this soon.

[stepnw1f]

1. Just Like His Daddy...

he'll pardon traitors to this country, proof the Bush Family is the real enemy.

[acmejack]

2. This man has more leadership in his little finger

than the DLC has in it's entire membership. In fact, the CBC is the only group of Dems doing the yeoman work on the People's issues.

Where are the rest of "our" representatives? I suggest writing "your" Congressperson and asking them!

[adadem]

3. I would like a bumper sticker

that says:

John Conyers is MY President

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

5. Got a color printer?

:toast:

[Vickers]

4. Say something like "Please don't issue pardons in cases where you might...

...be called as a witness, like your father did for Caspar Weinberger, Robert McFarlane, et al."