Should Kerry Pardon Bush?

[Wafture]

Should President-Elect Kerry Pardon President-Eject/Reject Bush?


In 1974 President Ford told the nation, "Our long national nightmare is over." A month later he pardoned Richard Nixon. It was a turbulent time in our history: a nation divided over Vietnam, the Watergate scandal, the oil crisis.

Thirty years later and again we are a divided nation.

The question few have broached but one that is sure to become a major issue is, "Should Kerry pardon Bush?"

January 2005 isn't that far off. This will probably be Kerry's first big decision in office. What will/should he do regarding the fate of the disgraced former president?

Re-Select Bush 04?

[trumad]

1. Only if Bush bumps into him as he's leaving the White House

[historian]

2. definetly not

He and his cohorts should all be tried as war criminals and liars - of course nothing will happen but it would be interesting to see chimps reaction if served with a subpoena

[htuttle]

3. No, no, no -- keep him in jail as an example!

We tried that 'forgive and forget' stuff under Ford. And you know what? They forgot! A few years later, and they are all up to their old tricks again.

This time, no quarter. Letter of the law, all the way.

[lastknowngood]

4. He should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law in this

country and if he doesn't get the sentence he should be extradited to some of his victimized countries so they can do the job.

[goddess40]

5. lock him up and throw away the key!

Can we reopen Spandau?

[zbdent]

6. Nope. Bush said that war criminals will no longer hide behind

"I was just following orders."

I think that it would be fitting for him to appear as the defendent in the War Crimes Court that he refused to honor.

I don't think that Kerry "pardoning" him would hold much water in the international scheme of things.

[Dragon Turtle]

7. No, If he pardoned

Bu$h that would be soft on crime. Bu$h and his cohorts should at the very least rot in jail for the rest of their lives.

[amazona]

8. no way, no how

There should be a full public trial and the appropriate penalties exacted. No pardons. If Kerry is bored and wants to raise a ruckus with some pardons, why not Leonard Peltier?

[MuseRider]

9. NO eom

[LostInAnomie]

10. Nope

I would approve if he would commute *'s sentence to a lifetime of being BF'd with a pineapple.

[NEOBuckeye]

11. Kerry should send Bush to the International Criminal Court -- at the Hague

Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Perle, Rice, Powell, Rove, and of course, Cheney, should all join him. They're all complicit in the push to unnecessary war in Iraq. They lied about WMDs. They should be put on trial before the entire world as war criminals and murderers.

On Edit: Remember that Bush removed the U.S. from the jurisdiction of the ICC (which Clinton approved). It would be real justice if Kerry revoked that order so that Bush could have the honor of being the first criminal tried from the U.S.

[Wafture]

12. Well why won't President-Elect Kerry tell us his intentions?

It's time to urge the president-elect to tell the country how he's going to address the Bush scandals. The whole world wants to know.

[in_cog_ni_to]

Dupe

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. They should be investigated, tried and jailed.

Wes Clark is the ONE candidate who said that would happen if HE were president. I hope Kerry takes some advice from him.

[Wafture]

16. How fitting it would be ...

if we found Bush hiding in a hole in Crawford.

[Andy_Stephenson]

24. Trust me...

when in crawford...he is in a hole.

[Wafture]

27. Will we see the tape

of doctors checking him for fleas, as we saw with Saddam?

[citizen snips]

13. Not at all.

Bush deserves it.

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. If he paroned Bush

he should be impeached. HELL NO, he shouldn't pardoned that bastard. The entire cabal needs to be wearing handcuffs and orange jumpsuits for the rest of their lives. :grr:

[maddezmom]

17. NO freaking way

bushco started a nightmare that will outlive them all. No pardons, full investigations and prosecutions.

[robbedvoter]

18. No, and thanks for asking!

I remember similar questions on Clinton in 2000 - Vote.com and me not knowing what a freeper was! :argh:

[IronLionZion]

19. unanimous NO

I want to see some of Bush incorporated taken away in handcuffs.

[Dr Fate]

20. Sure-It would not hurt...

...everyone is going to freak out- but I say let him go back to his ranch in Crawford and give "lectures" or what ever...

It's enough for me that he is exposed as a political loser...

40-45% of this country is pretty solid conservative/Republicans- we dont need to further divide the country with this kind of stuff...

I'm not sure jailing & humiliating Bush will produce the ultimate results you desire- but I could be wrong...

[woofless]

21. Pardon him for what?

Has Bush been charged with something and I missed it?

[R3dD0g]

22. Nixon just broke the law.

* has lied and cause thousands of people to die.

He should never be pardoned! Forget all that crap about 'tearing the country apart'.

Any country that could accept the lies of that bastard needs to be torn apart.

[tishaLA]

23. Let him pardon Martha Stewart first

then let chimpy rot

[Wafture]

29. Pardon List

OK

1. Martha
2. Pete Rose
3. OJ
4. Robert Blake
5. The Producers of Gigli

That's just for starters.

(VH-1 does a good job when it comes to these "lists.")

[frank frankly]

25. never ever ever!!!

no way!

bush needs to goto jail!

[ModerateDem]

26. He won't need to

Kerry will win in November, and Bush II will go into retirement, just like Bush I and Reagan and Clinton did.

[Wafture]

28. Bush will retire?

Retire from what?

(Most people I know who retire, retire from work.)