Who do you think Bush will pardon today?

[Harry Monroe]

Today will be the day that the Idiot in Chief issues a flurry of pardons. Who do you think he will pardon?

My predictions:

1) Karl Rove
2) Dick Cheney
3) Himself!!

What are your guesses??

[spotbird]

1. He may wait until the morning

So they get even less notice.

[hlthe2b]

8. Yes, when they didn't defiantly blast em out on Friday....

I figure they will now sneak them in under distraction of the Inaguration on Tuesday morning and then scurry like cockroaches out of town before they can be asked about them...:eyes:

[bluestateguy]

2. He's not pardoning Rove or Cheney or Rumsfeld

They are not under indictment, and if he pardoned them for crimes that "may have been committed", then he is admitting that they may have done something wrong.

Scooter Libby will get pardoned, and a bunch of other unknowns will get pardons, like a bunch of old men in Tennessee convicted of running moonshine 35 years ago.

[Jack Bone]

3. Sen. Ted Stevens? nt

[AndyA]

4. I'm not sure that he can do what everyone thinks he can.

Aren't pardons only for those who have been convicted of a Federal crime?

Rove, Cheney, and Little Shit haven't been convicted of anything yet. I know Ford pardoned Nixon before any conviction, but I would bet if Bush tried to pardon himself and his cronies before any charges had even been filed, there would be a nasty legal battle over it.

Plus, I don't think a President can pardon himself to prevent being charged and convicted of a crime he committed while in office.

Of course, Bush has never really been bothered with little things like the law of the land... :eyes:

[AZ Criminal JD]

16. No pardons are not just for those convicted.

A president has absolute power under the Constitution to pardon for any crimes, charged or not. Ford pardoned Nixon when he hadn't been charged with anything.

[global1]

5. Abramoff........nt

[Crazy Dave]

6. Osama bin Laden

He doesn't want him captured under Obama's administration and see him get the credit for it.

[Kittycat]

7. He better make sure the pardon's are delivered before Obama swears in

I read an article yesterday that the president is within his rights to revoke a pardon as long as it hasn't been delivered/fully executed.

[nodramamama]

9. Cheney, Addington, Rumsfeld

etc.

[Eurobabe]

10. Hisself.

:rofl:

[firedupdem]

11. I'm waiting to see as well. It may be a bunch of unknowns other

than Libby. We shall see!

[nodramamama]

12. How often do poor people get pardoned?

I'd like to know that stat.

[Botany]

13. My guess is that the pardons are all done

and he will mention them on his way out of town @ 1:30 or maybe not.

Blackwater thugs, Gonzales, Libby, Harriet Harriet Myres, Schlozman,
Rove, and maybe Kenny Blackwell.

[harun]

14. My guess is a big list that he keeps secret due to national security

[11 Bravo]

15. Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos

The U. S. Border Patrol agents who shot a suspected Mexican drug-smuggler in the ass.

[Liberal_in_LA]

17. You were right.

[11 Bravo]

18. I heard. I was bragging about it on another thread.

:)

[sohndrsmith]

19. I'm still trying to figure out why 11th hour pardons are expected, or

necessary. I don't get the entire premise of it...

[TeamJordan23]

20. Libby for sure. nm