I thought I read that Andy Card was expected to turn on Chimpy because he had his sister committed.

The DOJ dropped all of the charges against her.

Did you notice that Card was on the airplane going to back to TX? Small wonder that Mukasey dropped the charges. He was involved in the mess.

Clinton’s pardon of Rich was disgusting. Holder’s support for that pardon pathetic.

I believe Rich renounced his U.S. citizenship

That seems to be “so” and has been terribly frightening. Set up the division of Iraq for oil deals in private, lie about WMD’s with the media’s help, start an unnecessary war, out a undercover CIA agent etc etc.

I believe the last interview with Cheney was with Jim Lehrer. Lehrer kept poking Cheney giving him plenty of room to demonstrate one ounce of conscience. Cheney did not.

The image of Cheney folded up in that wheelchair at the Inauguration sure stands out in my mind.

How can this nation truly move “forward” without holding those responsible for the unnecessary deaths, injuries and refugees in the Iraq war ACCOUNTABLE? The family members of the dead, those individuals with a conscience in this nation and around the world are waiting, pushing and watching.

Apparently, none of these conservative wailers understand that pardoning Libby would negate Libby’s ability to invoke the Fifth Amendment if, say, John Conyers ever held a hearing on George Bush’s role in leaking Valerie Plame’s identity. And so Scooter Libby will remain a felon

Hmmm, maybe Holder, Obama & Libby could make a deal for testimony and an Obama pardon. Would Libby like to make a deal?

Once you’ve pushed all those limits, handing out pardons is more or less an admission of failure. That’s why he sent Crawford out to say we tortured al-Qatani.

I can see that in the worldview you describe, handing out pardons looks like an admission of failure. And it’s the kind of error that seems to be highly likely to lead to serious miscalculations that no one would ever follow up and prosecute. Here’s hoping….

You can’t associate Nixon with the images of Abu Gharib.
But those images are deeply linked with Bush, Cheney, Addington.

The old pardon era of Jerry Ford does not fit today’s situation. If we don’t prosecute the crimes done in our name, then they continue to pollute us.

You say this in jest, but Chicago Public Radio devoted about 20% of the very few minutes they devote to local news to ex-Governor Thompson’s theory that though Bush didn’t pardon GOP ex-Gov and felon George Ryan, that Obama might. Then, the announcer came on and helpfully suggested that if you wanted to hear more of Thompson’s remarks, you could go to their website.

Thompson was the idiot who was head of the audit committee of the Hollinger board of directors when it’s CEO robbed the Sun-Times blind. Why anyone listens to him at all is beyond me, but surely no one in their right mind wants to hear his arcane theories of the pardon power. Sheesh.

I’m sure very few here care about this, but I needed to vent.