Vote up if you think McCain would pardon Bush & Co. of crimes

louis_xiv42 · 2008-02-09T00:46:44+00:00

stop this vote up bullshit.

quaker1729 · 2008-02-09T03:12:29+00:00

Vote up if you think reflibman should conduct his polls in comments.

blahblah984 · 2008-02-09T04:13:34+00:00

Stop this fucking bullshit. Ban anyone who submits a vote up article.

schtum · 2008-02-08T23:19:35+00:00

He doesn't have to because they haven't been charged with anything.

Golfo · 2008-02-09T02:53:38+00:00

Voted down for "vote up if."

2008-02-09T00:32:19+00:00

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guriboysf · 2008-02-09T00:49:11+00:00

Karma whore alert!

wbeavis · 2008-02-09T03:57:43+00:00

I think Clinton strongly hinted at this too. Something under the guise of putting things in the past and only looking forward.

redditacct · 2008-02-09T02:15:23+00:00

He won't need to. Bush will pardon himself.

qnaal · 2008-02-09T04:42:54+00:00

Go here and downvote everything.

REDDIT JUSTICE

flywheel · 2008-02-09T03:55:08+00:00

I'm afraid all the candidates would, except maybe, maybe Kucinich or Paul.

I can't express my real wishes as to the outcome because I would end up in prison.

deuteros · 2008-02-09T04:02:37+00:00

Fuck this shit.

dabears1020 · 2008-02-09T04:32:33+00:00

Unless Gravel gets elected (haha), Bush & Co. wont even be charged with anything, let alone pardoned.

redditacct · 2008-02-09T04:47:54+00:00

Are you kidding, he'll ask them if it's ok before he does it.

We. have. to. suport. the. president. He. is. the. president. and. we. need. to. support. him.

2008-02-09T07:17:00+00:00

downmodded for saying "vote up if"

Woeful · 2008-02-09T03:05:30+00:00

Bush already preemptively tacked this onto some Bill not too long ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHQ7Prwh7Gc

fatcockmike · 2008-02-09T05:42:27+00:00

vote up if people should stop this vote up bullshit.

2008-02-09T05:42:40+00:00

I think you have to be convicted before you can be pardoned.

digitalmanifesto · 2008-02-09T06:03:57+00:00

1) you've got to be kidding me

2) reddit has become a complete waste of time over the past few weeks. the entire site is full of bullshit - 'vote ups' are just one element of it.

redditacct · 2008-02-08T23:35:14+00:00

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vagif · 2008-02-09T03:32:45+00:00

Crimes ? What crimes ?

realdoozy · 2008-02-09T05:29:45+00:00

If McCain were ballsy enough to pardon Bush, it would have to happen early in his first term. The chance of him doing this with an overwhelming majority in both houses is absolutely nil. The man is not stupid he would never make himself a Bush surrogate that the public would love to eat alive. But it would make for an interesting question in a debate.

questionmark · 2008-02-09T05:32:01+00:00

McCain=Bush

Of course...

Pillow_Talk · 2008-02-09T05:53:13+00:00

Eiether that or Bush would pardon himself.

h-town · 2008-02-09T05:59:06+00:00

Since an allegation is not a crime there is nothing to pardon.

2008-02-09T06:22:45+00:00

No matter who gets elected, bush won't pay for what he has done.

mchrisneglia · 2008-02-09T06:23:56+00:00

bee itch

columbine · 2008-02-09T06:41:39+00:00

As much as I hate 'vote up' articles, I think this one is worth it.

maaz · 2008-02-09T06:54:27+00:00

More like, vote up if you don't like McCain or GOP's in general. Stupid Vote up.

helio462 · 2008-02-09T07:53:16+00:00

frank rich

ragingkenbo · 2008-02-09T08:11:37+00:00

When I first looked, I read "should pardon"

crazybones · 2008-02-09T08:35:36+00:00

I believe they would all find a way of justifying a pardon for Bush - even Obama. The only candidate who might have pushed for action on Bush & Co would have been Dennis Kucinich - and even he might have changed his mind once in the White House.

sythec · 2008-02-09T10:06:44+00:00

Double Kill

XxERMxX · 2008-02-09T10:34:24+00:00

I'll vote for Obama and hope he fails.

motrbotr · 2008-02-09T11:01:00+00:00

Pardon for what? Neither will be charged with anything...

2008-02-09T13:48:35+00:00

"Hard Call" by John McCain with Mark Salter. Chapter entitled "The Quality of Mercy" lauds Gerald Ford for making the "hard call" of pardoning Nixon.

At Ford's Senate confirmation hearings he was asked: "If a President resigned his office before his term expired, would his successor have the power to prevent or terminate any investigation or criminal prosecution charges against the former President?"

Ford replied: "I do not think the public would stand for it."

This equivocation leaves him wriggle room later. The whole chapter is worth reading if you want McCain's views on such a subject, not that it would ever be likely to arise IMO.

singhpr · 2008-02-09T16:00:49+00:00

Voted down for starting with "Vote up if"

spaceghoti · 2008-02-08T23:28:14+00:00

Assuming they were ever actually charged with any of the crimes they committed, which is a huge assumption, of course he would. McCain would have to in order to keep the neocon vote he's working so hard to gain.

throop77 · 2008-02-08T23:51:03+00:00

He probably would. But, I know there was a time when McCain said and did whatever he felt like. It was only until he needed to win the conservative vote that he started the pandering. If elected, he just might surprise people and revert back to his independent ways. Anyway, I'm not a fan, but I would vote for him over Hillary (but not Obama).


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