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Post #182,114
by ben_tilly
11/1/04 9:47:03 PM
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New Not easily - he can just pardon himself
Or, as his father did, pardon everyone involved in a scandal which threatens to climb to his level.

Which is why my scenario had Kerry get in office before the legal stuff began climbing the foodchain...

Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #182,118
by rcareaga
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11/1/04 10:21:55 PM
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New First dibs
I hope that the on the morrow the election's signal-to-noise ratio proves inhospitable both to Dieboldish theft and to plausible lawerly challenge. Should the junta go peacably, I want to be the first to propose a contest: which administration felons will Bush pardon on the eve of ejection?

cordially,
Cthulhu for President. Why vote for a lesser evil?
Post #182,122
by drewk
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11/1/04 10:29:24 PM
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New Heard on NPR
From memory:
Both the Democratic and Republican parties have sent thousands of lawyers to Florida in case of lawsuits ... which pretty much guarantees there will be several.
This during the news, not an op-ed piece. Loved it.
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Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
     Bush to Supreme Court: Kiss my ass - (deSitter) - (11) - Oct. 30, 2004, 10:27:19 PM EDT
         Andy Jackson and the cherokees come to mind - (daemon) - (1) - Oct. 30, 2004, 10:56:20 PM EDT
             Until Shrub, my most despised American despot -NT - (deSitter) - Oct. 30, 2004, 11:02:14 PM EDT
         Can a contempt of court citation be far behind? - (jb4) - (8) - Nov. 1, 2004, 02:01:12 PM EST
             I hope not - (ben_tilly) - (7) - Nov. 1, 2004, 02:20:09 PM EST
                 Re: I hope not - (deSitter) - Nov. 1, 2004, 03:00:45 PM EST
                 What? You DON'T want to see Ashhole in irons?!? -NT - (jb4) - (5) - Nov. 1, 2004, 03:13:23 PM EST
                     Allow me to clarify... - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Nov. 1, 2004, 04:21:54 PM EST
                         Can one be issued to a sitting pResident? -NT - (jbrabeck) - (3) - Nov. 1, 2004, 09:07:48 PM EST
                             Not easily - he can just pardon himself - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Nov. 1, 2004, 09:47:03 PM EST
                                 First dibs - (rcareaga) - (1) - Nov. 1, 2004, 10:21:55 PM EST
                                     Heard on NPR - (drewk) - Nov. 1, 2004, 10:29:24 PM EST

There will be no disappointment.
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