Bush pardons 17 minor criminals

[Algorem]

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/news-26/1155770943286980.xml&storylist=cleveland

8/16/2006, 7:13 p.m. ET
By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — ...

He remains the stingiest of postwar presidents in this regard.

By comparison, Bill Clinton issued 457 in eight years in office;


Bush's father, George H. W. Bush, issued 77


...Jimmy Carter issued 563 in four years.


Since World War II, the largest number of pardons and commutations — 2,031 — was issued by Harry S. Truman, who served 82 days short of eight years...

[saltpoint]

1. All the major ones are in his Cabinet.

[Quantess]

2. Let me guess the first 4:

Himself, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rove.

[Nostradammit]

4. The article says MINOR criminals

No way would those four qualify.

[merwin]

3. Everyone he's pardoned sounds like complete scumbags...

Mostly firearm violations, possession/distribution of hard drugs, and stealing money... oh, and one AWOL soldier. He's got respect for fellow soldiers gone AWOL apparently.

Culture of life, my ass...

[HuffleClaw]

5. i'm sure some enterprising person will be able to find

WHY these particular republi..., er, people were pardoned.

[Judi Lynn]

6. They have probably all agreed to come clear brush on his "ranch!"

[fasttense]

7. Reminds me of Pontius Pilate, letting the true criminal go free

while murdering the innocent.

[KansDem]

8. Warmin' up the ol' Pardon Pen, eh Chimpie?

Let's see if this thing still works after Poppy used it...

[damntexdem]

9. Yeah, but now he's trying to get into practice -- gotta crank it up.

A lot of Bushistas to pardon. What a shame: he can't pardon himself. ;-)