Should President Kerry pardon GW Bush for perjury in front of Congress?

[undercover_brother]

Should President Kerry pardon GW Bush for perjury in front of Congress? I am thinking it might help to heal the wounds GWB inflicted on this nation.

[German-Lefty]

1. Go after everyone like Moon & the Iran-Contra crooks

That's the good thing on Kerry's record, prosecuting people.

[colonel odis]

2. pardon him and you make him look like the slimy, petty criminal

that he is.

imprison him and you elevate him to the status of criminals who actually headed a country, like saddam or kim jong.

make him squirm a little, let him send his boys in to beg for mercy, then cast him off with the promise he'll never irritate us again.

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Exactly

imprison him and you elevate him to the status of criminals who actually headed a country, like saddam or kim jong.

He has headed a country. He may have come to power in what is best described as a velvet coup, but he is the head of the country. The manner is which he came to power is all the more reason why he should not be regarded as a petty criminal.

Mr. Bush has undermined that country's commitment to an international rule of law. He has sought to circumvent the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions on the treatment of prisoners of war and other detainees and the rule of occupied territory; he has sought to circumvent international treaties against torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners taken in war by establishing an offshore Gulag system that he claims, incredibly, is beyond the reach of any jurisdiction; he has undermined the Chart of the United Nations by invading a sovereign state without just cause and continually lying about the justification for that act, both before and after the fact.

Mr. Bush is no petty criminal. He is in a class with Saddam Hussein and should be treated as the war criminal that he is.

[fugue]

3. If Nixon had gone to prison . . .

. . . do you think the neocons would've gone so far?

I don't think so. I think holding the highest officer holder in the land accountable for high crimes will set a precedent that will make future office holders less willing to commit crimes.

[MsTryska]

5. Hell No. I want his crims to go

down on his permanent record. and i want a stain on the family name so none of these bastards will ever attempt to run again.

[Bucky]

6. Did Bush testify to Congress? I'm not sure SOTU is testimony, per se.

But it'd be nice to see if we had the goods on a few other officials. But it can't be done simply as political payback. You really need to have a strong case before criminalizing political behavior. That said, full investigations seem appropriate.

[Stephanie]

7. Turn him over to the International Criminal Court

After President Kerry signs the treaty, of course.

[Vincardog]

12. YES and let them BANKRUPT the BFEE with their fines as well as HARD TIME

The first thing President Kerry should do is FREEZE the Bush Fortune to help with the RESTITUTION.

[undercover_brother]

8. up

[IIgnoreNobody]

9. Can't Bush pardon himself for any crimes committed in office?

[genius]

10. If Kerry pardons any of those guys, I'll put together a group of Democrats

to demand his resignation. I'll even lead the march on Washington demanding his resignation. These guys belong in jail and they better go there.

[genius]

11. Pardoning Nixon cost Ford re-election. No one forgave him.

[teamster633]

13. Once in awhile the public gets it right.

[pdx_prog]

14. He should let Shrubjust go back to Crawford and lick his wounds.

He's not going to be able to effectively run the country with the Bush legal stuff over his head.....just pardon his ass and let him drift into obscurity like Dixon did....