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In reply to the discussion: Jesse Jackson Jr. charged with campaign fraud [View all]slackmaster
(60,567 posts)19. He really "pooched" that one
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President Obama should commute his sentence like Bush did to Scooter Libby
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#2
As said, that is what President Obama should do. Didn't absolve the guilt, just the sentence.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#24
Air conditioning was only around a few decades now. I remember when it wasn't widely used.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#30
The discussion is about prisons though which in some parts of the country can
cstanleytech
Feb 2013
#31
I have been in Florida for weeks in August with no airconditioning as recent as 1980
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#32
Just because you didnt die doesnt mean others didnt, in fact there were a number of deaths
cstanleytech
Feb 2013
#34
+100. Only the dangerous need to be locked away, we can find better solutions for everyone else.
Exultant Democracy
Feb 2013
#39
White collar criminals should have to work minimum wage jobs for 20 years. nt
EastKYLiberal
Feb 2013
#41
Why would Obama do that? Besides, he can't do that w/o repercussions for another 4 years. nt
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#37
A president can. However, its just me and if he doesn't, he doesn't. I am not an absolutist.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#38
Which is why Scooter Libby's sentence is appropriate. Libby did far, far, far worse.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#47
Bush did not want to let him off legally for his crimes as he was guilty.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#33
I'm inclined to think he was flying high on bipolar disorder when he went shopping.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2013
#42