MADem
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Thu Sep-22-11 02:55 AM
Response to Reply #13 |
| 15. Fight the good fight--keeps you young at heart. NT |
| -Should Obama have intervened in the Troy Davis case? |
yurbud |
Sep-22-11 12:54 AM |
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Even if he couldn't have stopped the execution |
Ken Burch |
Sep-22-11 12:57 AM |
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But what was right? |
Fruittree |
Sep-22-11 04:53 AM |
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He's not the King. This was a state issue and the state will have to bear |
MADem |
Sep-22-11 12:58 AM |
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Damn, there goes the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Emancipation Proclamation for that matter |
yurbud |
Sep-22-11 01:00 AM |
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Neither of which was accomplished in a five hour period. |
MADem |
Sep-22-11 01:10 AM |
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Neither of which gives him the right to interfere with |
geek tragedy |
Sep-22-11 08:44 PM |
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He has no problem sending goons to CA to steal pot from patients. |
Webster Green |
Sep-22-11 01:51 AM |
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You're talking apples and oranges. |
MADem |
Sep-22-11 02:01 AM |
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Not enough points for Canada. |
Webster Green |
Sep-22-11 02:12 AM |
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Fight the good fight--keeps you young at heart. NT |
MADem |
Sep-22-11 02:55 AM |
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So if the attorney general gets a state level conviction of Lloyd Blankfein or some other Goldman |
yurbud |
Sep-22-11 04:52 PM |
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If a state attorney general gets a conviction, the President cannot pardon them |
EffieBlack |
Sep-22-11 05:12 PM |
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Not if the case does not touch the Federal government in any way. |
MADem |
Sep-22-11 11:11 PM |
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No. Obama had no jurisdiction. |
Tx4obama |
Sep-22-11 01:00 AM |
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Hard to believe how many people can't (or won't) grasp that concept. |
NaturalHigh |
Sep-22-11 01:09 AM |
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If there's blame to be assigned, he's a handy scapegoat for some. |
MADem |
Sep-22-11 01:11 AM |
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No. |
emilyg |
Sep-22-11 01:20 AM |
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There are THREE branches of government. |
Tx4obama |
Sep-22-11 01:22 AM |
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The only thing that may have been in Pres Obama's power |
tblue |
Sep-22-11 01:24 AM |
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How would he have intervened? |
Prism |
Sep-22-11 02:25 AM |
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Other: It would have been stupid politically for him to weigh in one way or the other, |
MrSlayer |
Sep-22-11 03:05 AM |
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that's the best response |
yurbud |
Sep-22-11 04:50 PM |
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How? n/t |
Azathoth |
Sep-22-11 05:05 AM |
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Sep-22-11 05:14 AM |
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Of course not. |
jefferson_dem |
Sep-22-11 05:34 AM |
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Probably not the result you were looking for, huh? |
Tarheel_Dem |
Sep-22-11 09:25 AM |
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Sep-22-11 11:05 AM |
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What do you do personally to fight the death penalty? |
EffieBlack |
Sep-22-11 11:07 AM |
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I haven't done enough yet...and want to get more involved. |
Ken Burch |
Sep-22-11 11:12 AM |
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Your outlandish equivalency is duly noted. The problem with DU's keyboard commandoes... |
Tarheel_Dem |
Sep-22-11 11:46 AM |
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+1 n/t |
MADem |
Sep-22-11 02:04 PM |
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+1000 |
BklnDem75 |
Sep-22-11 04:54 PM |
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+Amen. n/t |
vaberella |
Sep-23-11 02:44 AM |
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actually, it wasn't a push poll. I wondered what people thought and about the mechanics of it |
yurbud |
Sep-22-11 04:51 PM |
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Whatever you say. |
Tarheel_Dem |
Sep-22-11 05:04 PM |
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It would have been nice, but there was nothing he could have really done |
Blue_Tires |
Sep-22-11 11:22 AM |
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It's a legal issue. The highest court in the land made the final decision. |
Phx_Dem |
Sep-22-11 12:58 PM |
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I voted No. |
bigwillq |
Sep-22-11 05:52 PM |
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He should've commuted his sentence to life. What else is a democrat for other than protecting the |
craigmatic |
Sep-22-11 05:59 PM |
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No he could NOT have. |
Tx4obama |
Sep-22-11 07:41 PM |
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Bull he's president and has the power to pardon and commute any sentences. |
craigmatic |
Sep-22-11 08:04 PM |
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No, he does not. |
Tx4obama |
Sep-22-11 08:06 PM |
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There's always neccessary and proper and in this case I think it would've made an interesting |
craigmatic |
Sep-23-11 07:49 PM |
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You are ignorant on this point of law. nt |
geek tragedy |
Sep-22-11 08:46 PM |
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Maybe. I wouldn't deny that it's been at least a year since I picked up the constitution. |
craigmatic |
Sep-23-11 07:50 PM |
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Absolutely, right after he tore up the Constitution, dissolved |
johnaries |
Sep-22-11 06:00 PM |
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+ Infinity. |
vaberella |
Sep-23-11 02:40 AM |
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Read a book. He didn't have the legal power to intervene. |
geek tragedy |
Sep-22-11 08:42 PM |
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Other: How could he within the law? |
TheKentuckian |
Sep-23-11 12:06 AM |
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Pat Buchanan said if he were president in 2005... |
Ter |
Sep-23-11 12:29 AM |
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Ridiculous OP poll |
Mimosa |
Sep-23-11 10:56 PM |
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Yeah right.... |
RichGirl |
Sep-24-11 01:21 AM |
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