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Yeah, I'm still kind of steamed about that. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #1
If he hadn't agreed to that... LisaM Aug 2019 #2
Yeah. Really ford should have been impeached for that unblock Aug 2019 #5
+1 sharedvalues Aug 2019 #7
A president's power to pardon is absolute, The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #8
It's absolute in the sense no one could undo it unblock Aug 2019 #35
Don't forget customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #30
Yes, but then he became an important ally to Jimmy Carter, helped him deal with Congress Rhiannon12866 Aug 2019 #32
what reckoning ? JI7 Aug 2019 #3
Precedent: presidents that commit crimes go to jail sharedvalues Aug 2019 #6
we have elections in this country. that's how public officials should mostly be held JI7 Aug 2019 #9
We have rule of law! The country was founded on this principle. sharedvalues Aug 2019 #10
that has never been the case. white people killed minorities and were set free JI7 Aug 2019 #11
Yes which is why Nixon needed to be punished. sharedvalues Aug 2019 #15
this was happening even before nixon JI7 Aug 2019 #17
Gotta start somewhere! sharedvalues Aug 2019 #18
+10000 Celerity Aug 2019 #12
I got over that 40 years ago.....why get in a tizzy over past mistakes? virgogal Aug 2019 #4
Er, Cheney and Rumsfeld came back to haunt us, for starters? July Aug 2019 #20
Pardon shut down Nixon's inconvenient trial. Kid Berwyn Aug 2019 #13
'Learn the lessons of the past - or be doomed to repeat' empedocles Aug 2019 #14
Yes! sharedvalues Aug 2019 #16
I'm reminded of Obama not willing to investigate Bush's Iraq war lies. NCLefty Aug 2019 #19
👍 captain queeg Aug 2019 #33
If Ford doesn't pardon Nixon, he probably wins reelection and Jimmy Carter is never elected... Drunken Irishman Aug 2019 #21
That's a lot of what-ifs customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #31
I can. MicaelS Aug 2019 #22
On McGovern sharedvalues Aug 2019 #23
Good article. MicaelS Aug 2019 #24
And Ford paid the price-- lost the next election. dawg day Aug 2019 #27
I was 28 years old that year. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #29
A majority of Americans opposed the pardon... Drunken Irishman Aug 2019 #34
I understood. KentuckyWoman Aug 2019 #25
Well, that was probably the deal Kissinger and Haig made Ford agree to - dawg day Aug 2019 #26
We need justice for us. Not for him. sharedvalues Aug 2019 #37
It's been a few years and I'm still p*ssed about it. shraby Aug 2019 #28
After Yanukovic jailed predecessor Tymoshenko Ukraine split in two from civil war Cicada Aug 2019 #36
Right but after Nixon was pardoned we got Reagan and Trump sharedvalues Aug 2019 #38
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