Do Not charge any repuke with any crimes until after Jan. 20

[specimenfred1984]

Chimpy-the-torturer will just pardon them and you can bet the "I love felons" repukes would never hold anyone accountable for anything either.

[deadmessengers]

1. Doesn't matter: he can pardon them anyway

Ford pardoned Nixon pre-emptively, so there's a precedent.

[specimenfred1984]

5. Nixon covered up a break-in, you think that's precedence for war crimes?

Not to mention conspiracy to commit war, illegal use of propaganda for years, no-fly lists of retaliation, illegal hiring and retaliation, election tampering, covering up whatever really happened on 9-11, illegal wiretapping of millions, embezzlement of billions, energy price gouging entire states like CA and the entire nation, civilian killing and use of mercs, no-bid contracts...etc...

[Kelvin Mace]

2. And what makes you think

any BushCo employee will be charged after the 20th.

It wouldn't be in the spirit of the bi-partisan tone Obama wants to foster.

Get used to it, you will hear this excuse a lot in the years to come.

Think of the outrage you felt over Lieberman. Now imagine that outrage every day for the next eight years.

[dsomuah]

3. Like they said, he can pardon them anyway

Nixon had not been charged with any crimes when he was pardoned.

[phantom power]

4. I guarantee you Bush is gonna let fly with blanket preemptive pardons...

before he leaves office.

[specimenfred1984]

6. Harriet Miers seems to think/interpret that as a legal act

Got any actual information that suggests "preemptive pardons" are legal?

[phantom power]

7. I'm not sure that *any* presidential pardons should be considered constitutional

I think the whole concept flies in the face of our supposed principle that we are a nation of laws, not men.