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- From: tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan)
- Subject: Re: Bush pardons Iran-Contra scumbags
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.064117.3507@pegasus.com>
- Organization: Pegasus, Honolulu
- References: <15266.2b409043@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 06:41:17 GMT
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- vancleef@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
-
- > How come they needed to be pardoned then if they didn't break the law?
- >
- > How come they needed to be pardoned then if they didn't break the law?
- > If they didn't break any laws, then what was the problem? Why did
- > they need to be pardoned?
- >
- > If they are innocent, what were they being pardoned from?
- >
- > If they didn't break any laws, why did Bush pardon them?
-
- I know you can figure this out you just don't want to.
-
- They are being pardoned from "prosecution". They are being pardoned from
- spending the next 5 years of their life defending themselves.
-
- I won't bore you with everyday examples because I know you know they
- exist and you wouldn't like to be placed in a position where you found
- yourself spending the next few years trying to convince a lunatic with
- and endless budget that you didn't commit a crime.
-
- You can figure it out and would if Bush was a Democrat or if Clinton ends
- up pardoning somebody... you gotta be willing to think.
-
- tom
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