tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5361297938416501919..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Obama the MercilessGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-20146362698125939202012-05-06T14:35:01.844-05:002012-05-06T14:35:01.844-05:001:16, have you ever MET any other politicians? Tha...1:16, have you ever MET any other politicians? That's virtually definitional, for all of us, but especially pols.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-75126929571353052322012-05-06T13:16:34.798-05:002012-05-06T13:16:34.798-05:00With Obama, you have the appearance vs the reality...With Obama, you have the appearance vs the reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49033929339294820212012-05-05T07:46:36.923-05:002012-05-05T07:46:36.923-05:00@ 2:10/8:45, I just looked it up and it turns out ...@ 2:10/8:45, I just looked it up and it turns out Romney <a href="http://blog.chron.com/rickperry/2011/12/rick-perry-is-more-generous-with-his-pardons-than-mitt-romney-was/" rel="nofollow">didn't grant a single pardon</a> as Governor. So this is beginning to look like the "No Mercy" election, in more ways than one.<br /><br />JDG, do you have any basis for that prediction besides partisanship and cynicism? Between Clinton's political pardons and Bush I's pardons of Iran-Contra folk, I don't think this gets to be an R/D issue anymore.<br /><br />The truth is more average folk need access to the constitutional clemency process. The celeb/patron pardons stand out all the more because the process is otherwise virtually dormant, serving at most a symbolic function, usually around Christmas, with a few minor offenders pardoned like so many Thanksgiving turkeys spared the knife. Clemency should be MORE widely avaialable, not derided with bipartisan sneers. I say "bipartisan" because both sides attack the other over it, so IMO it's equal-opportunity cowardice/cynicism to attack executives for active clemency, especially preemptively as you've done with no basis but mean-spirited speculation.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13139074571969895052012-05-04T20:45:36.431-05:002012-05-04T20:45:36.431-05:00@5/03 2:10, do you happen to know Romney's par...@5/03 2:10, do you happen to know Romney's pardon record as Massachusetts governor? Just curious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43211990115543891642012-05-04T13:10:56.837-05:002012-05-04T13:10:56.837-05:00@8:37 Word. I noticed the "theme". Mayb...@8:37 Word. I noticed the "theme". Maybe offenders with Spanish-origin sir names are more likely to have what their attorney's think is a better chance for a pardon because their case was way messed up because of a language or citizenship issue or something. More info is needed but it is interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36191360359476441232012-05-04T13:07:31.115-05:002012-05-04T13:07:31.115-05:00Either you stand for justice or you don't. Oba...Either you stand for justice or you don't. Obama does not. God help him if thinks there's any justification for injustice.Harry Homelesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03947463975664686669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83684381584352199832012-05-04T08:37:48.390-05:002012-05-04T08:37:48.390-05:00Anyone but me notice a certain "theme" i...Anyone but me notice a certain "theme" in the names of those denied?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53569921606591567502012-05-04T01:26:45.770-05:002012-05-04T01:26:45.770-05:00I predict that Obama will continue being "sti...I predict that Obama will continue being "stingy" with pardons until he is about to leave office (whether that's in Jan 2013 or 2017). Then once he has nothing to lose, he'll issue last minute pardons to a whole bunch of his pals in ACORN for election fraud, welfare fraud, and so forth, plus at least a few terrorists like Bill Ayers.jdgalthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13236899779621301830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16658116037208075652012-05-03T21:41:26.018-05:002012-05-03T21:41:26.018-05:00@ 7:26pm....
how many can you name that are in to...@ 7:26pm....<br /><br />how many can you name that are in touch, D and R?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38516355374850499992012-05-03T19:26:32.706-05:002012-05-03T19:26:32.706-05:00I can't imagine anyone who is not rich voting ...I can't imagine anyone who is not rich voting for Mitt Romney. The man is an out of touch idiot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1104888149433763362012-05-03T15:53:17.192-05:002012-05-03T15:53:17.192-05:00It's not surprising that Obama would be stingi...It's not surprising that Obama would be stingier than an official perceived as farther to the right. If Obama exercises mercy he is subject to being hammered as soft on crime. Whereas if Gov. Perry does, where can the right turn. So Nixon had far better opportunity to open the doors to China than a Dem. would have.<br /><br />If it seems I'm being apologetic for Obama, well, I am!ckikerintuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670661043872744115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2816333014523932972012-05-03T14:10:01.149-05:002012-05-03T14:10:01.149-05:00And yet another reason to vote for Mitt Romney!And yet another reason to vote for Mitt Romney!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-89535821843079223332012-05-03T12:34:09.009-05:002012-05-03T12:34:09.009-05:00If he did pardon people, it would become a partisa...If he did pardon people, it would become a partisan campaign issue. Just like many of us were "soft on terror" when we didn't want to invade Iraq, he would be "soft on crime" if he issued a bunch of pardons.<br /><br />RageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-62584587827944269742012-05-03T12:05:20.910-05:002012-05-03T12:05:20.910-05:00They're saving all the pardons up for each oth...They're saving all the pardons up for each other.Prison Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03651611135066437902noreply@blogger.com