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Bush Commutes Sentences for Two Former Border Patrol Agents
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Posted on 01/19/2009 11:33:44 AM PST by dixiedarlindownsouth

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To: Froggie

It should have been done a long time ago.


41 posted on 01/19/2009 1:30:47 PM PST by arthurus ( H.L. Mencken said, "Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.")
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To: Quix

Good phrasd. Tolerably done, indeed.


42 posted on 01/19/2009 1:32:06 PM PST by arthurus ( H.L. Mencken said, "Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.")
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To: woofie

Ha...here we go again on this thread....where’s Donna???LOL!


43 posted on 01/19/2009 1:33:07 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (FREE BLAGO !!! LET HIM SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER !!!)
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To: quesera

I agree with you.

Of course, those Maroons obviously know all the inside information from the CIA and Interpol to really be able to critique Bush..ha.
Also, they easily could run the Presidency from their lazy boys...Why, just one word from them to tell Mexico and our LEA where to go and those agents would have been out in no time!
Yeesh...I knew the Brainiacs would be on here.


44 posted on 01/19/2009 1:37:54 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (FREE BLAGO !!! LET HIM SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER !!!)
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To: dixiedarlindownsouth

There was a lot of pressure on Bush to pardon these men. There must have been a good political reason that Bush had to wait this long. Let’s just be glad they’re free.


45 posted on 01/19/2009 1:39:34 PM PST by sazerac
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

It is very important to maintain our unhappiness in the face of getting what we want


46 posted on 01/19/2009 2:09:22 PM PST by woofie
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To: JaneNC
I'm glad he did it.

I do wish he would have done it sooner. Let the lefties scream. He could have easily gone before the people and defended the position. When the public would have found out what happened, the lefties would have appeared even more whacked. (They are anyway....)

I am still taken aback at George Will's comments yesterday about Bush's successes and failures. (This week with Georgie boy.) He cited the Terry Schiavo case as a blunder by the Bush administration to step in and intercede on behalf of human life.

That left me speechless.

47 posted on 01/19/2009 2:18:18 PM PST by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: woofie

LOL!!!!great line... a real keeper!


48 posted on 01/19/2009 2:45:09 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (FREE BLAGO !!! LET HIM SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER !!!)
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To: sofaman
I know he did not pardon them and I DO know there is a difference. I just typed the wrong thing. I read somewhere that it might be better if he commuted their sentences because they could have a retrial and be found innocent whereas a pardon does not allow them that opportunity should new evidence emerge. The point of my post was that I had faith in President Bush that he would not leave office without making sure that they did not have to spend the next 10 years in prison.
49 posted on 01/19/2009 3:18:34 PM PST by srmorton (Choose life!)
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To: b9

and not a moment to soon.
Saw their wives interviewed live on FOX just a bit ago.


50 posted on 01/19/2009 3:41:10 PM PST by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin - Jindal 2012)
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To: srmorton

“I knew in my heart that he would pardon them. I have more faith in President Bush than many of the Freepers. He is a good man.”

He did not pardon them. He commuted their sentences, meaning they are still felons. Bush is a coward and refused to pardon them earlier so they sat in jail even longer. Politics played a heavier role than common sense and Bush and his federal prosecutor Johnny Sutton are to blame. This should have never happened in the first place.


51 posted on 01/19/2009 4:10:42 PM PST by CodeToad
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To: srmorton

“whereas a pardon does not allow them that opportunity should new evidence emerge. The point of my post was that I had “

Thre is no retrail with a commutation.


52 posted on 01/19/2009 4:12:42 PM PST by CodeToad
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To: arthurus

Thanks for your kind words.

God have mercy on us all.


53 posted on 01/19/2009 4:22:57 PM PST by Quix (LEADRs SAY FRM 1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: woofie
WOOF!
54 posted on 01/19/2009 4:43:18 PM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: woofie

Knock it off...


55 posted on 01/19/2009 4:52:36 PM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: dixiedarlindownsouth

While I am very thankful and happy he did this, I think Bush is a an arsehole for allowing these two to stay behind bars as long as he did.


56 posted on 01/19/2009 10:32:29 PM PST by South40
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To: CodeToad

According to what the wives said on Glen Beck yesterday, they are still trying to get a new trial. If they were pardoned, a new trial would be a moot point.


57 posted on 01/20/2009 2:00:51 PM PST by srmorton (Choose life!)
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