Obama will spare Bergdahl his just deserts

Lowell Sun ^ | 1/1 | Peter Lucas

[luke1825]

Here is a 2016 New Year's Day prediction.

President Barack Obama will pardon U.S. Army deserter Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

Bergdahl is the soldier Obama got out of Taliban captivity last year by swapping five hardcore, Gitmo-detained Islamic terrorist leaders for his release.

A presidential pardon means that Bergdahl, who abandoned his post in Afghanistan in 2009 to walk into the arms of the Taliban, would not stand trial in a general court martial for desertion in the face of the enemy.

[smoothsailing]

Presidential pardons can be reversed, even when they come from real presidents.

Presidential orders, yes, but pardons? I thought they were absolute.

[I want the USA back]

Yes because bergdal is a muzzy like him.

[Tallguy]

He might... But this is an article making “predictions for 2016”.

[Vigilanteman]

It will all depend on the timing. A trial before BO leaves office could soil his legacy and possibly swing a few votes. A pardon would also soil his legacy and possibly swing a few votes, but less than a trial. A pardon would disappear from the news cycle in three days, tops. A trial would take longer.

As in all decisions BO makes, he will pick the option which minimizes political fall-out.

[jim_trent]

Here is my prediction:

Obama will pardon Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook).

[wiggen]

His prosecution makes Obama look bad for the exchange. Obama worries more about his legacy than actually doing a good job.

[catnipman]

Obama’s going to do that and MUCH, MUCH worse as his parting shots at completing his attempts to destroy the United States of America.

[Big Horn]

Without a doubt, the most anti-American president in history, probably future as well as past

for sure

[okie01]

Obama will pardon Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook).

Can't happen.

The president's pardon authority extends only to those accused of or convicted of a federal crime. Mumia Abu-Jamal is in a state prison, convicted of a state crime.

[Pollster1]

President Bush reversed his own pardon of Isaac Robert Toussie. Ulysses Grant revoked two pardons that were given out by President Andrew Johnson. Litigation follows when that happens, but there is precedent.

[hanamizu]

In the case of Toussie the pardon was revoked the day after it was issued. Since the pardon never was received, the Jusice Department argued that that it wasn’t ever in effect. I’m curious, do you know how the courts treated U.S. Grant’s revocation of Johnson’s pardons? Imagine if Carter had revoked Ford’s pardon of Nixon or more interestingly if Reagan had revoked Carter’s pardon of the draft dodgers.

[Doc91678]

Obama’s legacy will forever be fixed as being the first Black American president. However, what follows in that narrative will forever be marred by his failed administration and his anti-American actions. Obama may pardon Bergdahl but that surely doesn't make the traitor Bergdahl innocent. His traitorous act will follow him the rest of his life.

[Doc91678]

Obama’s legacy will forever be fixed as being the first Black American president. However, what follows in that narrative will forever be marred by his failed administration and his anti-American actions. Obama may pardon Bergdahl but that surely doesn’t make the traitor Bergdahl innocent. His traitorous act will follow him the rest of his life.

[smoothsailing]

It would seem that reversing a pardon could be seen in some cases as a form of double jeopardy.

[rejoicing]

That’s exactly what I was thinking. I cannot imagine that the families of the men who were killed or wounded in the search for Bergdahl will quietly walk away if Obama pardons him!

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Of course he'll pardon the creep - traitors of a feather stick together.