No, they don’t get backpay. They are STILL guilty. A commuted sentence simply says their sentence has been served. This was not a pardon.
Well if they’re not fully pardoned, then Bush has only done a mediocre job. I supported him until these last couple of years when Bush has gone Liberal RINO in a lot of his decisions. He may have known what he was doing, but he didn’t let the public know and the media crucified him. In a lot of decisions, if he’d just explained what was going on, he’d have held a larger percentage of approval. Or at least given people a heads-up.
Obama is going to have a lot of trouble if he is not “transparent” in his decisions. People want to know why their leader is doing something so that they can more easily accept it. Most Americans don’t like being told to do something without having a reason or an explanation. And Americans reserve the right to disagree.
Recall: Dissent is Patriotic. Wears on both feet and both sides of the road.