Free Ramos and Compean!
Never moind any pardon of criminals - small potatoes.
He let the Ruskies just sail into our hemisphere with warships.
Why doesn’t Bush just pardon all the low level criminals in federal prisons and move all the al-Qaeda thugs into the prisons in the leftish parts of the country...such as the Federal Medical Facility Ayer. The people in Haarvaard will just freak out!
He was convicted in 1996 on federal charges of illegal storage, disposal and transportation of a hazardous waste without a permit, according to court records. The waste was pentachlorophenol and creosote sludge. He was sentenced to three years' probation with six months' home detention on each charge. The sentences were to run concurrently. He was also fined $1,000..................He completed his six months' home confinement but never tried to pursue a pardon until his daughter, Karen Flint, decided to take action. As part of a college government class project, she wrote a letter to the president asking for a pardon for her father.
"We were challenged by our instructor to make a difference and write somebody in office," said Flint, 37. "Some students were writing about potholes. I had more important things on my mind. My dad was a top priority."
Flint mailed the letter in February 2003 and got a reply in May 2003 that included paperwork to apply for a pardon. Daniel Pue and his wife completed the application and mailed it. They received a reply about a month later seeking more information, he said.
The Pues didn't hear anything for another two years. Then one day, an FBI agent called about doing a pardon investigation, Daniel Pue said.
The agent interviewed Daniel Pue, his wife, family, neighbors and co-workers, and said the information would be sent to the pardon attorney for review. That was the last Daniel Pue heard about the pardon, until Monday.
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have Ramos and Compian asked for a pardon yet?
I read the list the other day and it seemed pathetic to me - why pardon someone who has been convicted of theft or drug dealing? Sheesh - pardon someone who killed another in the defense of a child or a family member - pardon someone who was convicted on a technicality - not someone who blatantly broke the law!
If Bush does not pardon Compean and Ramos it will be a permanent stain on his record which conservatives will dedicate themselves to reminding him and the country of for the remainder of Bush's life and beyond...
I called the White House Comment Line (202-456-1111, then 1, 1) to express disappointment about pardoning a drug dealer but not Ramos and Compean. I told the lady that i was saddened and disappointed by the vindictiveness displayed by this injustice.
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Pardon Leonard Pelletier
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