[tips up]

Terrible. I hope W gives them a last minute pardon. Scooter Libby too.

[PubliusMM]

The only proper redress for these two BP agents is pardon, expungement, full back pay, reinstatement, and apologies from all the sorry a$$ judges and prosecutors involved.

This travesty should be righted, immediately by W.

[ckilmer]

that business frankly baffles me.

[BuffaloJack]

Mr. Bush !
Please pardon Ramos, Compean and Libby.
Thank you.

[angkor]

I predict that GWB will not trump the judgment of a Texas jury, no matter how unjust the verdict was in this case.

[buccaneer81]

If Obama wants to purchase some political capital, he'll issue the pardons.

Makes Bush look guilty of something, makes conservatives look like fools, draws even more people, but especially Hispanic citizens, over to his side.

I'm 45, and have never been so disillusioned with a Republican president in my life.

[chris37]

If I was a border agent, I’d quit my job right ****ing now. No way I would risk my freedom trying to keep people out that my boss clearly wants in. What a ridiculous farce.

[celtic gal]

His time in office is not over yet..perhaps he is saving the most important pardons for last? We can only hope.

[writmeister]

I seriously doubt that President Bush will pardon either Mr. Ramos or Mr. Compeon. His ties/loyalty to his former aide, Johnny Sutton, run too deep.

[Moonman62]

W won’t compromise his soul to be popular.

[TheConservativeParty]

More prayers for Ramos and Compean. They must be pardoned. How can the Prez let them rot in prison? I don’t get it. Has to be political corruption keeping them in prison.

[MarkL]

I am really disappointed and sickened by this.

President Bush! Free the Border Patrol Agents!!!!

Mark

[meandog]

In the spirit of the Hoover Dam, I propose something named for "W"orse! How about a levee in New Orleans? After all they are "down to earth," designed to be a uniter and work well despite opposition of pressure, and fail when needed!

Bush=bum!

[mkjessup]

"He's also pardoned more than a dozen thieves, seven embezzlers, an arsonist, several mail thieves, a man who violated the Neutrality Act and eight Thanksgiving turkeys"

The randy bastard couldn't have stopped with the Neutrality Act? OMG.

[the invisib1e hand]

wnd-over-the-edge alert.

[dennisw]

Jorge Bush is trashing his legacy...like he cares.... By freeing drug dealers but not Ramos and Compean. I will not forget this. It shows how mean and stupid he can be

[deport]

I wonder how many of these that have received a pardon or commutation of their sentence where still serving that sentence when the action by President Bush was granted? I suspect most have served their sentence and been released prior to receiving a pardon.

[Maelstorm]

I’ve never understood this. Bush may have appointed Sutton who decided to turn what would’ve been a simple administrative matter into a federal offense. This whole thing makes me sick and it really offers insight into why the Bush administration as failed in so many ways.

[omega4179]

Ramos and Compean bump