I’m happy to discuss things with anyone who can remain civil. If you can’t manage to get a point across without slingling an insult then I don’t have time for an exchange with you.
Baloney. You're trolling the rubes and you know it. What anybody thinks about Clinton, Obama, or any other previous president's pardons is entirely irrelevant.
You claimed President Trump abused the process, period. Either defend your statement or STFU.
I’m just asking a couple of questions. Are you a perpetual never Trumper? Yes or No.
Or are you a consitutionally challenged idiot? Yes or no.
As far as abuse, the question is not whether or not Clinton or Obama abused the pardon power - in my opinion that is a given. The question is whether this pardon was an abuse of power. You seem to say it is. Which is what prompted the two questions.
So can you answer my questions?
I’m happy to discuss things with anyone who can remain civil.
Liar. When given that opportunity all you’ve done in this thread is troll FReepers and breezily make an incendiary accusation against POTUS.
But you’re being disingenuous by implying that if one president’s pardon is an abuse of power, then another president’s pardon must also be an abuse of power.
Using the power to pardon doesn’t represent an abuse of power in and of itself. Whether or not it is an abuse of power depends on whether the pardon serves justice or obstructs justice.
I’ll use an analogy. If I use my first amendment right of free speech to spew lies and hate, that is an abuse of my right. I still have that right, but it is an abuse.
Trump and all other presidents have the power to pardon, whether they abuse it or not. The reason for it is to prevent innocent people from having their lives ruined by politically motivated witch hunts.
Trump pardoned a man who he believed was innocent and the victim of a judge on a political witch hunt. That is a textbook example of why the pardoning power exists. Hardly an abuse.
Obama pardoned criminals not to correct injustices but rather to repay political debts - and in so doing he prevented justice from being served.
I don’t know why you are choosing to conflate these two opposite cases, I think you know better.
Nomatter how unreasonable your post, people should remain civil in their responses, but that doesn’t mean they can’t politely call BS.
Yo have not managed to answer any questions which have been given to you from other freepers, and act like a snowflake liberal repeating your question instead, whilst never backing up your claim the President abused his powers.