[ChildOfThe60s]

Bush finally gets something right.

Half right.

Should have been a pardon. Typical Bush, minimal loyalty to the guy (wrongly put) in jail and a finger in the eye of those that "brung him to the dance".

This commute/non-pardon just lowers Bush even further in my eyes. I certainly wouldn't fall on my sword for him.Because he is not:

Loyal:
1: unswerving in allegiance: as a: faithful in allegiance to one's lawful sovereign or government
b: faithful to a private person to whom fidelity is due
c: faithful to a cause, ideal, custom, institution, or product
2: showing loyalty

[luvadavi]

I agree. He waited till the last minute, perhaps heard someone say, "You'll have this on your record, Mr. Prez--the people won't forget it." But he couldn't bring himself to absolve them, so at least they could make a decent living and own guns to protect themselves & families. This is small-minded, cheap-shot stuff , but he has behaved this way toward the American people in general at various times when we disagreed with him--the Dubai ports thing comes to mind. I have never been so disappointed in a President as with him, liked him so much in his first year.

Glad anyway that these two poor guys are or will be free and I feel good for their families. Just a few days ago there was a letter--think on WND--by Jose Compean, to all of us in thanks for our efforts to win their freedom. It was so sad.

[CottonBall]

Should have been a pardon. Typical Bush, minimal loyalty to the guy (wrongly put) in jail and a finger in the eye of those that "brung him to the dance".

What does commuting the sentences mean vs. a pardon?

[a fool in paradise]

On the contrary. GW Bush was very loyal... to his friend Johnny Sutton who engaged in Nifongism in this case to see that these men were convicted and that the jury was denied basic information (such as that the star witness, the man who’d been shot, had violated his own immunity agreement when he was caught yet AGAIN smuggling dope into the country).