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Greshnab asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

would you support Obama if he pardoned Bush?

In my opinion we as a nation have gotten way to involved in having congress and the courts investigate and pursue the executive branch I said it when they started impeachment against Clinton.. it got worse with Bush.. and if allowed to continue will be out of control when Obama leaves office... IMHO he <Obama> would be best served by blanket pardoning Bush as soon as he gets in office .. this would acomplish 3 things...

1) his administration could deal strictly with the change he wants to create and not be tied up investigating the past

2) it will stop the cycle of infringing on the executive branch

3) it will help ease the tension between the parties...

would you be supportive of Obama doing this or not?

Update:

ok just to clarify i did NOT say Bush HAS committed a crime.. what i AM convinced of is that CONGRESS is fully prepared to waste months of time investigating the current administration and if you doubt that.. you need only look at what they say to understand it is true..

a pardon up front for any and all crimes committed while in office would put an immediate end to that.. and hopefully establish a president that the executive BRANCH of our government is NOT and should not be subordinate to the judicial branch.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I think you make good points, but I don't want him to pardon Bush. That would mean Bush was convicted of a crime which he is not and will not be. These people are ignorant mouth breathers..."Bush...Bush...Bush", bunch of zombies. They are everywhere...zombies...and I'm sure they eat flesh too.

    Yeah, one guy does it all. Well, I'll go along with that logic and everything negative will be blamed on Obama the exact moment after the official ceremony which is January 20, 2009 (12:00 - 4:00pm), until Obama leaves office. We are going to ride this guy hard and Democrats are going to like it because we said so.

    Mouth breather:

    1. literally, someone who lacks enough intelligence that they never learned to breathe through their nose.

    2. a really dumb person.

    "In his latest work, the director has forsaken the indie audience and made something for the mouthbreathers."

  • 1 decade ago

    He does not need to be pardoned unless formal charges are brought against him. I would prefer that we forget about it and get on with the business of improving our government and our legislative process. It wouldn't solve anything to keep ranting about the Bush administration.

    If, on the other hand, an international tribune charges Bush with war crimes, then Obama would not have the power to pardon him.

    I think it would be more productive to talk about the changes we hope to make instead of stirring up more squabbles between the parties. It's this sort of behavior which has gotten us into this mess in the first place.

  • 1 decade ago

    The only people who think Bush is actually guilty of anything illegal have IQs of below 80.

    There's no money he has spent that wasn't previously approved by Congress.

    There's no action he's taken that has not been condoned and approved by Congress.

    There's nothing Bush's said that wasn't being said by leading Democrats before he even ran for President.

    If I were Bush and Obama offered me a pardon as soon as he took office. I'd call a press conference and refuse the pardon on the grounds that as President of the US I was within my rights according to the powers granted by the US Constitution. And demand a trial. Democrats would soil their underware. And I'd be laughing my biblical beast of burden off when they did.

  • 1 decade ago

    Did something happen when I fell asleep last night that I missed. What kind of crime did Bush do last night that he would need to be pardoned for? Yesterday, he wasn't the most liked president, but there was no conviction for any crime. Who is investigating what?

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  • 1 decade ago

    President Bush has commited no crime, why would he need pardoned? Thats like saying should Obama pardon McCain? McCain didnt break a law, why would he need pardoned.

    So, in answer to your question, I would think Obama was an idiot and unbecomming of Commander and Chief if he pardoned someone who didnt break a law. That would be an insane act.

  • 1 decade ago

    I am not understanding what law suit is being followed against Bush and his time in administration? What impeachment is there against him?

    I think we as Americans are happiest to sit and bitchabout what our presidents do, but we rarely are interested in taking the time, effort and money to get our elected government officials to voice and represent our current state of mind. We all just like to sit around and point fingers at who did a shitty job, and how stupid they are.

    What I want to know is when Obama is unable to fulfill all his promises, and he's faced with outside forces of opposition that he has no control over (terrorists and wearther and so on) and he disappoints all his voters... will they still support him even then?

    The public is so easily swayed.

  • 1 decade ago

    Pardon him for what? Don't get me wrong I am not a Bush supporter and didn't vote for him in either election but he has not been accused of anything so there is nothing for a pardon. If Obama takes this task upon himself he will look like a moron to the world.

  • 1 decade ago

    Actually, independent investigations go back well before Clinton. Does Oliver North ring a bell? And I'm sure there were probably several before him.

    Now, as far as Clinton was concerned, he did commit the crime of perjury, so there was grounds to impeach him. Ultimately, what happened (at least in theory) was that although perjury in a civil suit is a crime, it does not meet the "high crimes and misdomeanors" as called for by the Constitution.

    As far as Bush is concerned, you are putting the cart before the horse. In order for Bush to be pardoned, there would have to be a charge to be pardoned from. Not even a Democratic majority in Congress managed to bring that about.

  • 4 years ago

    the answer to who, comes at present from Hillarys campaign supervisor a quick time back. He suggested in an interview that "Barack had purely been to Africa and Indonesia and with purely a quick lay over in one us of a in Europe whilst coming back from Africa." Now why might he say that with such self assurance whilst protecting that Obama had never been to Europe or South u . s . of america till they knew for honestly particular? additionally why might he use those words, "short lay over"? think of Passport workplace, and slightly want now after which to the Clinton camp. Your blaming the incorrect people. It became into additionally the Clintons that illegally have been given the FBI archives of all the Republicans and others interior the gov. and whilst caught it took them a twelve months to return them to the FBI. besides being a central authority worker does no longer make you a member of the Bush administration. 'those evil postal workers working for the Bush administration'. happy you asked

  • 1 decade ago

    I am joining with Senator McCain in supporting the office of President.

    My opinion, it would be a waste of time.

    He was supported by Moveon.org...he just needs to Move On!

    Stick to fulfilling the grand promises that the "majority" of Americans voted him into office for spouting.

    He will let America, Americans, and his children down(family dog)...soon.

    Source(s): My opinion...neither right nor wrong.
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