CLEVELAND — Meet your debate writing/blogging team: S.A. Miller and I, now no longer wearing Cleveland State Vikings hats, have joined forces in Ohio.
The debate starts in about an hour and as we noted earlier, expectations are high.
From our end at the Wolstein Center, Miller is wondering which one of the folks on the stage will say, "Hello Cleveland!"
Also amusing, former presidential hopeful Rep. Dennis Kucinich, facing a primary challenge here for his Congressional seat, is a debate ad sponsor.
— Christina Bellantoni, national political reporter, The Washington Times
Comments (2)
Hilllary Clinton voiced her opposition to President Bush's pardoning Mr. Libby. But she failed to voice her opposiition to her husband's pardoning violators during his presidency. Is it fair to say that it is OK for hillary and Bill to grant pardons, but not President Bush? Do I detect a bit of sociopath in Hillary! Also listening to a few of her speeches, I'd say she has a dilusional sense of altruism. Hillary also betrayed every veteran, living and dead, when she voted against making English the official language of the USA.
Posted by Rikgw | February 26, 2008 9:12 PM
Hillary may have gathered first hand experience as first lady when her husband handed out 140 presidential pardons on their last days in the White House.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_pardons_controversy
This list of Pardons include individuals charged with cocaine possession, cocaine distribution, bank fraud, medicaid fraud, tax evasion, wire fraud, tax evasion, securities fraud, armed robbery, etc etc..
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pardonchartlst.htm
According to Wikipedia, "In March 2000, Bill Clinton pardoned Edgar and Vonna Jo Gregory, owners of the carnival company United Shows International, for charges of bank fraud from a 1982 conviction (the couple were already out of jail, but the prior conviction prevented them from doing business transactions in certain states). First Lady Hillary Clinton's youngest brother, Tony Rodham, was an acquaintance of the Gregorys, and had lobbied Clinton on their behalf.[11] In October 2006, the group Judicial Watch filed a request with the U.S. Justice Department for an investigation, alleging that Rodham had received $107,000 from the Gregorys for the pardons, in the form of loans that were never repaid, as part of a quid pro quo scheme.[12]"
And what about the substantial donations to the Clinton Library and Hillary's senate Campaign by fugitive Mark Rich, who was pardoned by the Clintons...
Susan McDougal was pardoned for her role in the Whitewater scandal.
Roger Clinton, Bill's half-brother was pardoned on drug charges.
Does the Pardon process work or is it shamefully abused? What are Obama's thoughts on this topic?
Best regards,
James Miller
Posted by James Miller | February 27, 2008 9:33 AM