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Really? A casual two sentence slur on two Republican presidents? You neglected to mention Marc Rich, poster boy for a "bought and paid for pardon". His crimes:
by PhantomGremlin 10y ago
Really? A casual two sentence slur on two Republican presidents?
You neglected to mention Marc Rich, poster boy for a "bought and paid for pardon". His crimes:
In 1983 Rich and partner Pincus Green were indicted on 65 criminal counts, including income tax evasion, wire fraud, racketeering, and trading with Iran during the oil embargo (at a time when Iranian revolutionaries were still holding American citizens hostage).
Who pardoned him? None other than Democrat Bill Clinton. As Wikipedia summarizes it:
On January 20, 2001, hours before leaving office, U.S. President Bill Clinton granted Rich a highly controversial presidential pardon. Several of Clinton's strongest supporters distanced themselves from the decision. Former President Jimmy Carter, a fellow Democrat, said, "I don't think there is any doubt that some of the factors in his pardon were attributable to his large gifts. In my opinion, that was disgraceful." Clinton himself later expressed regret for issuing the pardon, saying that "it wasn't worth the damage to my reputation."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Rich#U.S._indictment_and_pardon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Rich#U.S._indictment_and_...
- toyg 10y agoFair enough, I'd missed that. Still, makes the point even stronger: all sorts of crooks have been pardoned, and they were nowhere near Snowden from a moral or ethical point of view, so he deserves it much more than they ever did.