“I Beg Your Pardon, Hillary Clinton”
June 17th, 2007
In the wake of the sentencing of fomer Dick Cheney chief of staff “Scooter” Libby for perjury, the media has been speculating on the possibility of President Bush pardoning him. From the pens of journalists of both the right and left, there has been a warning that Bush would tarnish what little credibility remains with his calamitous presidency. However, for pure hubris, I don’t think even Bush pardoning Libby would come close to matching the hubris of the “pardongate” scandal during the last days of Bill Clinton’s presidency.
Does anyone still remember those final days of the first co-presidency of Bill and Hillary Clinton? The sleazy pardoning of a rogues gallery of rogues? Time to refresh our memories. There was the fugitive Marc Rich, for one. He was once on the FBI’s list of the top ten most wanted, in connection with dozens of counts of tax evasion and even the charge of trading with the enemy. While still a fugitive from justice, Bill Clinton granted him a full and complete pardon. The fact that the ex-wife of Marc Rich contributed financially to the Clinton library was perhaps only a coincidence…or maybe not. Then, in the wake of Hillary Clinton’s first Senate election victory in New York, she and Bill Clinton met with supporters of convicted swindlers from the town of New Square. Guess what; those swindlers were pardoned and released from jail just before the end of Clinton’s administration. Hillary Clinton has claimed she knew nothing of her husband’s plans to pardon these swindlers. Do you believe her? Let’s just say, I feel somewhat skeptical about her denials.
Amid the continuing momentum building towards Hillary Clinton’s election victory in 2008, maybe we should all revive our memories of the “pardongate” affair. For those interested, in my book, “Hillary Clinton Nude,” there is a chapter with details about the pardon outrages of the Clinton administration. That chaper I appropriately name, ” A Terminally Unethical And Vulgar Couple.”
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2 Comments Add your own
1. Conrad | June 17th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
The Clintons displayed their never-ending corruption when they engineered these last moment pardons at the end of their presidency. Americans should never be allowed to forget how dishonest and sneaky Hillary and Bill Clinton are. It would be a tragedy to allow them back into the White House.
2. Ellen | June 18th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Hillary Rodham Clinotn would pardon the devil if it helped her politically.
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