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Is this asshole going to empty out every republican from prison? (Original Post) NightWatcher May 2018 OP
Well, he does think he is God, you know. Guilded Lilly May 2018 #1
This is a distraction! He's flaming out and scorching the earth behind him. NightWatcher May 2018 #2
Agree. He is a runaway human lava flow. Guilded Lilly May 2018 #5
He's into loyalty tests, and he's showing what the prize is if people offer complete loyalty. nt gollygee May 2018 #3
Who is he pardoning now? nt avebury May 2018 #4
Floating Blagojevich and Martha Stewart. He's fucking with us NightWatcher May 2018 #8
Yes. He is going to exercise/abuse the power he's been given by the Constitution. maxsolomon May 2018 #6
Blago is a DEM hexola May 2018 #7
Either way he's a corrupt politician. NightWatcher May 2018 #9
I suspect Trump admired his corruption... hexola May 2018 #10
...trying to convert his opponents, one pardon at a time. Totally Tunsie May 2018 #22
Martha Stewart voted for Hillary. cynatnite May 2018 #11
I did not mean to suggest Stewart and Blago were repukes. NightWatcher May 2018 #12
I just hope Martha says "thanks, but no thanks"... cynatnite May 2018 #13
Comey discussed the decision to charge her, so is that the impetus? bettyellen May 2018 #29
Weren't Blago and Stewart convicted in state courts? MoonRiver May 2018 #14
No. They were both convicted of federal offenses. onenote May 2018 #16
Ok, thanks MoonRiver May 2018 #19
Nope, he's serving 14 years on Federal charges. OliverQ May 2018 #17
Looks that way, unless Chumpy is pulling some legs, for whatever reason. MoonRiver May 2018 #21
I'm so livid and upset right now. OliverQ May 2018 #15
Not Republicans. Corrupt thieves who are famous. nolabear May 2018 #18
not just "Corrupt thieves who are famous" handmade34 May 2018 #30
Yep. nolabear May 2018 #31
I think blago is a dem. Tipperary May 2018 #20
Next he'll reinstate all those survivors voted off the island. Totally Tunsie May 2018 #23
Blago is a Democrat snowybirdie May 2018 #24
If he thinks a new pardon every day will calm Cohen, he'll do it. Orsino May 2018 #25
The ONLY reason he is not having Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #26
I assume that's a rhetorical question. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #27
There have been legal challenges to trump pardon empedocles May 2018 #28

maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
6. Yes. He is going to exercise/abuse the power he's been given by the Constitution.
Thu May 31, 2018, 01:18 PM
May 2018

Whereas Obama was overly cautious and circumspect, President Asshole is a malignant narcissist with a persecution complex and minimal impulse control.

He'll soon do worse. This is what Autocrats do.

 

hexola

(4,835 posts)
7. Blago is a DEM
Thu May 31, 2018, 01:19 PM
May 2018

Wouldn't be surprised if Martha was too - she said she wasn't a republican and was voting for Hillary - didn't she?

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
9. Either way he's a corrupt politician.
Thu May 31, 2018, 01:22 PM
May 2018

He's already done Arpaio, Scooter Libby, DSouza, and a couple of other losers. He has zero interest in justice but is sending messages that he and his kind are above the law in the hopes that people will not testify against him.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
12. I did not mean to suggest Stewart and Blago were repukes.
Thu May 31, 2018, 01:38 PM
May 2018

It was more to the others that he's already pardoned (Libby, DSouza, Arpaio). He's flaunting his pardon power and sending messages to anyone who might testify against him. Part of that flaunting might also be to, as I mentioned, empty the repukes from prison and clear the records of those already out.

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
13. I just hope Martha says "thanks, but no thanks"...
Thu May 31, 2018, 01:43 PM
May 2018

It's just hilarious that he'd consider pardoning her since wasn't shy about who she supported.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
29. Comey discussed the decision to charge her, so is that the impetus?
Thu May 31, 2018, 02:23 PM
May 2018

He actually said they made a concious decision becasue all too often in the past, men got away with those things becasue they were powerful and famous. He might not have used the word men, but I did.

 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
17. Nope, he's serving 14 years on Federal charges.
Thu May 31, 2018, 01:48 PM
May 2018

He was sentenced in 2012, so he's been there for 6 years. He's not eligible for parole until 2024. Looks like he's getting out early though.

 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
15. I'm so livid and upset right now.
Thu May 31, 2018, 01:46 PM
May 2018

Nothing upsets me more than unfairness and trump is just letting convicted criminals walk free to protect himself.

It's so blatantly corrupt and there isn't a thing we can do about it. I want out of this cesspool of a country.

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
18. Not Republicans. Corrupt thieves who are famous.
Thu May 31, 2018, 01:50 PM
May 2018

All these people have a couple of things in common-flouting the law, corruption and having a big media presence. He’s simply got a new tool for dividing people for his own amusement and gain.

handmade34

(22,755 posts)
30. not just "Corrupt thieves who are famous"
Thu May 31, 2018, 02:32 PM
May 2018

but corrupt people who are famous and have been convicted of the things DT and his ilk are guilty of...

snowybirdie

(5,191 posts)
24. Blago is a Democrat
Thu May 31, 2018, 02:11 PM
May 2018

Don't know about Martha. But he's trying to get pardons into our heads so when he does it we won't notice too much.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
25. If he thinks a new pardon every day will calm Cohen, he'll do it.
Thu May 31, 2018, 02:16 PM
May 2018

This is a measure of how frightened he is, no of how much he cares about his reality-show pals.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
26. The ONLY reason he is not having
Thu May 31, 2018, 02:17 PM
May 2018

his political enemies arrested or shot is because he hasn't achieved what putin has , yet.

ONLY reason.

All of you WILL lose your homes once he does this, by the way.

You own your own home you say? WHO SAYS ?

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