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earthside

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1. If this is really true ...

Reply to Corruption Inc (Original post)

Mon Aug 26, 2013, 03:31 PM

Aug 2013

... and there isn't something else going on here, then, well --- I may rethink the impeachment question myself.

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Obama Gives Bush "Absolute Immunity" For Everything [View all] Corruption Inc Aug 2013 OP

If this is really true ... earthside Aug 2013 #1

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #18

It's not true--federal law gives Bush immunity geek tragedy Aug 2013 #31

So, why did Obama say it's time to put all that behind us caseymoz Aug 2013 #43

You think this is the first time a former president has been sued like this? geek tragedy Aug 2013 #44

They do? caseymoz Aug 2013 #48

Are you talking about the recent certification or the "no looking backwards" speech? geek tragedy Aug 2013 #53

I'm sorry, there's not really that much of a comparison. caseymoz Aug 2013 #85

Gulf of Tonkin geek tragedy Aug 2013 #87

And people would have us believe ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #82

The Way gussmith Aug 2013 #51

Not quite. jeff47 Aug 2013 #2

The suit included the premeditation of the Crimes in Iraq sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #8

And that would be based on what, exactly? jeff47 Aug 2013 #11

But, if those actions are not official because they are illegal JDPriestly Aug 2013 #23

Then you could sue after they've been convicted jeff47 Aug 2013 #29

Yes. Jurisdiction is a problem. But an opportunity may come. We shouldn't relent. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #64

I would agree with that. I think if a President is convicted of acting criminally during their admin stevenleser Aug 2013 #89

Maybe we need to change the name of the place we live. >>> BlueJazz Aug 2013 #3

If the Nazi's had thought of this pscot Aug 2013 #4

Unrec brooklynite Aug 2013 #5

Shhhhh.... SidDithers Aug 2013 #9

Don't bogart the butter! Initech Aug 2013 #19

So when do the Criminal Charges begin? The granting of immunity sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #12

The President cannot pardon until there are some charges and convictions. kentuck Aug 2013 #13

then explain the Ford pardon of Nixon stupidicus Aug 2013 #15

The President CAN pardon for crimes "known and unknown".... brooklynite Aug 2013 #32

Nixon Had Already Been Named... KharmaTrain Aug 2013 #50

but stupidicus Aug 2013 #74

Pre-Emptive Action... KharmaTrain Aug 2013 #76

No - it does not. brooklynite Aug 2013 #14

Torture is one: caseymoz Aug 2013 #45

To which the Defense will be... brooklynite Aug 2013 #49

They already have. Remember William Jefferson Clinton? RC Aug 2013 #46

Fraud against the people and government of the United States. - NT HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #54

By which you mean...lying to the public? brooklynite Aug 2013 #55

Um, fraud is entirely different from perjury (lying under oath). Fraud is HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #56

and the benefit or material gain was... brooklynite Aug 2013 #59

Read the definition I posted (relevant excerpt pasted below) and HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #62

Provide evidence for 2) and 3)... brooklynite Aug 2013 #78

Thank you. I suspect the government will get its way. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #25

Name an International Court that deals with Civil lawsuits brooklynite Aug 2013 #27

It could easily be turned into a criminal case based on the facts in the JDPriestly Aug 2013 #28

"Government officials acting in good faith" upi402 Aug 2013 #75

Again (and for the last time...) we're talking about LEGAL DEFINITIONS. brooklynite Aug 2013 #80

The BFEE would probbly kill him or his family if he didn't diane in sf Aug 2013 #6

Makes one wonder doesn't it? Populist_Prole Aug 2013 #7

that basically means Phlem Aug 2013 #40

... TBF Aug 2013 #88

corruption inc., nice handle snooper2 Aug 2013 #10

well, on hte brink of a new adventure in Syria... Scootaloo Aug 2013 #16

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #17

Tricky Barack just doesn't have the same ring to it. Fuddnik Aug 2013 #20

LOL +100 eom 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #22

This merely stands for the unremarkable proposition geek tragedy Aug 2013 #21

So POTUS is literally 100% above the law in your view 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #24

Under US law, he can't be sued in a civil case geek tragedy Aug 2013 #30

Why did Obama bother then, to sprinkle POTUS fairy dust on the Bush Crime Syndicate? nt 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #34

Huh? nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #36

The OP: "Obama Gives Bush "Absolute Immunity" For Everything <--THIS eom 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #60

Obama did not give Bush anything, the post is a bunch of hyperbolic bs, which geek tragedy Aug 2013 #65

Which explains why you aren't concerned that "Obama Gives Bush "Absolute Immunity" For war crimes nt 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #67

Oy, it simply does not occur to you that something might not be true, so long geek tragedy Aug 2013 #68

If I "have it in" for Obama so much ... 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #69

Quote from 99th Monkey- Progressive dog Aug 2013 #81

Great detective work, I must say. 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #84

WTF is that supposed to mean?... SidDithers Aug 2013 #39

The OP: "Obama Gives Bush "Absolute Immunity" For Everything <--THIS eom 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #61

He didn't brooklynite Aug 2013 #58

The OP: "Obama Gives Bush "Absolute Immunity" For Everything <--THIS 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #66

Repetition doesn't make you any more correct... SidDithers Aug 2013 #70

It must feel safe & comfortable 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #71

Interesting choices... brooklynite Aug 2013 #72

The OP is "absolutely bullshit" for starters. Coyotl Aug 2013 #26

Yeah. Like the time Poppy pardoned Weinberger and the Iran-Contra traitors... Octafish Aug 2013 #33

Hope and change Phlem Aug 2013 #35

Sickening Injustice TheTruthBeKnown Aug 2013 #37

Do you have a daughter? Wait Wut Aug 2013 #42

????? TheTruthBeKnown Aug 2013 #57

!!!!! Wait Wut Aug 2013 #63

I thought he wasn't looking back. DeSwiss Aug 2013 #38

Dumbass article from commondreams... SidDithers Aug 2013 #41

why'd he wait so long to do this? is there some action or investigation pending nashville_brook Aug 2013 #47

Civil immunity, not criminal. AtomicKitten Aug 2013 #52

No he didn't MFrohike Aug 2013 #73

Makes sense...he doesn't want to be charged either. dkf Aug 2013 #77

Fuck that! gopiscrap Aug 2013 #79

Did you really expect RudynJack Aug 2013 #83

Just painful blackspade Aug 2013 #86

Another meeting of the Combustable Hair Club ... JoePhilly Aug 2013 #90

k&r! n/t wildbilln864 Aug 2013 #91