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mopinko

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25. i believe so.

Reply to CK_John (Reply #22)

Thu Apr 17, 2014, 10:04 AM

Apr 2014

but hopefully the great du brain trust will chime in.

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if i was barack obama, and i was going to be succeeded by a thug [View all] mopinko Apr 2014 OP

Right you are, Mo. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #1

Nice. Throw thousands of people into an untenable situation for personal retribution. geckosfeet Apr 2014 #2

you wouldn't rather be out of jail? mopinko Apr 2014 #5

I would. But i didn't break any laws. geckosfeet Apr 2014 #8

come on. mopinko Apr 2014 #10

Petty thinking. You honestly think they would be concerned with them getting jobs? Autumn Apr 2014 #3

i am, of course, using the term "dump" facetiously. mopinko Apr 2014 #9

Great idea. Nobody really cared about the people you'd be dumping on the street. badtoworse Apr 2014 #4

actually, probably, mopinko Apr 2014 #6

Stop digging badtoworse Apr 2014 #12

Stop digging??? LOL, You want to keep them in prison. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #13

Obviously a person who has no idea of the struggles people Autumn Apr 2014 #11

"People in that situation"? Do you mean people released from jail? NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #14

No I'm not and don't even try to put those words on me. Autumn Apr 2014 #15

well you wouldnt really know jack shit about what i know, now would you. mopinko Apr 2014 #16

No I haven't but I do have a family member who was in prison for drugs. Autumn Apr 2014 #19

so she would have rather stayed in prison? mopinko Apr 2014 #20

That was not what my post suggested so don't try that .. Autumn Apr 2014 #23

So let me get this straight. You think the three hots and a cot in jail is better than release? moriah Apr 2014 #30

ftr, i have high hopes that he will do this anyway. mopinko Apr 2014 #7

some days i think this place has gone straight down the rabbit hole. mopinko Apr 2014 #17

Pardon every pot smoker in prison. Have some sense - a rare commodity in politics. chrisa Apr 2014 #18

if there are other crimes, that different mopinko Apr 2014 #21

Question of process, does the president have state pardon power? CK_John Apr 2014 #22

I don't think so but as so many drug busts are on federal terms... NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #24

i believe so. mopinko Apr 2014 #25

Nope. IronGate Apr 2014 #31

Federal prisoners only. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2014 #26

No, the president cannot pardon state prisoners. But there are 100,000 federal drug prisoners. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #32

knew someone would know, still mopinko Apr 2014 #34

Barack Obama will be succeeded by a Democratic President. Bluenorthwest Apr 2014 #27

Why wait? He should do it now. LuvNewcastle Apr 2014 #28

+1 Orsino Apr 2014 #33

Why would you want to do that? dilby Apr 2014 #29

i'll just comment once to some of you, mopinko Apr 2014 #35

Not going to happen obviously. onenote Apr 2014 #36