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11. Why do you need to compare them?

Mon Aug 28, 2017, 07:37 PM

Aug 2017

One reason the Rich pardon should never have happened was that he was a fugitive who fled the country rather than stand trial. Though no reason was given for his pardon, his wife was a huge donor to the Clinton Library (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2001/02/10/denise-rich-gave-clinton-library-450000/e0e10291-841a-4e38-893e-d500ee4a5b30/?utm_term=.672c9e09fb1b )

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Neither pardon should have been issued mythology Aug 2017 #1

but one does not in any way excuse the other. unblock Aug 2017 #3

Pretty much. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #2

"Whataboutism," they call it. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #5

That is how most republicans roll. Blue_true Aug 2017 #15

Exactly. nt Blue_true Aug 2017 #16

How Many? Leith Aug 2017 #7

I Agree Leith Aug 2017 #17

One sleazy pardon doesn't excuse another FLPanhandle Aug 2017 #8

Arpaio is worse. Just like hitler is worse than Castro JI7 Aug 2017 #9

Why do you need to compare them? karynnj Aug 2017 #11

Two wrongs make a right? Both were terrible karynnj Aug 2017 #10

Rich was openly a racist? uponit7771 Aug 2017 #13

So Trump admitted that pardon Arpaio was the wrong thing to do? Nevernose Aug 2017 #14