From: Gary Britt 

While that might be cronyism it isn't selling pardons for cash as Clinton
did.  Or selling pardons for votes for Hillary as Clinton did.  The
Clinton's got paid UPFRONT not after the fact for the pardons they sold,
and it was so well known apparently that pardons for cash was the game of
the day that Hillary's brother brokered the sale of a pardon and got paid
for it, and Clinton's stupid ass brother tried to sell a pardon for cash
money, but wasn't smart enough to pull it off without Clinton being worried
his brother might get him caught even more red handed than he ultimately
was.

Gary

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> It's a pretty common practice for Presidents to issue pardons shortly before
> leaving office. I expect that Libby's lawyers can keep the appeal process
> going till that time. Clinton's pardons raised eyebrows but just to upset
> Gary I'll focus on a Bush Sr pardon 
>
>
> http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,101652,00.html
> Just before leaving office in January 1993, Bush pardoned Cox's son Edwin L.
> Cox Jr. The scion of one of Texas' richest families, Cox Jr. had pleaded
> guilty in 1988 to bank fraud by falsifying collateral on $78 million in
> loans. He quit as director of a Dallas bank, spent six months in prison and
> paid $250,000 in fines. (Those who have served their time often seek pardons
> because felony convictions prevent them from obtaining professional licenses
> and voting.)
>
> Like several controversial pardons by President Clinton, the Cox clemency
> featured last-minute maneuvering at the Justice Department and lobbying by
> influential allies. Former Texas governor Bill Clements called Bush's chief
> of staff, James A. Baker III, asking if the President would consider a
> pardon for Cox. Baker jotted a note to the White House counsel on Nov. 24,
> 1992 - copied to Bush - passing along Clements' inquiry and referring to the
> elder Cox as "a longtime supporter of the President's."
>
> Eleven months after the pardon, Cox lived up to his billing with a pledge to
> the library. His name is etched in gold as a "benefactor," those whose
> donations amount to between $100,000 to $250,000. He also serves as a
> library trustee. (The precise size of the donation remains unknown because
> the Bush library, while listing its patrons, has declined to release the
> amounts they gave.) The Cox family's generosity began years earlier with at
> least $35,000 in contributions to Bush and GOP campaigns.
>
> "John Beckett"  wrote in message
> news:cui1v2hu78kmi7g3ehans0kl6lt4ge8bc6{at}4ax.com...
>> "Phil Payne" 
wrote in message
>> news::
>>>> Anyone have an office pool on when the pardon is coming?
>>> It won't.  Shrub is circling the wagons and Libby is on the
outside.  Cut
>>> loose.
>> But isn't there a danger that someone facing a significant jail term would
>> start squealing? And anything longer than two days would be significant to
>> someone like Libby (or me for that matter).
>>
>> Does Libby have any squealable knowledge for bargaining? I would have
>> thought so.
>>
>> John
>>
>
>

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