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GallopingGhost

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12. I'm not so sure the next prez

Reply to ButSeeYa (Original post)

Wed Feb 15, 2017, 01:32 PM

Feb 2017

would be in a rush to pardon Trump.

Ford's decision to pardon Nixon was extremely unpopular, and Trump is way more unpopular than Nixon was (my opinion) Ford ended up defending the pardon until his dying day. He was also a one-termer.

Depending on how ugly this gets, and how much the GOP wants to distance themselves from this whole fiasco, whomever it is may decide a pardon is not a good idea.

It also depends on who falls with him, if anyone.

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"He will die in jail" [View all] ButSeeYa Feb 2017 OP

Where's the quote from? CanonRay Feb 2017 #1

here ramblin_dave Feb 2017 #4

Thanks! ButSeeYa Feb 2017 #6

I'm skeptical BainsBane Feb 2017 #11

Thanks, and welcome to DU CanonRay Feb 2017 #7

One can only hope so....nt 2naSalit Feb 2017 #2

Well, we are going to have to figure out how to Kber Feb 2017 #3

John Schindler NSA analyst on twitter Frogg Feb 2017 #5

"They" will die in jail! ProudLib72 Feb 2017 #9

If true, the best news I've heard since election nite! Va Lefty Feb 2017 #8

Why wouldn't the next president (Pence or Ryan) MissB Feb 2017 #10

I'm not so sure the next prez GallopingGhost Feb 2017 #12