Trump Right to Commute Blagojevich Sentence

margaretms2 · 2018-06-01T17:22:13.647Z

Cratic3947:

Was a rather harsh sentence… Martha Stewart next. She was put in jail to show the Obama admins ruthless use of power.

Obama’s power must have been extraordinary, because she went to jail in 2004 and was released in 2005.

Cratic3947 · 2018-06-01T17:24:41.620Z

reflechissez:

Why didn’t you bother to look up when Stewart was indicted and charged before you typed this stupid post?

OoopS…

CaughtInTheMiddle · 2018-06-01T17:28:38.933Z

wonderingrover:

Amazing. A guy tries to SELL a senate seat, and there are people here defending him.

What the hell is going on in the Republican party these days?? Looks like I got out just in time.

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DOLOOP · 2018-06-01T17:48:27.414Z

wonderingrover:

Amazing. A guy tries to SELL a senate seat, and there are people here defending him.

What the hell is going on in the Republican party these days?? Looks like I got out just in time.

Trump is normalizing pay to play as a message to Cohen, who is neck deep in pay to play.

The most messed up part of this is not the pardon, it is the reaction from his supporters. We know what the reaction would have been had a President Hillary Clinton done this. Even a President Rubio or Cruz would have faced stiff headwinds from their own.

Trump has shown he is able to make his followers believe almost anything. This is a new bar. And it is at such a level that it makes one legitimately where his supporters’ willingness to follow him stops. Think how many other 180 degree turns he can get out of his supporters.

The stopping point is well past dangerous to the Republic and he is free to take them there.

margaretms2 · 2018-06-01T18:06:35.084Z

Yeah, I know counterfactuals are silly, but you’re correct: imagine the reaction from the right had Hillary Clinton or Obama seriously floated this idea–especially as when Blagojevich was going on trial, the right and the GOP were convinced that Obama was up to his neck in this scandal. (Narrator voice: He was not.)

Mountain_Soldier · 2018-06-01T18:09:29.597Z

margaretms2:

Yeah, I know counterfactuals are silly, but you’re correct: imagine the reaction from the right had Hillary Clinton or Obama seriously floated this idea–especially as when Blagojevich was going on trial, the right and the GOP were convinced that Obama was up to his neck in this scandal. (Narrator voice: He was not.)

I feel like I’m living in a parallel universe or something. Liberals want Blago in jail, when five years ago they we’re screaming his innocence and bloody murder. And now some republicans want him out? Keep him the ■■■■ in there.

reflechissez · 2018-06-01T18:11:40.204Z

Mountain_Soldier:

Liberals want Blago in jail, when five years ago they we’re screaming his innocence and bloody murder

Why are you lying?

Mountain_Soldier · 2018-06-01T18:12:42.868Z

reflechissez:

Mountain_Soldier:

Liberals want Blago in jail, when five years ago they we’re screaming his innocence and bloody murder

Why are you lying?

About what?

DOLOOP · 2018-06-01T18:12:48.669Z

reflechissez:

Mountain_Soldier:

Liberals want Blago in jail, when five years ago they we’re screaming his innocence and bloody murder

Why are you lying?

Great question.

margaretms2 · 2018-06-01T18:13:04.182Z

What liberals were “screaming his innocence and bloody murder”? If that was true, Obama could have pardoned him or at least commuted his sentence.

Mountain_Soldier · 2018-06-01T18:14:28.623Z

margaretms2:

What liberals were “screaming his innocence and bloody murder”? If that was true, Obama could have pardoned him or at least commuted his sentence.

I so wish we had the threads from back then.

DOLOOP · 2018-06-01T18:15:40.463Z

Mountain_Soldier:

margaretms2:

What liberals were “screaming his innocence and bloody murder”? If that was true, Obama could have pardoned him or at least commuted his sentence.

I so wish we had the threads from back then.

Perhaps it was his 7% approval that indicated how much backing he had across the board.

https://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1208/Blagojevichs_approval_rating_at_7_percent.html#

reflechissez · 2018-06-01T18:16:44.282Z

Mountain_Soldier:

margaretms2:

What liberals were “screaming his innocence and bloody murder”? If that was true, Obama could have pardoned him or at least commuted his sentence.

I so wish we had the threads from back then.

You don’t need “threads from back then.” If your assertion is correct, you should easily be able to find links to support it.

WildRose · 2018-06-01T18:18:01.739Z

Absolutely not. Not just no but hell no. Let him rot.[quote=“Camp, post:1, topic:1838, full:true”]
This is a very interesting topic. That he was removed as Governor I would be OK with, but the criminal time he has served IS an outrage.

“I’ll tell you another one … there’s another one that I’m thinking about. Rod Blagojevich,” Trump said, according to a pool report. “Eighteen (sic) years in jail for being stupid and saying things that every other politician, you know that many other politicians say.”

“And if you look at what he said, he said something to the effect like, ‘What do I get?’ … Stupid thing to say. But he’s sort of saying … he’s gonna make a U.S. senator, which is a very big deal,” Trump said. “If you read his statement, it was a foolish statement. There was a lot of bravado. … Plenty of other politicians have said a lot worse. He shouldn’t have been put in jail.”

Chicago Tribune

Trump says he's considering commuting sentence of imprisoned former Gov. Rod...

President Donald Trump says he's considering commuting the prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, sent to jail for 14 years on corruption charges.

Good call President Trump. Make it happen.
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margaretms2 · 2018-06-01T18:18:24.530Z

That’s total ■■■■■■■■■ and you know it. For ■■■■■■ sake, Rahm Emanuel, of all people, was one of the individuals who blew the whistle on him. If it’s true, if “liberals were screaming his innocence and bloody murder” in the general way you’re claiming, could you produce some mainstream liberals, in government or in the media, who were “screaming” this? Because I can sure as ■■■■ produce evidence that liberals thought he was a corrupt piece of ■■■■■

WildRose · 2018-06-01T18:19:35.283Z

Personal profit or not influence peddling is an egregious offense in a republic.

Mountain_Soldier · 2018-06-01T18:25:46.824Z

margaretms2:

That’s total ■■■■■■■■■ and you know it. For ■■■■■■ sake, Rahm Emanuel, of all people, was one of the individuals who blew the whistle on him. If it’s true, if “liberals were screaming his innocence and bloody murder” in the general way you’re claiming, could you produce some mainstream liberals, in government or in the media, who were “screaming” this? Because I can sure as ■■■■ produce evidence that liberals thought he was a corrupt piece of ■■■■■

Didn’t Emmanuel try to curry a favor with Blago to name his choice of successor? Lol

WildRose · 2018-06-01T19:01:55.491Z

Oh, that. Oopse.

Thirstyboots · 2018-06-01T19:36:22.250Z

Anything Trump is so cool with Trump supporters! Who ever thought being a hypocrite could be so fun…

CaughtInTheMiddle · 2018-06-01T20:37:20.151Z

DOLOOP:

Trump is normalizing pay to play as a message to Cohen, who is neck deep in pay to play.

Which is why State AGs will have to prosecute some of these lawbreakers for breaking state laws. .