Trump Right to Commute Blagojevich Sentence

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. .

CaughtInTheMiddle · 2018-06-01T20:38:13.047Z

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

posters right here would have EXPLODED.

hwyflier · 2018-06-01T21:19:44.379Z

Corrupt government officials should be put away for life. Dude is on tape trying to sell out you and me. ■■■■ him. Let him rot.

DOLOOP · 2018-06-01T21:20:05.641Z

reflechissez:

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.

Crickets.
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Gravityspeak · 2018-06-04T12:11:20.080Z

MoleUK:

This is amazing.

He’s actually getting Republicans to now defend Blagojevich as some poor victim .

Trump’s New Republican Party is based primarily on peer pressure and fear of not being associated with the in crowd. Weak-minded folks and gullible fools are super susceptible to those kinds of things.

On the upside, Trump is draining the swamp (prisons) by releasing all the inmates, so I guess that’s one campaign promise he’s going to keep.

Camp · 2018-06-04T13:23:24.181Z

Tough to keep track of all that President Trump has done.

The economy is so strong it hurts.

We can let Blago out and see if there will be a collusion delusional to take his place.

Morgan · 2018-06-04T14:32:56.409Z

Oryx:

Camp:

Besides…I don’t think Blago would have been able to afford the price Clinton would have extracted from him for that Quid pro quo.

Maybe not. But whatever price Clinton might have charged, you’d be freaking out about it and calling for a special council to investigate.

Camp:

…and would be mocked while the Clinton’s enjoy their superpower against legal consequences.

We know how it all works.

So Trump is right to want to give him a commutation but Clinton doing so would have been obviously corrupt? Fascinating.

Camp · 2018-06-04T14:43:20.766Z

Why are you so sure Clinton would have expelled a potential rival?

I think she would have cackled with delight while Blago languished in the pokey serving every second of his fraudulent sentence.

brouski · 2018-06-04T14:48:44.114Z

Something I read about Martha Stewart’s pardon…she told someone that she would refuse it if offered.

I also read that it’s not possible to “refuse” a pardon,

Morgan · 2018-06-04T15:04:48.999Z

Mountain_Soldier:

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.

This absolutely didn’t happen. What happened is cons were asserting without evidence that Obama was involved somehow and liberals rightly pointed out it was a load of BS.