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White House embarrassment rises with donor scandal

http://rawstory.com…
Andrew McLemore
Published: Saturday December 27, 2008
The White House faced yet another crisis Friday as a photo emerged of President Bush shaking hands with Robert Toussie, the father of the pardoned, and then unpardoned, housing scammer Isaac Toussie.
The photo was taken in early 2008, and it is unclear whether it was taken before or after the [...]

Paying for pardons. Still no surprise there

On Christmas eve, Bush retracted the pardon of “Isaac Toussie, a Brooklyn developer convicted of fraud and making false statements to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development”
Toussie’s father had donated $28, 500 to the Republican Party in April, apparently the first donation he had ever made, and right before the pardon petition. The [...]

Can George W. Bush ‘Self-Pardon’ Himself?

By Stephen M Brown, AlterNet
Posted on November 24, 2008, Printed on November 24, 2008
http://www.alternet.org…
Charlotte Dennett promised that, if she won her race for attorney general of Vermont in the recent election, she would prosecute George W. Bush for the murder of 4,000 American soldiers and more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians after he left office.

Bush pardons. Interesting reading

from AP

Robert Earl Mohon Jr. of Grant, Ala., who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
Ronald Alan Mohrhoff of Los Angeles, who was convicted for unlawful use of a telephone in a narcotics felony.
commuted the prison sentences of John Edward Forte of North Brunswick, N.J., and James Russell Harris of Detroit, Mich. Both were convicted [...]

Congress Opposes Bush Pardons: Bush Pardons of His Own Subordinates for Crimes He Authorized

Nadler Introduces Resolution Opposing Bush Pardons
by David Swanson
Global Research, November 21, 2008
Here’s a resolution, hot off the presses from Jerrold Nadler, Chair of the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee: H.RES.1531,
“Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States should not issue pardons to senior members of his [...]

Link Love [17 November 2008]

1. Pirates capture Saudi oil tanker…
Pirates have seized a giant Saudi-owned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean off the Kenyan coast and are steering it towards Somalia, the US Navy reports.

2. CNN: Scooter Libby may have requested Bush pardon…
As President Bush gets closer to leaving the White House, expectations are mounting that he will follow [...]

Link Love [15 November 2008]

1. Targeted L.A. restaurant donates to group challenging Prop. 8…
El Coyote Mexican Cafe came under fire after a manager gave $100 to the campaign to ban same-sex marriage. Employees make an online donation of $500 to an advocacy group challenging the ban.
2. El Coyote: Anger, Tears–and Maybe Hope?…
But protesters, the majority of whom were El [...]