Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Politicians - and their pardons
Considering that President Clinton didn't have to do anything at all, one almost has to conclude that it WAS done for a purpose, as the writer describes...
In the Wall Street Journal, Debra Burlingame writes:
"Given all this, why would Bill Clinton, who had ignored the 3,226 clemency petitions that had piled up on his desk over the years, suddenly reach into the stack and pluck out these 16 meritless cases? (The New York Times ran a column with the headline, 'Bill's Little Gift.')"