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The President's Power to Pardon Friends and Allies Must End

16 points raynchad 1 hour ago 3 comments

N_Lens 59 minutes ago | parent

The President and Republicans resoundingly say NO.

As long as a big chunk of the population aligns with self-interest, corruption & devaluing ethics, they will continue to vote for similar people.

The end result is a long civic lesson in why virtues, strong ethics and trust are all invaluable as foundations of a prosperous society. Hard times create strong men, as they like to say.

raynchad 55 minutes ago | parent

Unfortunately, even the other party would say no if they ran the country right now. Both sides are guilty of this. Thanks for reading.

N_Lens 41 minutes ago | parent

This is not a 'both sides' issue to anyone paying attention to the facts.

I'm an outside observer (Not American) and I have to say that Republicans are on another level. If Obama had done 5% of what Trump & Republicans have done, he would have been physically crucified.

The Democrats are faulted for not being perfect and fixing all problems instantaneously. The bar for Republicans is in Hell.