Merry Christmas to the 6 children of Ramos and Campion wrongfully convicted U.S. Border Guards who are serving 10 years plus in federal prisons. Let’s hope those families have a warm Christmas- – – they are not forgotten. 

Bill Clinton besmirched his Presidential legacy by selling his pardon power to the notorious international embezzler Marc Rich, whose wife gave millions to the Clinton Library trust. Sadly, President Bush is racking up the worst 6 months of any Republican President in US History. The great failure of aggressive federal intervention into the economy which seems to have satisfied no one, his unilateral bail out of failed auto companies aggravated by his failure to do the right thing with US Border Guards.

However, Bush did grant pardons to a raper, embezzlers, drug dealers and a special pardon to a Isaac Robert Tossie who was convicted in 2001 of mail fraud. Like Bill Clinton, Tossie gave substantial sums to politicos, hired a lawyer close to Bush and got a pardon. Just 24 hours later, on Christmas day after bad press, Bush broke new ground. He "withdrew" his pardon, in a dubious legal maneuver. 

I suppose on Christmas we should be happy Bush was merciful that he pardoned a raper, embezzlers and drug dealers.

But what of two hard working Border Guards, Ramos and Campion?

While Bush and his family are enjoying their Christmas in freedom at their Crawford home, , Mr. Bush may want to say a prayer for the families and their husbands while they spend another Christmas in jail. 

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 25th, 2008 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.