What If the FBI Delays Its Announcement Until January 21?
It's not about Clinton any more. It's about (1) a faceless crew of FBI investigators, and (2) Comey's timing.
[And who she picks for vice pres] if she picks joey ( a know psychotic) or Hya Watha...(a known idiot) we're toast.
[And who she picks for vice pres] if she picks joey ( a know psychotic) or Hya Watha...(a known idiot) we're toast.
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2. Hillary is elected.
At 12:01 PM Obama has no power unless he signed a pardon and failed to mention it.
If indicted it's up to the House to use or not use impeachment and the Senate to convict or not convict. She can't pardon herself and Presidential Pardons may not be used in impeachment proceedings in any case.
However she's still the President UNLESS Sufficient people sign that bitty bit piece of paper saying they have found her unable to perform her duties then the act of succession takes over. That applies to her successor if he or she is also 'unable to perform' That's mostly subjective but in some cases (Medical opinion ) objective.
If she resigns (no longer President) her successor may issue a pardon ...or not.
The segment bore that is Election Day to Inauguration Day
And before that where we are right now.
The only thing I don't like about it is the Act of Succession. No one who did not receive votes should be on the list. I'm thinking of cabinet members. Their job is to keep things running and they received zero votes. I would put Senators first , Governors second, and Representatives third based on the likely number of votes it takes to get elected. I would require the list to exclude anyone not of the same party or otherwise not meeting Constitutional requirements. Otherwise it's a palace coup but that part wants some more thinking.
I guess you don't need to buy guns if you have enough money to hire people who do.
Maybe she's planning on making Slick Willie her VP? Nothing in the Constitution says a former Prez can't be a VP, and nostalgia counts in some people's eyes. Then if she gets jailed, the Clintons are still in charge.
As to a presidential pardon, consider that Hillary's private server received at least 2 official emails from Obama himself, so could he pardon her without impugning himself?
But I don't think presidents are actually barred from holding the office again even if term-limited out. After two terms they are ineligible for re-election as president; but it would be completely legal for Hillary to make her husband vice-president, and for him to then succeed her as president should she die, resign, or be impeached during her term, or for him to become "Acting President" should she be declared incapacitated under the 25th Amendment.
Wonder if it will ever come to light.
If Obummer's DOJ sits on its collective hands much past late July and Cleveland and doesn't announce something, I think their hand will be forced.
I think someone within the FBI (or a small group within the FBI) who has access to the files will come forward, regardless of consequences.
The information shared in that press conference will be so conclusive that Lynch will have to recommend an indictment.
With homage to Dennis Miller: Of course, that's just my opinion, and I could be wrong.
Clinton, even if found guilty, will get a pardon. She knows where all the skeletons are buried and there is no way ANYONE in DC is going to allow the dominoes to fall.
I'm not thinking of the right lefties or the left righties, but the uncommitted middle roaders who eschew party affiliation when voting. Many of them claim to be Dems or Reps, but they have never voted a straight ticket.
Indeed Ayn Rand in my mind was a brilliant talent, writing captivating stories that are described with amazing clarity. She brought the reader on an emotional journey providing an educational balance loaded with thought provoking ideas and lessons.
Her enlightened objectivism, her experience in Russia and it's death and destruction.
The beauty of life and the way her Characters (the gulchers) lived it, should also be strived for. In the gulch the outside world didn't own their mood or attitude.
Happy, that as long as we are breathing and we can reason we will adapt and seek that which fulfills us.
One of the "scenes" that particularly struck me as totally incongruous with my reality, was in Fountainhead when Roark was at the temple he had created for a customer that was thoughtless and manipulated by Ellsworth Monkton Toohey who had been discrediting and swaying public opinion against Roark. As they met on a chance encounter Toohey asked Roark "what do you think of me" Roark's reply was "I don't .
I want to be more like that.
Have a great day and live it as you desire.
Ayn Rand and her insight at an earlier age, but this life has much to offer and everyday brings new possibilities. I'll take it when I can get it.
Good day sir!
The government should be run by Penn and Teller. At least then, people know that they are being fooled, and enjoy it.
Who's there?
Land shark.
have it that he has a conscience. . d.c. destroys
people with those. -- j
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Not the first time that's happened.
a book which runs a close parallel to VInce Foster.
the facts are sure different from the government tales
of suicide. -- j
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Question: why do they call it "Non" fiction instead of Truth or real, reality or something like that...got to wondering how that got started that way.
https://www.amazon.com/Wha-cked-Tucke...
it's a good read ... I read it myself about a dozen times! -- j
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action. . might keep your interest! -- j
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My guess is that her pardon has already been written and will come out minutes before her corronation...or just after her indictment.
Indictment, conviction, makes no difference President can pardon themselves.
"President Clinton promised this month not to pardon himself. It's surprising to see Clinton voluntarily relinquish a legal weapon, but even more surprising that he had his hands on it in the first place. Can the president really pardon himself?
No one knows the answer. The Constitution says that the president "shall have the power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment." This sentence, like many in the Constitution, can reasonably be interpreted in several ways. And since no court has ruled on this issue--because no president has ever tried to pardon himself--it remains an open question.
The simplest interpretation is that the president can pardon any federal criminal offense, including his own, but cannot pardon an impeachment. In other words, Clinton is free to immunize himself from criminal prosecution, but has no power over Congress."
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_an...
Should I be red faced now?
So there's your next step.
Also why the Nixon Method was used.
Timeline.
http://watergate.info/chronology/brie...
Nixon was impeached BEFORE he was convicted. You cannot pardon a crime that has not been formally found guilty of.
Next just because someone does not USE the power does not mean they cannot.
The verbiage sais, president can pardon ANYONE.
Only if someone other than Hillary is elected will she possibly face accountability.
However here is the exact wording of the pardoning ability of the President.
"Section 2 - The Text
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein other- wise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments. The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session."
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/pag...
Section 2 - The Meaning and Discussion
The president serves not only as the head of the executive branch of government, but also as the commander in chief of the armed forces (including state national guards when they are called on to serve with the federal armed forces).
As chief executive, the president runs the different executive agencies, such as the Department of the Treasury or the Department of Health and Human Services.
The president has the power to pardon (let free) any person who has committed a federal crime, except in cases of impeachment.
With permission from two-thirds of the senators present, the president can make treaties (agreements) with other countries. With the approval of a majority of senators, the president makes a number of key appointments. These include U.S. ambassadors and foreign consuls, Supreme Court justices and federal judges, U.S. attorneys, U.S. marshals, Cabinet officers, independent agency heads, and members of regulatory commissions. To ensure that the president can fill vacancies when the Senate is not in session, the president can make any of these appointments without Senate approval, but these “recess appointments” end at the end of the next Senate session.
Congress may choose to require Senate approval of other presidential appointments or let the president, courts or department heads appoint staff and agency employees without approval by the Senate.
Hillary/Bernie, or Hillary/Warren as president.
Hillary pardons herself, gets impeached and removed from office, and Bernie or Warren become President.
Whoa, scratch that. By the time Big Brother takes all our sharp points and edges away, we'll all be vegans because livestock passes gas.
Please show me where she could not pardon herself again?
Or just to prolong the agony the new Prez pardons her and nominates her for VP and then he or she resigns. There is something about holding the same office but that's if an impeachment was used.