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thenewgreen  ·  3632 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pardon Bush and Those Who Tortured

It would establish a precedent and if Obama were to get a GOP predecessor, he would be pardoning Obama for Benghazi, Obamacare (they'd figure out how), Illegal wars not issued by Congress, etc. Every subsequent administration would be doing it and it would completely water down the act. It's a pretty passive aggressive thing to do. I actually think it sounds incredibly childish.