Yesterday, President Bush commuted Scooter Libby's prison sentence and Democrats are hopping mad. Often accusing Mr. Bush of being an idiot, they now have firm economic data to support their claim. In letting Mr. Libby off the hook, Mr. Bush didn't collect a single dime. Democratic president Bill Clinton had pardoned as many people (9) as his three predecessors combined (Bush 4, Reagan 1, Carter 4), and made millions of dollars in the process. All his pardonees were democratic operatives, and one, Susan McDougal, will now take the truth of the Clinton's Whitewater involvement with her to the grave. After all that work to turn pardons into a cash cow, George Bush ruined the market in one measly commutation.
In a historical note, Ronald Reagan is credited with the most egregious pardon in US history, pardoning George Steinbrenner.
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