If the party identities of those involved were reversed—if Bevin had been a Democrat who was pardoning a donor to his campaign—would the Republican Party stay silent and not try to use this against Democrats? Of course not.
What will the Democrats do with this? My guess is: nothing of any consequence whatsoever.
What a forking ash-hole.
Only the best people!!
I was about to type the same thing.
I hate to even think about it because at the end of the day this is just a terrible set of choices made by an asshole sore-loser, but… can these pardons somehow be stuck to Moscow Mitch? If I was trying to defeat him, I would certainly try, because that’s exactly what they would do.
Murderers, rapists, child molesters - just declare you found Jesus and get a pardon and a ticket to heaven.
Can’t.
[ironic singsong] It’s in the Constitution!
(This is the same thing Repubs were saying when Clinton pardoned Marc Rich.)
ETA:
If the party identities of those involved were reversed—if Bevin had been a Democrat who was pardoning a donor to his campaign—would the Republican Party stay silent
In the case of Marc Rich, they did NOT.
Nothing’s. Off. Limits.
Must have someone he wants taken out and thinks he’ll get it for free.
Allow me to express an unpopular opinion: A couple of the pardons described here actually seem appropriate. Well, probably more appropriate as commuted sentences rather than full-on pardons. But I don’t have a problem letting out the teenager who killed his parents 17 years ago, or the woman who gave birth and discarded the baby 16 years ago. Those are both long sentences for what I would think are diminished-capacity crimes.
The rest of this seems to be skeevy as hell.
Yeah but it wasn’t an abortion. To the GOP, as soon as the baby is out it’s on its own.
Thank you for remembering. I will never forgive Huckabee for that one.
What has been ignored over the years about the furlough program that became fear mongering fodder in the 1988 campaign is that all 50 states had some version of one. It’s the “carrot and stick” approach. Behave and leave the officers and personnel alone and you get a weekend pass. The Horton ad played up fears pushed by the Atwater Bush campaign that “liberal Massachusetts was crime ridden” “ACLU card Dukakis!” when the fact is that it’s one of the safest states.
Just as Republicans have turned “conservative” to mean the opposite.
They are currently in the process of doing the same to “Justice”
See Bevin, Barr, Brett…
Why?
Is Bevin some kind of sociopath? Is this his way of lashing out at KY voters for failing him?
Seriously. Why? I don’t really follow KY.
(Kinda makes you wonder what Trump might do should he ever be in the same position)
Bevin: “F-you for not re-electing me; I shall have my revenge by releasing murderers and rapists upon you!”
There is not enough detail here ti make sound judgement on many of these cases. What is suspect is that a man who never demonstrated one ounce of empathy for people needing healthcare and the other social safety nets is issuing so many pardons as he walks out the door.
This harks back to the days of Tenn. Gov. Ray Blanton (from the 1970s), who on his way out the door started using pardons to empty the entire state penal system. These are usually intended as middle fingers at an uncooperative electorate.
That would look great on a bill board.