Posted on May 17, 2016
Bowe Bergdahl court-martial delayed until February 2017 | Fox News
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Bergdahl will never get to his Court-Martial.
0bama will grant him a pardon on his way out.
0bama will grant him a pardon on his way out.
Bowe Bergdahl court-martial delayed until February 2017 | Fox News
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A pardon from obama before he leaves office? I would not be surprised...just one more thing to add to his ever growing list of unconscionable / questionable / idiotic decisions since he entered office. Not that anyone can do anything about it, it sure will piss a large number of people off.
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@CPO Frank Colu CPO Frank Coluccio Thanks for the good news and the heartburn! I hope none of Obama's people hear your idea!
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I have read that President Obama has pardoned very few people and commuted the sentence of only a small number of people. It would be inconsistent and politically naive for him to pardon Bergdahl as it would surely negatively influence HRC's campaign.
I probably don't know enough about Bergdahl, just what has been widely reported in the press, but I'll take the chance to comment anyway. It would seem that Bergdahl is deserving of a BCD, and perhaps his time spent as a POW could be considered time served? It doesn't seem that he deserves any veteran's benefits, unless it can be shown that he was severly mentally incapacitated at the time of his leaving his post.
I probably don't know enough about Bergdahl, just what has been widely reported in the press, but I'll take the chance to comment anyway. It would seem that Bergdahl is deserving of a BCD, and perhaps his time spent as a POW could be considered time served? It doesn't seem that he deserves any veteran's benefits, unless it can be shown that he was severly mentally incapacitated at the time of his leaving his post.
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CPO Frank Coluccio
Barack Obama has pardoned or commuted the convictions of 61 people during his term of office, as of December 2013. Among them are:
James Bernard Banks, of Liberty, Utah, sentenced to two years of probation in 1972 for illegal possession of government property.
Russell James Dixon, of Clayton, Ga., sentenced to two years of probation in 1960 for a liquor law violation.
Laurens Dorsey, of Syracuse, N.Y., sentenced in 1998 to five years of probation and $71,000 in restitution for conspiracy to defraud by making false statements to the Food and Drug Administration.
Ronald Lee Foster, of Beaver Falls, Pa., sentenced in 1963 to a year of probation and a $20 fine for mutilating coins.
Timothy James Gallagher, of Navasota, Texas, sentenced in 1982 to three years of probation for cocaine possession and conspiracy to distribute.
Roxane Kay Hettinger, Powder Springs, Ga., sentenced in 1986 to 30 days in jail and three years of probation for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
Edgar Leopold Kranz Jr., of Minot, N.D., who received 24 months of confinement and a pay reduction for cocaine use, adultery and bouncing checks.
Floretta Leavy, of Rockford, Ill., sentenced in 1984 to 366 days in prison and three years of parole for drug offenses.
Scoey Lathaniel Morris, of Crosby, Texas, sentenced in 1991 to three years of probation and $1,200 restitution for counterfeiting offenses.
James Bernard Banks, of Liberty, Utah, sentenced to two years of probation in 1972 for illegal possession of government property.
Russell James Dixon, of Clayton, Ga., sentenced to two years of probation in 1960 for a liquor law violation.
Laurens Dorsey, of Syracuse, N.Y., sentenced in 1998 to five years of probation and $71,000 in restitution for conspiracy to defraud by making false statements to the Food and Drug Administration.
Ronald Lee Foster, of Beaver Falls, Pa., sentenced in 1963 to a year of probation and a $20 fine for mutilating coins.
Timothy James Gallagher, of Navasota, Texas, sentenced in 1982 to three years of probation for cocaine possession and conspiracy to distribute.
Roxane Kay Hettinger, Powder Springs, Ga., sentenced in 1986 to 30 days in jail and three years of probation for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
Edgar Leopold Kranz Jr., of Minot, N.D., who received 24 months of confinement and a pay reduction for cocaine use, adultery and bouncing checks.
Floretta Leavy, of Rockford, Ill., sentenced in 1984 to 366 days in prison and three years of parole for drug offenses.
Scoey Lathaniel Morris, of Crosby, Texas, sentenced in 1991 to three years of probation and $1,200 restitution for counterfeiting offenses.
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Cpl John Mathews
Yes, and Nixon pardoned 926, Reagan 406, Clinton 456, GW Bush 176. The last President to give fewer than President Obama was President Garfield, but of course he didn't survive his first year in office.
The question is what would be gained by President Obama pardoning Bergdahl, when he hasn't shown a propensity to issue pardons thus far. I just don't see it, as t wouldn't benefit the democrats, wouldn't be a "payback" to anyone, and definitely wouldn't add to his legacy.
The question is what would be gained by President Obama pardoning Bergdahl, when he hasn't shown a propensity to issue pardons thus far. I just don't see it, as t wouldn't benefit the democrats, wouldn't be a "payback" to anyone, and definitely wouldn't add to his legacy.
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CPO Frank Coluccio
Cpl John Mathews - By granting a pardon, 0bama avoids the chance of the traitor being found guilty of desertion and/or misbehavior before the enemy and having his 'trade' ridiculed and his judgement in to question. It would also prove troublesome if, God forbid, Hell-ary wins in Nov. as she was in full support of the illegal swap
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Cpl John Mathews
CPO Frank Coluccio, those are good points! I believe that in every war we have traded POWs at some poinr, perhaps it was pst war in many cases. Was there any trade that you would consider appropriate?
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