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On 2007-07-03 07:08:40 -0400, Mike Smith <mws@wt.net> said:

> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:59:58 GMT, leroyblue@pillinor.net wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 21:40:19 -0400, Slim <slim@pickins.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Now that the world, and our enemies, can see what kind of a spineless
>>> coward BUSH is for keeping his buddy out of jail, how can we ever win
>>> a war against anything other than ethics and morality?
>> 
>> 
>> You can't wait to see the list of Cowards and Thieves that your daddy
>> Clinton kept out of jail - even better ; the ores he tried to keep out
>> and failed...
> 
> Here's a list of Blow Job's pardons on a single day:

> 
Bush Pardons Convicted Coke Dealer

Tillie Fong and Hector Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News | December 22 2005

FLASHBACK: Jenna Bush's ID In Possession of Coke Dealer

A Denver lawyer was pardoned Tuesday by President Bush for drug-related 
crimes she committed more than two decades ago.
Wendy St. Charles, now 49, was among 11 people who received 
presidential pardons.

In 1984, she was sentenced to four years in prison in Illinois for 
conspiracy to conduct a narcotics enterprise and distribution of 
cocaine, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

She was also put on four years of special parole and four years of 
probation, which were to run consecutively with her sentence.

"It is wonderful news, and I'm grateful to the president," said St. 
Charles, who was told Tuesday morning about the pardon by a justice 
department official.

St. Charles declined to discuss her case further and requested that her 
privacy be respected.

Currently, she is a licensed attorney who works for MDC Holdings, Inc., 
the largest Denver-based home-building firm and one of the top 10 home 
builders in the U.S.

Larry Mizel, chair of the MDC Holdings Inc., and his wife, Carol, are 
major supporters of the Republican Party and its candidates, donating 
thousands of dollars to their campaigns.

Michael Touff, MDC's senior vice president and general counsel, 
declined to comment.

Keith Loop, 38, of Denver, who knew St. Charles when both were 
attending law school at Florida State University, said he was thrilled 
at the news.

"It's been a long journey," Loop said. "I know how hard she's worked, 
and I don't know of a more deserving person."

Loop said he thought that St. Charles had started applying for a 
presidential pardon while attending law school.

"It was such a thing of the past, when she was very young," Loop said 
of her past record that has been wiped clean with the pardon.

"She was trying to be a productive member of society. It doesn't 
reflect who she is, and it's irrelevant to her ability in what she 
does," he added.

Loop said he had been interviewed as a character witness for St. 
Charles in her application for clemency several years ago.

The White House gave no details Tuesday of why St. Charles was granted 
the pardon now.

"All persons receiving pardons apply for clemency through the office of 
the pardon attorney," Blair Jones, White House spokesman, said Tuesday.

"All cases were handled in accordance with standard clemency case 
processing procedures," Jones said.

Since 2003, President Bush has pardoned 61 people, including the 11 
granted Tuesday.

Jones said that all those who received pardons shared a common characteristic:

"Each demonstrated full acceptance and responsibility and remorse for 
their offense, and each has repaid his debt to society," he said.

The U.S. attorney's office in Chicago declined to comment on the 
specifics of the case against St. Charles, and referred calls to the 
Department of Justice.

Loop said that after St. Charles graduated from law school in 1995, she 
worked for several law firms in Florida before coming to Colorado.

According to the Colorado State Supreme Court, St. Charles obtained her 
license to practice law in the state in 2001, and joined the law firm 
of Brownstein Hyatt & Farber in August of that year.

According to the state's licensing policies, applicants are required to 
disclose their background, and a felony conviction can be grounds for 
the 11-member Bar Committee to deny a license.

But a felony conviction does not preclude the committee from 
recommending the license be granted, said Nancy Cohen, chief deputy 
regulation counsel for the Office of the Attorney Regulation Council, 
which is under the state Supreme Court.

While reviewing the backgrounds of applicants, the Bar Committee is 
responsible for determining whether they are mentally, morally and 
ethically fit to practice law.

Loop said that St. Charles has demonstrated over the years that she was 
deserving of the pardon.

"She already paid time for that (her crimes)," he said. "This is a 
person who is devoting the time to being a productive member of 
society, and to have this over your head would be very damaging and 
very hard to deal with."

-- 
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in 
England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after 
all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it 
is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a 
democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist 
dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to 
the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL 
THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of 
patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY 
COUNTRY."
�
--Goering at the Nuremberg Trials