DavidHuieGreen – the President CANNOT pardon himself; that is why Nixon eventually resigned and turned the office over to Ford; FORD pardoned him. A President can only pardon OTHERS.
Sadly, this was almost word for word what happened the first time my husband asked me out, except I was too polite to say “but not with you” out loud. :D
The sad thing is, give it a hundred years or so and Hallmark will turn it into a second Christmas. I already know a lot of children who are anticipating toys this Sunday, because their parents “don’t want them to have all that candy”.
I brought my old typewriter into preschool for the kids to play ‘office’ with. One of the boys ran excitedly to the others: “GUYS! GUYS! COME SEE MRS SCIANCE’S COMPUTER! IT DOESN’T NEED A MONITOR, OR PRINTER OR NOTHIN’! YOU PUT THE PAPER RIGHT IN IT AND THE WORDS COME RIGHT OUT ON THE PAPER!” It was the most amazing thing they had ever seen.
DavidHuieGreen – the President CANNOT pardon himself; that is why Nixon eventually resigned and turned the office over to Ford; FORD pardoned him. A President can only pardon OTHERS.