I guess you heard that Biden is contemplating giving out pardons to government workers and others whom the president-elect has threatened with prosecution and jail time: their crime, doing their jobs, following the law and not caving in to the MAGA crowd. Above all, apparently, they are suspected of not being loyal to the incoming president. Many, of course, are high profile public servants or politicians such as former Congresswoman Lynn Cheney or Special Counsel Jack Smith, their crime, investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capital.<\/p>\n
One reader suggested that I might want to pursue a pardon considering all the nasty things I\u2019ve written about Donald Trump since 2016. Looking back, I have been critical and, on occasion, written some rather scathing comments about Trump and his MAGA acolytes. I\u2019m guilty as charged, but, as I see it, someone in my neighborhood had to do it. After all, Trump\u2019s track record is littered with nastiness, favoritism, cronyism and mendacity as president. He used his position to enrich himself and his family, grievously ignored and mishandled the pandemic resulting in untold American deaths, obsequiously befriended tyrants such as Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un and repeatedly tried to circumvent constitutional law and democratic traditions.<\/p>\n
It should be no surprise that Trump\u2019s actions led to two impeachments, the second a result of his failed attempt to stay in office by fomenting the Capital resurrection of January 6, 2020.<\/p>\n
I will not seek a pardon, but then, I don\u2019t believe the president-elect knows me or has read any of my scribblings about him. Anyway, why would I or anyone who has spoken out against Trump want a pardon for doing the right thing by calling out his self-serving and authoritarian behavior? Accepting a pardon would be accepting guilt, wouldn\u2019t it? Clearly Donald Trump is the most unfit president ever in spite of any largesse on his part.<\/p>\n
No pardon for me. I\u2019ll take my chances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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