As I blogged previously I have yet to hear one debate moderator ask any of the presidential candidates, representing either party, a rather simple question for which they would have full authority to enact.
Question. If President Bush fails to pardon border guards Campeon and Ramos would you do so immediately after taking office? Seems like an easy question to me.
The following You Tube video was sent to me by a Ron Paul supporter that I have just transcribed. Although it did not indicate any timeframe for action it is worth sharing with you the readers. And no, as of now I am not supporting any of the Republican field.
Candidate Ron Paul appeared on the Glenn Beck program on December 18th where Glenn asked the following question:
“Ramos and Campion–the border guards. If you were president of the United States–what would you do?
Congressman Paul responded: “I’m for Pardoning them. Especially now when they’ve served one year and they tacked on this–10 years of mandatory sentencing that I disagree with– and matter of fact–I have joined Bill Dellahan to recommend that as a sense of Congress Resolution. I think they should be pardoned.”
You can view and hear this exchange around the five minute mark of this clip.
While Ron Paul is not in the top rung of Republican candidates what are your thoughts regarding his response on this issue?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y4j4m90-XM&eurl=http://www.ronpaulforpresident2008.com/news/
Those two men were railroaded and not only should they be pardoned, they should receive compensation and a heartfelt thank you for protecting and serving the United States. Any presidential candidate who is willing to do the right thing and pardon these two men will get my vote!
This is a question about “bad law”.
Why does not congress fix the law by sending a bill to the President to sign? Then those two could be released with time served.
I know Huckabee supports a pardon for the Border Patrol agents and I suspect if asked the rest of the GOP field would agree.
I agree with all of the above comments. As someone who voted for the president I am not happy with his stonewalling the thousands of requests for that consideration.
It’s humorous that they hold Town Hall meetings to get our input but in this case choose to ignore our outrage.
Email response:
Thanks for posting this, Larry. Don’t be too sure Ron Paul is not on the “top rung” of Republican candidates. Is there anybody left with a brain capable of thinking critically who believes what the MSM (mind-shaping monsters) leads us to believe without question? If we have learned nothing else over the past seven years, it should be this: do your own research and make your decision based on it after careful study and consideration. Forget the polls and the pundits. Forget about following the Party, as though we are nothing more than lemmings. Look what that kind of thinking has forced us to suffer under the Bush Administration. Vote with your brain and your conscience. It may be the only thing we have left that we can really call our own.
Another email response:
My response to you is that they never should have been convicted in the first place.
Email response (That included a message from Gary Bauer which I also receive daily.
“Michael Medved was talking about Ron Paul today…he seems to have a lot of support in the neo nazis arena. Google Ron Paul and neo nazis. This guy is dangerous and messed up.
The following is an email I got today concerning Ron Paul.”
To: Friends and Supporters
From: Gary Bauer, Campaign for Working Families
Date: Thursday, December 20, 2007
Utter Nonsense From Ron Paul
The Associated Press reports that while campaigning in New Hampshire
yesterday, Congressman Ron Paul said that if he is elected president he will end economic sanctions on Iran and withdraw the U.S. Navy from nearby waters.
I am not surprised. On September 25th of this year when the House of Representatives voted 397-to-16 to impose economic sanctions on Iran, Paul was one of the 16 “no” votes.
In July of this year, the House voted 411-to-2 to condemn Iran’s Hitler- clone, “president” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The rare bipartisan vote was in reaction to Ahmadinejad’s denial of the Holocaust, while telling mobs in
Iran that they should imagine a world with no Israel and no United States, because, he assured them, that day is coming soon. The two “no” votes were cast by Ron Paul and leftwing nut Dennis Kucinich.
Ron Paul says he believes in the U.S. Constitution and smaller government.
Good for him. But those views are cancelled out by his unwillingness to confront the evil of Islamofascism or to even condemn a Holocaust denier.
This DISQUALIFIES him to be president of the United States.
For those Ron Paul supporters reading this, who are no doubt furious, so be it. If you want off the e-mail list, so be it. If you never donate another dime, so be it. If, given his record, you still think Ron Paul is
a legitimate candidate that morally responsible people can support, you are on the wrong email list anyway.
I only bring one thing to the table with this daily report – my promise to tell you the truth and that is what I will continue to do, even if some of you don’t want to hear it.
The comment from poster 7 was sad. Medved is playing you like a fiddle. The tools of Medved are to spread fear, uncertainty, and lies about various people’s positions. Remember when John Campbell was on his show and stood up for his opponent and told Medved that he was not telling the truth. Golden.
Since Los Angeles has more Iranians than any other place in the world outside of Iran, I know you guys all know a lot of Iranians. And I would bet that you would consider these Iranians to be some of the most decent people to inhabit Southern California. Well the reality is that despite being ruled by a nut, Iran is a country with great people and just maybe there is a better alternative to the path that leads to war. As one British diplomat said, “free trade is God’s diplomacy.”
What would Jesus do?
Email response:
Ron Paul, re: border guards, right on! bob xxxxxxxx