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Quote Originally Posted by ClubDirt:
first, she wasn't pardoned, her sentence was commuted. second, it's highly unlikely that obama ever made a decision on her because if she didn't meet the qualifications, her application would have never reached him. the way obama and other presidents to this is to set up a process where people can apply for clemency. then the application goes through a process administered by the DOJ to determine if the person meets the qualifications established for clemency. if the person does not meet those qualifications, the application is rejected at that level. if the person does meet those qualifications, then the president makes the final decision.
the system of course isn't perfect but they get a shitload of applications and a system needs to be set up to handle those requests. if the president had to review every one, he would spend much of his time doing that. also, the system is set up so pardons aren't handed out just to people with money or political or celebrity connections like the f*cking buffoon currently residing in the white house does it.
obama pardoned a lot of nonviolent drug offenders and of course got sh*t for it from the fox news idiots who have no idea how the process works. the DOJ rejected a pardon for this lady before it got to obama and obama gets sh*t for that. but we all know that's how it works with obama.
that being said, obama could have and should have set up a system where more people, such as this lady, would qualify for a pardon. trump should get some credit for pardoning this lady regardless of his motives. but, there are a ton more people serving long prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenses that we pay a lot of money so they can sit in jail. these people don't have celebrity or political connections. let's see if the idiot pardons or commutes the sentences of those people.
goes after a SAF and wants them banned, it occurs in the appropriate place and at the appropriate time...and it is always justified, just as you have your special interests here, so does the PC 
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