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PaperclipPerfector  3d ago (text post)   2180 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 9, 2025

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I'm sure there are a lot of people who got railroaded for one reason or another. In the environment like Chicago politics, there's a lot of mutual back scratching happening, and with certain prosecutorial creativity it's probably not hard to convert it into a criminal case. Trump is not going to pardon all of them, is he? And despite what Blago says now about Trump - which he has a lot of motive to say, as it profits him - he seems to be a pretty run of the mill Democrat, and one with zero power as it seems currently. Is that really just personal sentiment on Trump's side? I didn't place him as an overly sentimental person.

So it's useful to ask what's the difference between those nameless Chicago politicians he's not going to pardon and Blago. Blago was on the Celebrity Apprentice and personally knows Trump, and declared himself a supporter. Would that be enough for you to pardon him? Maybe not, but Trump is easy to flatter and isn't going to take any hits politically for this action. It's a guy doing a solid for someone that was on his TV show that said he likes him, I don't think you need to go much beyond that

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