Conservatives urge preemptive pardons

If this isn't a potential abuse of presidential pardon powers, what is?

The conservative (bowel) movement's great legal minds (such as they are) are urging Bush to issue preemptive pardons to regime officials who were involved in illegal programs. If they are pardoned, they're less likely to undergo a legal investigation that would make the Republicans look even more idiotic than they already do.

Victoria Toensing, a former official in the Reagan regime, said Bush "should preempt any long-term investigations." Because Bush is the Decider, I guess. Toensing said, "If we don't protect these people who are proceeding in good faith, no one will ever take chances."

Problem is, the people who the conservative intelligentsia wants pardoned weren't proceeding in good faith. They were intentionally subverting the Constitution.

The Bush White House refuses to say whether Bosh will take this advice and abuse his pardon powers. After Bush's daddy pardoned all those traitors who were involved in the Iran-Contra scandal, I wouldn't be in the least surprised if Bush issues ready-made pardons for his own cohorts who were involved in torture and warrantless phone-tapping.

(Source: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/rights/92342)