Pardon the Mess

Boy are Bush's pardons getting messy! Not only did the most unpopular president in history issue a pardon to Isaac Toussie only to take it back once it was learned he was a major campaign contributor to the RNC, Bush also issued a pardon to a convicted gambling executive who contributed money directly to George Bush's campaign.

Alan Maiss, former president of Bally Gaming, made two contributions totaling $1,500 to Bush's campaign in 2003 and 2004, a USA TODAY review of federal election records shows. Maiss mostly donated to Democrats and gave only to one other Republican besides Bush: then-Nevada senator Paul Laxalt in 1979, the records show.

Remember the right wing, Republican outrage over Clinton's outgoing pardon of Marc Rich? The controversy was surrounded by the fact that Rich's wife made contributions to the Hillary Clinton's senate campaign and to Bill Clinton's foundation, but never directly to the president's campaign. What's the difference now? Why isn't the right wing calling for Bush's head? Probably because they are all sheltered into the fantasy world with Fox News blaring in the background.