Talking Points Memo | Not So Fast!

Talking Points Memo Not So Fast!: "As you've seen, I've become increasingly interested in this question of whether or not the president can withdraw a pardon, as President Bush has attempted to do in the case of Isaac Toussie. I've consulted a few experts and reviewed various cases. And I'm increasingly convinced that the president did not have the power to do this, notwithstanding the fact that few press reports seem to have taken this possibility very seriously.
Let's break this down piece by piece.
No one disagrees that a presidential pardon cannot be revoked or taken back. The only question here is whether the Toussie pardon had in some sense not yet become official.
And there are two arguments floating around about why this pardon wasn't set in stone yet before the president decided to take it back.
First is the argument put forward by the White House itself, that the president had sent requests for pardons to the Pardon Attorney but that the Pardon Attorney had yet to 'execute and deliver grants of clemency to the named individuals.' According to the White House press release from Wednesday, the president got to him before he'd done that and 'directed the Pardon Attorney not to execute and deliver a Grant of Clemency to Mr. Toussie.'"

Another example of the incompetence of this f**ker. Hell, I'm not even going to refer to him as "President" Bush anymore. I wonder if old Rush boy is going to come to the Presidents defense, you know, carry a little water.