Just when you thought Haley Barbour's pardons were beyond curious...

[mick e]

...It gets even curiouser.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/14/us/mississ...index.html

[cbelt3]

Not really. They were household servants at the Mansion. Many of those folk got pardons and perks. Weird ? Well, yeah. But legal ? Yes to that as well.

Governor pardons = it's nice to be the King.

[Chakravartin]

Five of the prisoners -- including Gatlin and Hooker -- worked as trusties as part of a state rehabilitation program that allows model prisoners to work as servants and handymen at the governor's mansion. They had access to Barbour practically every day, according to people familiar with the program.

Give the guy the benefit of a doubt. Consider that having actually met and spoken to those men he might have a better idea of whether those people were rehabilitated than the general public does.

[mick e]

Or maybe they discovered something while working in the mansion...

[haikuman]

Welcome back you twisted dawgbait *(:>*

Do I still have to pay for these kind werds *(:>*

"...It gets even curiouser."

I want to see your confession at the heart attach machine *(:>*

They’re selling postcards of the hanging
They’re painting the passports brown
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors
The circus is in town
Here comes the blind commissioner
They’ve got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
The other is in his pants
And the riot squad they’re restless
They need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight
From Desolation Row

[Dennis S]

This is nothing compared to Mike Huckabee:

http://www.google.com/search?q=huckabee+pardon+murder&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

[Surfrider]

Man, that stinks to high heaven!!!