Kentucky Republican Governor Pardons his staff of ALL crimes committed through Monday.

We get to see what Republicans consider rule of law. When the law gets too close, Pardon all your subordinates of ALL CRIMES they have committed. This from the Lexington Herald-Leader:

Gov. Ernie Fletcher tonight pardoned nine current and former officials who have been indicted along with anyone who "might" be charged.

Although he has the authority to do so, Fletcher said he will not pardon himself. Consequently, Attorney General Greg Stumbo's office could prosecute Fletcher if the special grand jury investigating his administration's actions were to indict him.

Scheduled to appear tomorrow before the grand jury, Fletcher said he would not answer questions.

These people seem to think that if they get elected to office, they have property rights in that office and no one can tell them not to steal the silverware.

This goes along with the criminality of

• the Republican Taft administration of Ohio,
• Last year, Connecticut GOP Governor, John G. Roveland resigned on July 1, 2005, due to a federal corruption probe. At the beginning of the year, Rowland admitted in a televised address that he lied about who paid for renovations to his summer home.
• Congressman Bob Ney who was associated with a mob hit as well as criminal activity, and of course,
• Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham who has been selling his office for cash and real estate for the last several years.

New campaign advertisement for 2006 - For more blatant graft, elect your local Republican! They are already such blatant thieves that they might as well advertise their skills. They clearly can't govern. Graft they are good at.

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More from Bluegrass Report.Org. The pardons may be unconstitutional since no one has been convicted, and each pardon is required to be filed with a request from the person pardoned and the governor's written explanation of the pardon. This was a blanket pardon that does not meet those requirements. The Pardon also pardoned all people who "Might" be indicted. This does not meet the requirments for any form of pardon.

Then there is already talk of impeachment.

The fun is only just beginning.