While slagging off the President for asking to be excused, however, he seems to ignore when Governor- and imminent presidential candidate George W. Bush- sent Alberto Gonzales to get him off from jury duty because the juror questionnaire would have required Bush to disclose his drunk driving conviction.
Other presidents have been excused as well:
The Christian Science Monitor reported in 2006 that "in fact, no modern court has had a sitting president on a jury. Ronald Reagan came the closest when he was summoned in the 1980s by Santa Barbara County, Calif. He was granted a deferment until he was out of office. Former President Bill Clinton was willing to serve on a case involving a gang-related shooting when he was called in 2003, but the judge dismissed him."
You do understand sarcasm, right? Geez .....
ReplyDeleteSarcasm seeks to make a point. Care to explain the one you were trying to make?
ReplyDeleteSure. Just the humor of a sitting President being asked to serve on a jury. No one expects him to serve, nor should he. Just writing that Obama got called for jury duty would be a little boring, so I took the snarky (which I consider a compliment) route, and stretched it.
ReplyDeleteLike the other post that you didn't seem to understand, I often will argue the stupid point of view, which many times isn't my own opinion, just to show the absurdity displayed on both sides.. But I can dumb it down for you. ;)
It's hard to think how it could be dumbed down any further, but give it a good try.
ReplyDeleteThree and a half hours later, and that's the best you could do? I forgot, you were busy writing 17 one sentence posts on Jim DeMint and Joe Wilson.... :)
ReplyDeleteWe are so often a disappointment to readers, it's a wonder they keep coming back.
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