[fintstone]

Your perspective amazes me. This fellow had a youthful indescretion as a young man and then paid his debt to society. Helping a friend make some moonshine in rural Georgia in the 60's was about equivalent to helping a friend remove the catalytic converter from their 911 today. Then a squeaky clean record of serving his community since....sounds like exactly the type thing a pardon would be a good gesture for. Contrast that to the recent, big-time crooks that the previous president pardoned to keep/get out of prison without serving their time. Guys (or their wives) that contributed large amounts of money to him. GW receives no benefit from pardoning this guy...other than to acknowledge that rehabilitation and community service are valued.