President Obama ~ Take A Minute And Sign The Pardon ~

President Obama certainly has enough on his plate these days - no doubt.

He is busy saving the nation from itself and saving the world from us. One would think he could find a micro minute between flights to sign a pardon.


Late black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson was sent to prison nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman.

John McCain has been urging a presidential pardon for Johnson, who was convicted in 1913 of violating the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for immoral purposes. The law has since been heavily amended, but has not been repealed.


Since Johnson’s death, there have been a couple attempts to grant him a posthumous pardon, and Sen. John McCain is now asking President Obama for a second time to pardon Johnson.

Senator John McCain of Arizona spoke publicly October 17, 2009 about pressing President Obama to posthumously pardon black heavy weight champion boxer, Jack Johnson. McCain, and cohort, Rep. King (R) from New York, who both have amateur boxing in their background, drafted a letter to the President in August stating that after years of trying, the resolution to pardon the boxer, Jack Johnson, has been passed in both chambers of Congress. Now, they would like the President to take action on this matter.

In Friday’s new letter they wrote, “Regrettably, we have not received a response from you or any member of your administration,” adding that they hoped Obama would be eager to “right this wrong and erase an act of racism that sent an American citizen to prison.”He and New York Rep. Peter King requested one in April of this year, but the White House did not respond, so they’re trying again.

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