It does, after all, raise serious questions about checks and balances in the pardon process. But on another level, if this is perceived as the Republicans trying to kick Clinton one last time, the GOP could get yet another Clinton backlash. Some day in the future, it will not be a great surprise if a gaggle of Clinton's enemies shows up at his wake carrying articles of impeachment. Getting Clinton has been the primary glue of the right wing for a decade or more. That's not to say that Hillary Clinton was correct in alleging a vast right-wing conspiracy back in 1998.
Conspiracy involves private plotting and intrigue.
A funeral impeachment is not so far-fetched as it sounds. Clinton might not have caused this much of a stir had he pardoned himself for all past and future transgressions. At least no money would have changed hands between interested parties. But there was a strategic element that went largely unnoticed. In these opening days of his presidency, the last thing Bush needs is a stirred up Democratic near-majority in Congress, or a Republican caucus inflamed and distracted by Clinton leftovers.