I’m in broad agreement with the conclusion of the editors of the Wall Street Journal about what most of the media are treating as a non-story, the obvious influence peddling of Hunter Biden:
Assuming the emails turned up by the New York Post are real, they provide significant detail about Hunter Biden’s way of doing business. Even if it wasn’t illegal, it was a classic example of Beltway influence-peddling for profit off his father’s name and position.
This is a legitimate story with important information for voters who are being asked to trust Joe Biden for a return to normalcy. We doubt this is the kind of Washington self-interest and dishonesty as usual that most Americans have in mind.
But it’s exactly what the party leadership of both parties have in mind in their return to normalcy and one of the reasons Trump got elected in the first place. It’s not that something illegal was done that is a scandal. That is a far too myopic view. The scandal is the influence peddling itself. Believing there’s nothing wrong with it is as unrealistic as believing that those who donated to the Clinton Foundation were not expecting to get something out of those donations. Or that long-time elected officials, their families, and their cronies becoming outrageously wealthy after long tenure in office is just a coincidence. Or just lucky.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/new-biden-email-obliterates-burisma-debunking-over-fired-prosecutor-giuliani-teases
Only the mentally impaired or willfully dishonest don’t know what’s going on.
Given the release of previously classified documents on “RussiaGate” the same can be said there. Obama was a crook; Biden a crook. A whole slew of crooks. Richard Nixon wants his good name back……..
I think it’s mostly a sort of elective blindness. They’ll vote for their guy because he’s their guy. Nothing can change as long as that’s the case.
“I think it’s mostly a sort of elective blindness. They’ll vote for their guy because he’s their guy. Nothing can change as long as that’s the case.”
Yep. Trump supporters never mention Trump’s corruption and Biden supporters never mention Biden’s corruption. And when that discussion can’t be avoided, then the guy on the other side is always “worse” based on some self-serving criteria.
I have people arguing this stuff to me all the time and it’s amazing to me that they think their arguments are effective.
I’d like to hear about Trumps corruption. Serious question. No assertions. No distortions. Real corruption. Supported.
It’s not a charge I’ve made so someone else would need to address it. My guess is that the claim is that using Trump facilities as meeting places is a corrupt practice. Basically, he’s directing business his own way. There’s also the obvious nepotism.
The trick is to keep smiling while you do it, if you scowl, you’re a crook.
You have to assume this is all real. The computer gets dropped off to a legally blind guy who thinks it was Hunter? Really? Does Giuliani have any credibility left? I dont think so.
That said, “those who donated to the Clinton Foundation were not expecting to get something out of those donations.” Or those who stay at Trump Hotels now when visiting DC. Or joined Mar-a-Lago after he became president. Or sending your son-in law on business trips to the ME. Or putting your kids into positions in the WH. Heck, skip the foreign influence peddling and go straight to the US.
The chances this gets changed is zero. Politicians and the wealthy, especially when they overlap, love having things the way they are, so it wont change. They will point fingers at the other side, and have tons of investigations but once again, we wont have charges brought. Just like the unmasking claims, and all of the other investigations. 8 for Benghazi alone. Did I ever mention that before?
Steve
“The computer gets dropped off to a legally blind guy who thinks it was Hunter? “
The man has a handicap, he’s not stupid, OK?
Any blind person who can repair computers is pretty smart in my book.
Chief witness at Biden’s upcoming impeachment hearing.