Re: [OT] Biden pardons Hunter despite promise

On 12/2/2024 5:28 PM, shawn wrote:

On Mon, 2 Dec 2024 19:48:40 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:
 

On Dec 2, 2024 at 9:03:03 AM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
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On 12/1/2024 11:30 PM, shawn wrote:

  On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 23:23:03 -0500, Rhino
  <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
 

  Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter despite promising repeatedly to
  respect the rule of law.
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  Pardoning  his son is part of what the rule of law allows. It makes
  sense for Biden to do so now as he's allowed the case to go on much
  longer than it should have as it's something that would never have
  gone on this long if he wasn't related to President Biden.
 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/joe-biden-pardons-son-hunter-gun-tax-charges-1.7398369
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  It wasn't a very narrow pardon either: it was a blanket pardon for
  anything Hunter Biden did over a 10 year period.

    Which is a smart move as it seems almost certain that there would have
  been people looking for anything to keep going after Hunter Biden even
  after Trump took over the Presidency. This way the desire to keep
  going after Hunter is going to go unsatisfied.
 

  He waited until late Sunday evening to announce the pardon, no doubt
  hoping that no one would notice. I wonder how the media will react? I
  wonder how Trump will react?

    Of course people were going to notice. You certainly did and there's
  no way the media is going to miss this topic. It's not a topic that
  will be forgotten in days.

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The NYTimes's take was that Biden would get public sympathy had he
merely pardoned his son, but that his accusation of political
prosecution makes the Justice Department a bilateral target now.

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Now all that's left is for Biden to resign early so that Kammie can officially
be the first female president in U.S. history, if only for a month or so.
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 Given the way so many still continue to state that Biden has lost it
mentally I would expect more of them to call for Biden to step down
for fear of what actions he might take in his remaining time as
President.

'Them' being Republicans.  And their only fear would be of missing a chance at some headlines.