The laws are wonderfully set up to protect the politicians. Why do you think Trump and family got away with shit.
Hunter Biden heading for a trial
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I think the USA system counted on the fact that men of good character would hold such men responsible and remove them. They did not count on political parties that would protect the unethical or the law breakers. The Ds still resign or get ousted, but no longer the Rs. It used to be reversed at the local levels.
Diane Feinstein? Sinema? Manchin? There are more.
It's been like this forever. The Robber Barons had their bought politicians. Getting Statehoods recognized needed greased palms. The Kennedys. On and on. Power corrupts.
The solution is term limits(notice the only time it was implemented was to limit a reformer) , no family or ex politicians allowed to be lobbyists, and a multi party system.
Senile and stupid not quite the same as sexual assault and fraud.
Jared and his $2 billion?
Or rump and the $400 million his farther gave him to bail out his screwups?
I think we are in uncharted territory here. So the Merrick Garland is smart argument and his staff is really super-smart is probably a weak partisan retort. Maybe they are even wicked smart but that doesn't change the political pressure obvious here.
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Are you relying on popularity polls of Joe Biden to reinforce your point of view? I'm fairly certain that people making strong arguments don't end them withWhat gives you the delusion that you have any insight into average people, least of all Dem voters?
.That's a very narrow view of U.S. politics. This guy or that guy. I think if you are supporting Biden (this guy) you better hope he faces off against that guy. Joe Biden can't be campaigning and debating against someone twenty or more years his junior.
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This would be appear to be a measured response. However the progs here seem to think there needs to be a crime linking the President to draw blood. Simply dragging out the proceedings is bad optics for the Administration.
You seem to be bothered by the term "liberal media". Are you more comfortable with the term 'mainstream media"? I don't think there is really an argument that there is a somewhat biased faction of media that has supported President Biden since 2020.
The point is will the media that has supported Biden stick with him. In any event, Biden's team can easilty manufacture a "health crisis" to pave the way for a graceful exit.
PS- You do realize the U.S. has had partisan media since the 1800 election between Federalist John Adams and Democratic Thomas Jefferson. It kind of bothers me that people seem to take offense by this obvious construct.
Who said the crime needs to involve Joe? Why does there need to be a major crime to be a cover-up? Do you really think the Watergate break-in was a crime? It also didn't involve Nixon directly.
As someone who likes to present themselves as knowledgeable of U.S. politics, please tell me you have a deeper knowledge of our history than you portray here.
This is an interesting point that often comes up here in regards to Biden. Given our two and four year mandatory cycles, passing legislation is only the first hurdle. The ability to hold the legislature and also win re-election are key points for sustaining first-term legislation.
I'm sure you are aware that Biden didn't come into office with big legislative majorities and nor has he been able to expand them. I would say he has already lost Manchin and Sinema to some degree so how these Senate seats and their votes will go in the future remains to be seen. So Biden's legislative legacy is still in doubt.
Its pretty simple. If he is convicted people will draw the conclusion Joe knew. And as he was ready to plead guilty the evidence is there. As has been pointed out, the Fed conviction ratio is quite good.
By the same token innocent and some will wonder if the fix was in, especially if its bungled in some way. And then the media, especially alt media will have a day. More people watch it now than the MSM anyway.
The plea deal and aftermath can and will sway a subset of independent voters.
As well a plea deal can still be had. But the scrutiny this time will be much larger.
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Manchin and Sinema were always a problem and that's got little to do with Biden. And mid terms usually swing against the administration.
In fact, weren't you and your colleagues talking about the "Red Tsunami" that would sweep the Senate and House away with massive GOP majorities last year?.... What exactly happened there, Earp?
But isn't that the whole point of using Hunter and his foibles?
Fox and the rightie echo-sphere have been trying to implicate Joe for months now. If this was all about some nepo kid with a coke habit who fucks strippers, who would give a fuck?!
The whole sell is that somehow the money got funneled to Joe.
Exactly how is my knowledge of US history deficient, Earpy?
Given your status as "TERB's intellectual presence", maybe you can suggest ways I can improve my own intellectual abilities and raise them to your own elevated level. Suggest something and we'll have a little discussion...
If those morons had Hunter dead to rights you don't think we would have had that evidence put forth???
Trump is dead to rights on the documents.
Dead to rights on Georgia.
About to find out Jan 6.
Trump is dead to rights on the documents.
Dead to rights on Georgia.
About to find out Jan 6.
I just wonder about your definition of those terms. Is it all those media outlets who don't suck Trump's cock? Is it all media except Fox and Ben Shapiro?
Can you be specific?
Not necessarily. I think that the NYT might be a little more objective than Fox News about these things. You agree with that?
Earpy, people don't take offence. That's just your own martyr complex kicking in.
Here's your REAL problem. Sure, media outlets are often party-aligned. MSN roots Dem for instance. The NYT and Post are probably non-aligned, as are many other outlets that you would try and argue are "liberal media".
It's your continual attempts at false equivalence that are comical. For instance, the GOP is supported by Fox News, an outlet so blatantly false, unethical and irresponsible that it recently paid a $700M libel award - based on deliberately lying to prop up Trump and the 2020 Election lie. Now MSN, the NYT, the Post, CNN and all the "liberal media" that you hate so much have never had to pay $700M for lying, have they Earp?
Mehdi Hassan is anti Trump, sure. But he's never got MSN sued to $700M the way Ingraham, Hannitty and Carlson did, has he?
In fact, trying to pretend that Hassan is on the same level as the Fox crew is like trying to pretend that a dude who got in a little push and shove outside a bar is as evil and violent as Jeffrey Dahmer. Isn't that right, Earp?
And this is why Frankie laughs at you so much. You try so hard and your points are so weak.
