Hunter Biden's Non-Pardon Wins It

 

Here's an opinion you won't hear anywhere else:

Hunter Biden has been found guilty of a minor charge which is almost never prosecuted. But when the opposition seeks to find any way to hurt you, your kids apparently become fair game. Ultimately, the bulk of the blame for the conviction does belong with Hunter, because he broke the law. But this was a politically motivated prosecution, and everybody knows it.

Joe Biden could simply pardon his son. Any parent would understand. But he has indicated that he won't. He's made his point that no one is above the law, and that includes his own family.

This, to my mind, absolutely wins it for Joe Biden. If I happened to be one of those Republicans who is disgusted by Trump, but were inclined to vote for him anyway (I'm looking at you, Nikki Haley), this would persuade me to change my vote. Joe Biden may be old, he may be a hair-sniffing creep, and he may be a liberal, but at least he has some small measure of integrity. Donald Trump has none.

The Right Wing Media Cult inadvertently agrees with my analysis, because now they're arguing that Hunter's conviction is part of the judiciary conspiracy to go after Trump. No kidding! According to the New RepublicAccording to the New Republic, Trumpers are now arguing that Hunter's conviction was pushed for so that Joe Biden could make precisely the point he's making about no one being above the law.

Seriously?

Had Hunter not been found guilty, these same people would have been arguing the exact opposite. They would have said the system was rigged to favor Biden's agenda.

It's a case of "heads I win, tails you lose."

Let's tick the disqualifiers off, here. So far, Trump has been proven to be:

• Someone who declared bankruptcy six times -- seven if you include the way he exploded the national deficit and debt while letting Covid destroy the economy.
• Someone who promised a border wall which Mexico would pay for, and didn't deliver.
• A proven rapist, as indicated in the Valerie Plame case.
• A proven tax cheat, again verified in court.
• A proven records falsifier who lied on official documents to cover up hush money paid to a porn star. On 34 counts!

And all that's before the almost daily atrocities coming out of Trump's mouth all the time. Everything including "except on day one," "stand back and stand by," Charlottesville Nazis are "very nice people," border refugees are "rapists," and those are just the ones off the top of my head.

At barest minimum, if I were an ultra right-wing, evangelical Christian voter, I'd withhold my vote until the Republican party stops embarrassing my religion and its agenda.

Eric

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