Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Biden pardons Hunter despite promise Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 22:27:52 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 75 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 04:27:53 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ecd95d8d647a71788a5c9eafdb03ec65"; logging-data="4039232"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/L7OcWfauufTl1gEdxiNK0pu61kyAaZfY=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:z3BYlFckavnQmYdRQSps55IJkcY= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4233 On 12/2/2024 8:25 PM, suzeeq wrote: > On 12/2/2024 2:39 PM, shawn wrote: >> On Mon, 2 Dec 2024 20:33:08 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 >> wrote: >> >>> On Dec 2, 2024 at 12:12:16 PM PST, "moviePig" >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 12/2/2024 2:47 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>>   On Dec 1, 2024 at 9:34:52 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" >>>>> wrote: >>>>>>   shawn wrote: >>>>>>>   Sun, 1 Dec 2024 23:23:03 -0500, Rhino >>>>>>> : >>>>>> >>>>>>>>   Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter despite promising >>>>>>>> repeatedly to >>>>>>>>   respect the rule of law. >>>>>> >>>>>>>   Pardoning  his son is part of what the rule of law allows. >>>>>> >>>>>>   That's an absurd position to take. The pardon power is a power >>>>>> of the >>>>>>   president and is NOT dependent on rule of law. The president is >>>>>>   literally second-guessing criminal law. He stated that the >>>>>> prosecution >>>>>>   was political. No, it fucking was not. >>>>>   I don't have much heartburn over Biden pardoning his own kid. >>>>> Given the >>>>> abuse >>>>>   past presidents (and governors) have heaped on the pardon power, >>>>> this is >>>>>   pretty small potatoes. >>>>>   What rubs me the wrong way is the months of fake denial and the >>>>> feigned >>>>>   offense when asked about whether Biden would pardon Hunter that >>>>> the whole >>>>>   administration-- from Biden to his spokeshole Jean-Pierre-- every >>>>> time the >>>>>   subject came up. >>>>>   Jean-Pierre in particular was insufferable. Every time a reporter >>>>> asked her >>>>>   about it, she didn't just deny Biden would pardon Hunter, she was >>>>> rude, >>>>>   condescending, and acted like the reporter was being unethical >>>>> and insulting >>>>>   for just asking the question. And now it turns out the reporters >>>>> were right >>>>>   all along. I certainly hope there's at least one more press >>>>> conference in >>>>> the >>>>>   waning days of this administration and someone throws that all >>>>> back up in >>>>> her >>>>>   smug face and see what her response is. >>>> >>>> Biden *said* he wouldn't pardon Hunter.  Repeated questioning of her >>>> about it was tantamount to asking her if she thought her boss was >>>> lying. >>> >>> And since it turns out he *was* lying, the reporters were right to >>> ask about >>> it. >> >> Or not. None of us know what Biden was thinking over the past few >> years. He may have truly thought he should let the process play out >> and reconsidered as his time as President was coming to an end. >> Certainly it didn't appear that Hunter's time in the firing line was >> coming to an end any time soon. > > And maybe he thought Hunter's life might be in danger in prison. Regardless, I don't know how you hand your kid a life behind bars.