Here is what Michelle Goldberg, one of the leading columnists at The New York Times, thinks about all of the controversy surrounding Joe Biden. Her Op-Ed in the paper's July 30, 2023 edition, had this headline: "The Coming Biden Impeachment Farce." Farce? She concedes that Hunter is "a deeply compromised figure." That's easy. She also concedes that "Hunter Biden almost certainly owed his Burisma gig to his family name..." Also should be an easy concession.
Maybe she had not yet heard that Devon Archer testified that Joe Biden called into Hunter's dinners and meetings about twenty times. Because it was necessary to sell "the brand." But at least one writer at The Times noted: "It has long been known that the elder Mr. Biden at times interacted with his son's business partners."
Congressman Daniel Goldman (D-NY) opined that Joe Biden only spoke about "the weather or whatever" with Hunter's business associates. If you choose to believe that, no matter how ridiculous, fine. So let's go with that for a minute. Here's Hunter either on the phone or at a dinner with his business associates, and when Joe arrives, or gets on the phone, now everyone is just talking about the weather? Okay, I'll stick with that a bit longer.
As Vice President, Joe takes Hunter on a trip to China. What is Hunter going to talk to everyone about? The weather in China? And let's not bother to concern ourselves with why Hunter was on that plane. As this writer previously noted, perhaps it was take your 40 year old son to work day. Here's a text message from 2017, by Hunter to Chinese businessman Henry Zhao: "I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment has not been fulfilled...(and after saying he is waiting for a call back) I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my directions." What directions might that be - you need to wear a raincoat? Because, you know, it's all about the weather.
And wasn't Joe put in charge of Ukraine policy by his then boss, President Obama? Yes he was. But Joe did not give a second's thought about how and why his son managed to get on the Board of Ukrainian oil and gas company, Burisma?
I, for one, am comforted by the fact that Biden touted his decades of foreign policy experience. Because he would certainly know if his son was engaging in influence peddling with various foreign actors, some of whom are citizens of enemy countries. Do you want to argue he was unaware/ignorant, or that he had such poor judgment he did not think it was a big deal. Even after officials in the Obama administration warned him about Hunter's involvement with Burisma.
But again, giving every conceivable benefit of the doubt to Joe Biden, and assuming Hunter set up all those shell corporations just for fun, and assuming millions of dollars were paid to Hunter because he is such a nice guy, I still have a few questions.
Was Joe really unaware of the appearance of a conflict of interest, of an appearance of impropriety? Did he just not care? And why is the mainstream media rushing to make excuses for this apparent influence peddling, instead of engaging in some investigative journalism? What would the reaction be if we switched the names Joe Biden and Hunter Biden for Donald Trump and Don Jr?
I am far less concerned with the events of January 6, which is over and done with, than I am with the ongoing Democrat party-mainstream media complex.
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