Zam-Zam
Senator
Then & Now:
During his 2020 campaign Biden told reporters, "I have never discussed with my son or my brother or anyone else, anything having to do with their businesses."
Asked Monday about a New York Post report claiming that Hunter Biden had put his father on speakerphone with business associates during the elder Biden's time as vice president, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated that the president "was never in business with his son."
Former Hunter Biden associate to sit for closed-door testimony with House Oversight committee - ABC News (go.com)
It is subtle, but it is also there: We've gone from "Never discussed" to " Was never in business with"...Those are two different things.
It could be that Ms. Jean-Piere simply committed a slip-of-the-tongue. I doubt it however - Messaging is what she does for a living, and she does it at the highest level.
So, why the change?
We can only speculate, but it just might have something to do with a chap named Devon Archer. If you haven't heard the name, you soon will. We can expect his name to be besmirched in the days ahead, his credibility attacked, and in general the typical smear job that anyone who speaks ill of the mighty and powerful can expect.
And to be fair, at least some of it is likely entirely deserved...He's a shady character who was in business with another shady character, namely the President's son.
He's going to testify, or at least expected to, unless something or someone changes his mind. Friends of Joe Biden, we are lead to believe, are not going to like it.
Are Republicans guilty of try to make political hay out of all this? Of course they are! We can expect Kevin McCarthy to treat Joe Biden in much the same manner as Nancy Pelosi treated Biden's predecessor. Many who were delighted by that will be outraged by the other, and vice-versa. That's politics.
It does not mean that the President is squeaky clean, however. A lot of mobsters hated Al Capone...It didn't mean he was a good guy.
What will come of it all? Who really knows - The rich and powerful seldom face the earthly consequences for their misdeeds as perhaps they should. My guess...Possible impeachment, if anything at all. And maybe not even that much.
Still, it's great theater, just as all the Trump stuff was. Some will be triggered, some will hang on every word,
I'm just going to enjoy the circus...Our elected officials do so little else for us, we might as well at least let them entertain us.
It's all good.
During his 2020 campaign Biden told reporters, "I have never discussed with my son or my brother or anyone else, anything having to do with their businesses."
Asked Monday about a New York Post report claiming that Hunter Biden had put his father on speakerphone with business associates during the elder Biden's time as vice president, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated that the president "was never in business with his son."
Former Hunter Biden associate to sit for closed-door testimony with House Oversight committee - ABC News (go.com)
It is subtle, but it is also there: We've gone from "Never discussed" to " Was never in business with"...Those are two different things.
It could be that Ms. Jean-Piere simply committed a slip-of-the-tongue. I doubt it however - Messaging is what she does for a living, and she does it at the highest level.
So, why the change?
We can only speculate, but it just might have something to do with a chap named Devon Archer. If you haven't heard the name, you soon will. We can expect his name to be besmirched in the days ahead, his credibility attacked, and in general the typical smear job that anyone who speaks ill of the mighty and powerful can expect.
And to be fair, at least some of it is likely entirely deserved...He's a shady character who was in business with another shady character, namely the President's son.
He's going to testify, or at least expected to, unless something or someone changes his mind. Friends of Joe Biden, we are lead to believe, are not going to like it.
Are Republicans guilty of try to make political hay out of all this? Of course they are! We can expect Kevin McCarthy to treat Joe Biden in much the same manner as Nancy Pelosi treated Biden's predecessor. Many who were delighted by that will be outraged by the other, and vice-versa. That's politics.
It does not mean that the President is squeaky clean, however. A lot of mobsters hated Al Capone...It didn't mean he was a good guy.
What will come of it all? Who really knows - The rich and powerful seldom face the earthly consequences for their misdeeds as perhaps they should. My guess...Possible impeachment, if anything at all. And maybe not even that much.
Still, it's great theater, just as all the Trump stuff was. Some will be triggered, some will hang on every word,
I'm just going to enjoy the circus...Our elected officials do so little else for us, we might as well at least let them entertain us.
It's all good.
