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    Wait…. Did Hunter announce his 24 run yet??

    No… okay still don’t care.

    Also as a follower of the Bible I actually believe in the story of the prodigal son and the teachings of the book of Luke actually inform my morals to admire Joe Biden for him loving his son throughout such hardships and diversions from Christ.

    I think this is a great story about Joe Biden’s character to love his prodigal son throughout his troubles.
     
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    any good Bible stories about influence peddling?
     
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    Yes. As I said… the prodigal son. If you’re new to the teachings of the Bible the son basically trades on his fathers name and comes home broke, and yet the father still forgives him and loves him. It’s a great testament to what Joe Biden has gone through and deepens my respect for him.
     
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    doesn't sound like the son makes very much money, for himself or for his father.
     
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    Yay accountability. Yay!! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
     
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    but wait! there's more!!!

    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/07/should-we-impeach-biden.php

    POSTED ON JULY 19, 2022
    Should We Impeach Biden?
    by John Hinderaker

    Everyone expects Republicans to recapture the House of Representatives in November, and I have no reason to disagree. This raises the question: assuming Republicans do control the House, should they impeach Joe Biden?

    That Biden has committed impeachable offenses seems beyond dispute. He has deliberately opened the Southern border, in defiance of our immigration laws, and has compounded the offense by distributing illegal aliens around the country. Most recently, Biden has stopped prosecuting those who cross the border illegally.

    The president’s most basic duty under Article II of the Constitution is to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” As to our immigration laws, Biden has not only failed to execute them faithfully, he has openly and wantonly flouted and negated them. I don’t see how it can be argued in good faith that this is not an impeachable offense. It presents a far stronger case for impeachment than the charges that were brought against Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon or Bill Clinton, let alone the laughable charges that the Democrats brought against Donald Trump.

    But, as we have seen, impeachment is a political act. Joe Biden has committed impeachable offenses, but will it be smart for Republicans to impeach him? Probably not, at least not early in the new Congressional term.

    The new Congress will meet in an atmosphere of dire decline in the nation’s fortunes. Citizens who vote Republicans into office will be waiting anxiously for concrete actions: to restore production of American oil and gas, to do everything possible to close the Southern border, to restore sanity to federal spending, to stop the “woke” virus that has infected even the armed forces. These are urgent needs, and voters will be displeased, to say the least, if Republicans are seen as wasting time and energy on an essentially political retribution against Biden.

    After Republicans have moved decisively to reverse the decline that the Biden administration has precipitated, it might make sense to proceed with impeachment. But by that time Biden may well have passed away or resigned, and if he is still on the scene, the optics of impeaching a pathetic old man may not be favorable.

    Thus, Biden eminently deserves to be impeached and convicted, probably more so than any president since James Buchanan. Of course he would not, in any event, be convicted by the Senate and driven from office, but political considerations likely will militate that Biden not endure the impeachment he so richly deserves.



     
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    StupidMoniker I lost a bet

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    So a private citizen with no connection to any current office holder made a business deal? How long after your father-in-law leaves office are you allowed to sign contracts under your ideal system?
     
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    Lock him up! Lock him up!

    Hang Mike Pence!!!!!
     
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    Not just any business deal.... but one with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a head of state. Trump and Kush were awfully nice to the Saudis while in power.

    As far as duration.... per the article:

    So maybe at least a one year waiting period before you cash in on your governmental wheeling and dealing..... Is a year too much to ask?
     
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    The author who is a trump appointed judge wants to impeach the sitting president over border issues and what he says is a "woke" virus.......I am sure they will try and impeach him to get back at Trump being impeached twice
     
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    The Hunter Biden story... All the relevance of the Billy Carter story, but this time nobody will get a Billy Beer.
     
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    If the DOJ can prove that they were nice in order to get such a quid-pro-quo, then they should pursue criminal charges.
    I don't know how you can make a law that passes constitutional muster that says a private citizen cannot engage in commerce because they used to work for the government. How would you determine that anything they do is not based on their profile as a government official. People weren't paying the Obamas to write books because he was a community organizer and she was a lawyer. People don't pay the Clintons tens of thousands of dollars an hour for speaking engagements because they were in law and real estate development. What if someone doesn't have a healthy nest egg when they leave office? Do they go on the dole for a year? I think it sounds good in principle to prevent people from using the office to enrich themselves for a year or ten or forever, it just seems like a very thorny legal thicket to dive into.
     
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    Just globalists being globalist. They are investigating Kushner and we will see where it goes.

    Like the article stated..... just one day until Kushner started a fund that got + $billion investment from a foreign power he was working with..... seems a bit greater than books or speaking fees.

    This is just how these globalist crooks operate.... but hey..... they let you bully the people you want to bully and read you nice bedtime stories....

    Donald Trump's longtime business connections in Turkey back in the spotlight
    The president's decision to remove troops from Northern Syria has put renewed focus on his relationship with Turkish President Erdogan.
     
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    You draw a distinction, but I think it is of degree, not kind. The people paying speaking fees to the Clintons are not doing it because they think that Bill or Hillary is going to give some magical wisdom in an hour that will transform their business. They are buying favor or repaying patronage. Doing it all in a billion dollar chunk (though it is an investment not a gift, I assume that gives some ownership interest to MBS), is far different in scale, but he is either gaining leverage or repaying patronage. We didn't do much regarding Khashoggi while Trump was in office (though I don't know that we have done much under Biden either). Soft sanctioning the assassination of an American journalist is a terrible look. The entire American participation in the Saudi war in Yemen too. I am not at all surprised that there are dirty dealings with the Saudis, there have been for decades. I am opposed. I assume you are too. Our politicians are not, regardless of party affiliation. Maybe it is time for someone that isn't Republican or Democrat to be in charge for a change.
     
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