New Developments III

[Big Magilla]

Andy Kim, who was my representative until redistricting gave all of the Jersey Shore to a Trump Republican in 2020, is raising money to go against Menendez in 2024. Not sure if he or someone else would be appointed by Gov. Murphy if Menendez actually does bow out but I would definitely vote for him in the primary.

[Sabin]

I don't know what conversations Chuck Schumer is already having with Bob Menendez or, y'know, if they're bowling buddies or whatever. But that guy is dazzlingly corrupt. He needs to be gone so fast that any Democrat can say "Bob Mewho? I don't remember that guy. You sure he was ours?"

[criddic3]

The kind of charges Hunter Biden is up for rarely goes to trial, much less conviction. I agree that the deal was broken out of political reasons, in order to appear as if they are not being soft on him because he's the son of the president. I think that's a bad message to send, because it makes it seem as though he did something worse than he did. It's not that I'm saying he shouldn't be called out for his behavior, but this story is being used by the Right as a political fundraising tool and as an excuse for baseless investigations of his father. The recent decision by Kevin McCarthy to open an impeachment inquiry is all part of this ridiculous circus. McCarthy is already one of the weakest Speakers in our nation's history after striking a bargain with the far-right Freedom Caucus in order get the job (on the 15th ballot).

[Big Magilla]

I just apologized to Sabin privately for overreacting.

I had a rough day. I'm recovering from an apicoectomy (oral surgery on a tooth I had a root canal on 30 years ago) on Tuesday. On top of that, yesterday and today my HOA is having its annual garage sale. The house across the street is one of the participants. All day yesterday I had people bocking my mailbox, driveway, and even the fire hydrant on the corner. I expect more of the same today. That's not an excuse, but it is the reason.

I would hate not to have conversations with Sabin and everyone else here about movies, but I really don't want to talk about Hunter Biden. He's a jerk but what he's being charged with is lying on an application to buy a gun when he was under the influence of drugs. He had a deal with the prosecutor who reneged due to politics. It's a sordid mess as is everything that's going on in Congress. Thankfully everyone here seems to be on the same page politically, so that's a plus, but just thinking about what is going on in this country now is depressing enough without having to talk about it, so I probably won't be adding too much to any of the political discussions. Unfortunately, as monitor I will still have to read them.

[Big Magilla]

You just got yourself one less to converse with.

[Sabin]

Big Magilla wrote
Sabin, I knew you meant it as hypothetical because I know you but as I said in response to Dan Frank, it would not to those who are not on top of the news.

I'm not spreading misinformation on twitter. I'm having a conversation with seven people on a message board.

It's fine. Let's just move on.

[Big Magilla]

Sabin, I knew you meant it as hypothetical because I know you but as I said in response to Dan Frank, it would not to those who are not on top of the news.

Unfortunately, the number of people now posting isn't great, but our readership remains strong.

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[Sabin]

Big Magilla wrote
I know Sabin meant it to be a hypothetical question, but it doesn't read that way.

Anyone not up on the news, might think Hunter Biden was actually convicted of something.

While I don't necessarily agree that we get the country we deserve, I do think we are an incredibly naive one where half the population doesn't vote and a large percentage of those who do aren't savvy enough to vote in their own best interests. That and the long ago outmoded electoral college keep us on tenterhooks from election to election.

Magilla, if you figured out that it was a hypothetical question, then it reads that way. What I wrote was obviously a hypothetical question. Also, the title of this thread is New Developments. It's for discussing the news. Hunter Biden's indictments is in the news. I'm allowed to talk about it. But put that aside from the moment. How many people actually post on this board? Six? Seven? I know all of you. I'm not spreading misinformation.

[danfrank]

I definitely agree with that!

[Big Magilla]

I know Sabin meant it to be a hypothetical question, but it doesn't read that way.

Anyone not up on the news, might think Hunter Biden was actually convicted of something.

While I don't necessarily agree that we get the country we deserve, I do think we are an incredibly naive one where half the population doesn't vote and a large percentage of those who do aren't savvy enough to vote in their own best interests. That and the long ago outmoded electoral college keep us on tenterhooks from election to election.

[danfrank]

Magulla, I’m pretty sure Sabin was just putting out a hypothetical, not trying to spread false information. It is POSSIBLE that Hunter Biden serves some prison time, though I doubt that will happen. As to whether a president’s kid has served prison time while their parent was in office, I’m not enough of a historian to know for sure, but I don’t think so. The closest approximation in my lifetime was all the legal problems surrounding Clinton’s half-brother, Roger. Presidential children are under a lot of scrutiny and there have been scandals, e.g., George HW Bush’s son getting in trouble for conflict of interest, or W’s girls getting busted for underage drinking. I have little doubt that bulk of Trumps’s kids have done things they COULD be imprisoned for.

Hunter Biden going to prison would be a big deal and a big drag on Joe’s presidency, way more than it already is.

As for getting the country we deserve, I think there’s some truth to that, though mostly I think it’s a minority of rotten apples making it miserable for the rest of us, who really DON’T deserve that.

[Sabin]

Big Magilla wrote
Why are you publishing such sensationalistic false information? Hunter Biden was indicted. He hasn't been convicted of anything.

He's a sleazebag but the only thing they've gotten him on so far is gun charges for which he may serve time, may not, if convicted. The MAGA Republicans have been investigating him for five years on other things and have not been able to prove anything.

Comparing him to Trump makes no sense. He should be compared to Trump's daughter and son-in-law who committed crimes in plain sight during Trump's Presidency. While the Republicans are good at creating false equivalency for going after Biden on trumped up (pun intended) charges to impeach him, they continue to look the other way when it comes to a truer equivalency between scions of presidents.

Sometimes I think we have the country we deserve.

[Big Magilla]

I have a question. Hunter Biden is getting ten years.

Without turning this into the usual "Well, Trump is worse because x,y,z" has a President ever served while his kid was in jail?

Why are you publishing such sensationalistic false information? Hunter Biden was indicted. He hasn't been convicted of anything.

He's a sleazebag but the only thing they've gotten him on so far is gun charges for which he may serve time, may not, if convicted. The MAGA Republicans have been investigating him for five years on other things and have not been able to prove anything.

Comparing him to Trump makes no sense. He should be compared to Trump's daughter and son-in-law who committed crimes in plain sight during Trump's Presidency. While the Republicans are good at creating false equivalency for going after Biden on trumped up (pun intended) charges to impeach him, they continue to look the other way when it comes to a truer equivalency between scions of presidents.

[Sabin]

I have a question. Hunter Biden is getting ten years.

Without turning this into the usual "Well, Trump is worse because x,y,z" has a President ever served while his kid was in jail?

[Sabin]

Mitt Romney is sick of this shit.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... eelection/

Also, anyone reading about Project 2025?