Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think Joe Biden is a decent guy who should have run in 2020 and never should have entered this race. He’s too old and he’s just defeated.
Hunter lost his mom and sister in a car wreck. Got a step mom, was raised in the public eye, then lost his hero brother. And struggles with substance abuse, which is a disease that’s ruined good families I know. By BFF is trying to co-parent 4 kids with a functional opioid addict who is just short of being bad enough to lose custody and God Lord. I’ve known them for 20 years and would have never believed they’d end up here.
None of this excuses the fact Hunter’s a mess, but it does provide context.
He clearly failed upward. He clearly would not have the resume without Dad. And this makes him like lots of other political kids, from the Kennedy Family to the Bush Family. They get where they are through connections. Everyone knows their private business.
I don’t think he did anything illegal. I also don’t think his behavior speaks well of him though.
I don’t think Hunters behavior disqualifies his dad, per se. But, I think his dads decision to run after passing in 2016, at nearly 80, with this Hunter-Ukraine stuff out there showed really bad judgement. Trumps been on this rant for years. This was 1000% predictable. Joe should have retired. Stumped for the nominee and not exposed his kid to this.
No, Trump shouldn’t have the power to keep Biden out of the race with dumb conspiracy theories. But we are where we are in 2019. And in my moral universe, you look at the drug addict kid who lost his mom and two brothers and you protect him, rather than putting him in Trump’s crosshairs.
But here’s the bigger point. We need to decide as a country if and when adult political children are fair game. If they get caught committing a crime, of course you let the process play out. But do you go looking for a crime because Dad is the enemy? Do you us official power to pressure people to find crimes. This targeting the kids makes me nauseous. If you are Javanka and join the Administration, you are held accountable like any other Fed. Which is why it’s a bad idea. If you run dads campaign and commit crimes, you also should be held accountable. But Eric and certainly Tiffany? Hunter Biden? The Obama girls? The Bush twins? Leave them alone. They can’t help who their parents are.
You draw a distinction between simply being a politicians child and joining the administration, or running the parent’s campaign.
I generally agree.
But Hunter crossed that line when he flew to China on air force 2 and came home with a billion in Chinese government investment.