Wow, it\u2019s Hunter Biden week!!! The President\u2019s wayward adult son is all the headlines, starting with an entire House of Representative\u2019s committee hearing on him. We now know: he didn\u2019t pay taxes for a few years; he was addicted to drugs (cocaine) after his brother tragically died, and he doesn\u2019t look half as good naked as he probably hoped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naked \u2013 thanks to Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene we got to see Hunter in full action.\u00a0\u00a0That is, unless the famous Hunter Laptop (not to be confused with the Anthony Weiner Laptop \u2013 why don\u2019t those guys use desktops, it would sound less suggestive, or maybe \u201ctowers\u201d<\/em>) was somehow hacked.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s see; the legal \u201cchain of custody\u201d goes from Hunter, to the blind computer repairman, to Rudy Giuliani, to the New York Post, and then, I guess, to the FBI.\u00a0\u00a0What could possibly go wrong?\u00a0\u00a0We can blame Hunter\u2019s embarrassing photo \u201cin-delicto\u201d on Photoshop, or even Artificial Intelligence, as much on his bad taste in recording swordsmanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaking of intelligence, how do two groups of highly trained and compensated lawyers, reach an agreement, walk into a courtroom, and then discover that they really don\u2019t agree on anything? Hunter was supposed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of tax evasion, and one felony of filing false information on a gun permit application. His lawyers thought that was the end of the \u201cHunter Investigations\u201d. The US Attorney of Delaware didn\u2019t agree. He wanted to reserve the \u201cright\u201d to keep investigating all the other possible charges from that same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n U.S. District\u00a0Judge\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Maryellen Noreika\u00a0stopped the hearing, and asked why Biden should agree to such a deal.\u00a0\u00a0Apparently, she was speaking for the defendant.\u00a0\u00a0It was a bad deal with no ultimate guarantees \u2013 and she \u201cnixed\u201d it.\u00a0\u00a0Not bad for a Trump Appointee!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m sure that Donald Trump isn\u2019t pleased. After all, he leaked the \u201cTarget Letter\u201d from Jack Smith\u2019s Special Prosecutor\u2019s office. It notified the twice impeached, once defeated, multiply indicted former President that he was likely to face more indictments over the 2020 elections. Trump has a theory: any publicity is better than silence. His leaking the letter was a way of refocusing media attention back to HIM, and away from the other \u201clittle\u201d Republican candidates for President, and the Biden economic renaissance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And Trump did get a few days of 24 hour coverage on national media. And he will get that same coverage again when Jack Smith actually does indict him (it seems inevitable). But in the meantime, Hunter is cutting into Trump\u2019s \u201cbad\u201d time on cable news. The Florida man can\u2019t be happy with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back in 2016, the news media was faced with a new and complicated issue. Trump had so much going on, was saying so many \u201calternate facts\u201d, that they couldn\u2019t correct him quickly enough. And, since Trump was getting so much press, they had to \u201cbalance\u201d their coverage with Hillary Clinton\u2019s emails, over and over and over and over again. While it seemed like it was emails ad-nauseum, at least it was one Presidential candidate versus another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But today, the media is falling into the same trap. This time though, it\u2019s a false equivalency. Hunter Biden, as much of a mess as he is; is not the equivalent of Donald Trump. If Hunter Biden was Hunter Smith, we would never have heard about his sad story at all. Instead, he\u2019s getting almost \u201cequal\u201d treatment; with reporters hanging out the doors of the Wilmington Federal Court House, all of the expert lawyers discussing every nuance, and messengers breathlessly running out of the room with the latest scoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sure if Hunter was his Dad, this would be major \u201cbreaking news\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0But he\u2019s not.\u00a0\u00a0And while we all have some interest in what happens to the President\u2019s family, it shouldn\u2019t be the media equivalent of a candidate for President.\u00a0\u00a0Think about what this current media frenzy would have been like with Billy Carter, President Jimmy Carter\u2019s younger brother.\u00a0\u00a0His proclivity for beer (he even had \u201cBilly Beer\u201d brewed) and urinating on airport runways would have been headline news.\u00a0\u00a0But the media at that time let Billy \u201cbe\u201d, a sideshow, not a focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Too bad Hunter doesn\u2019t get the same treatment. In the meantime, the Dow Jones is up, unemployment AND inflation are down, and the world gets better:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks Joe Biden!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NI (No Intelligence)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Trump Strategy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
False Equivalency<\/h3>\n\n\n\n