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The funny thing about Hunter Biden is that it was genteel corruption, in that he brought nothing to his role but a family connection. But the attention about it
by pstuart 5y ago
The funny thing about Hunter Biden is that it was genteel corruption, in that he brought nothing to his role but a family connection. But the attention about it was also corrupt -- there was no interest in "how do we have less of this", but only about smearing a rival.
- jacquesm 5y agoThe sad thing is that after the Trumps any lesser level of nepotism is going to be acceptable.
- pstuart 5y agoThere's many sad things. Partisanship is destroying this country; we should be united in being against corruption even if it's one of our own, so to speak.
- Forgeties79 5y agoDemocrats hold their own accountable for more than Republicans, even if it isn’t enough (it isn’t). The GOP couldn’t even kick Roy Moore to the curb.
- pstuart 5y agoComparatively speaking, yes. There's definitely opportunities for improvement there. But I'm vexed that it's not even possible to talk about these things here in a policy and goals context because the fucking tribalism is out of control. I can haz such disappoint.