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Anything to distract public from important things! Last week it was sub, now UFO. Did anyone even noticed Watergate^2?

by pixel3234 3y ago

eganist 3y ago
> Watergate^2 Oceangate? Yeah it was front page for a week.
- trdtaylor1 3y ago
  No, the original poster is referencing, rightly or wrongly, the Hunter Biden receiving millions without seemingly performing work for a foreign national individual, then threatening the individual with retribution from both him and (potentially) his dad sitting next to him.
  - eganist 3y ago
    No, I gathered. I was doing water/ocean wordplay to deflect from unnecessary politics lol
  - pohl 3y ago
    Really? Not the fake elector scheme? Or the attempt to overturn the results of the last election? Or the willful retention of classified documents and the attempts to evade returning them? Any one of those would be better candidates for watergate-squared.
bbor 3y ago
What scandal are you referring to…?
- shiftpgdn 3y ago
  The president's son allegedly committed quite a few crimes, including offering access to his father (The US President) for money. He has been charged for some of these crimes recently.
  - SketchySeaBeast 3y ago
    He was charged with not paying taxes and felony gun possession and plead guilty to the tax charges (the felony will go to trial later). I've read nothing about access for money. But I don't think anyone is ignoring it. Everyone is aware Hunter has had a troubled life and made bad choices. Everyone I've spoken to about this, even the left leaning, is of the opinion that if he broke the law he should face punishment. No one is on the other side of the issue here. The truly newsworthy bit is that he's been charged and facing consequences which, if we look at past presidential children, is the outlier.
    - dragonwriter 3y ago
      > and felony gun possession and plead guilty to the tax charges (the felony will go to trial later). He has also agreed to enter pre-trial diversion program related to the gun charges.
  - adamsmith143 3y ago
    You mean the previous Prez's son in law who somehow got a Multibillion dollar investment from the Saudi's while he ostensibly worked directly in the white house? Yeah that should be investigated for sure.
  - pohl 3y ago
    There's no way that could be Watergate-squared. The defining characteristic of Watergate was the audio tapes, so this has to be a reference to the "Bring some Cokes in, please" recording.
    - nobody9999 3y ago
      >There's no way that could be Watergate-squared. The defining characteristic of Watergate was the audio tapes, so this has to be a reference to the "Bring some Cokes in, please" recording. I have to disagree. The defining characteristic of Watergate was the illegal (break-ins to steal political opponents' strategies and psychiatrists files) activities by a political organization (CREEP[0]) that were then covered up by those at the highest levels of the executive branch. The issue wasn't that there were recordings of such a cover up, it was the cover up that was the problem. Unless, of course, you'd like to argue that something isn't illegal/immoral if you don't get caught. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_the_Re-Election_of_the_President https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_the_Re-Election_...

Anything to distract public from important things! Last week it was sub, now UFO. Did anyone even noticed Watergate^2?

eganist 3y ago

> Watergate^2 Oceangate? Yeah it was front page for a week.

trdtaylor1 3y ago
No, the original poster is referencing, rightly or wrongly, the Hunter Biden receiving millions without seemingly performing work for a foreign national individual, then threatening the individual with retribution from both him and (potentially) his dad sitting next to him.
- eganist 3y ago
  No, I gathered. I was doing water/ocean wordplay to deflect from unnecessary politics lol
- pohl 3y ago
  Really? Not the fake elector scheme? Or the attempt to overturn the results of the last election? Or the willful retention of classified documents and the attempts to evade returning them? Any one of those would be better candidates for watergate-squared.

bbor 3y ago

What scandal are you referring to…?

shiftpgdn 3y ago
The president's son allegedly committed quite a few crimes, including offering access to his father (The US President) for money. He has been charged for some of these crimes recently.
- SketchySeaBeast 3y ago
  He was charged with not paying taxes and felony gun possession and plead guilty to the tax charges (the felony will go to trial later). I've read nothing about access for money. But I don't think anyone is ignoring it. Everyone is aware Hunter has had a troubled life and made bad choices. Everyone I've spoken to about this, even the left leaning, is of the opinion that if he broke the law he should face punishment. No one is on the other side of the issue here. The truly newsworthy bit is that he's been charged and facing consequences which, if we look at past presidential children, is the outlier.
  - dragonwriter 3y ago
    > and felony gun possession and plead guilty to the tax charges (the felony will go to trial later). He has also agreed to enter pre-trial diversion program related to the gun charges.
- adamsmith143 3y ago
  You mean the previous Prez's son in law who somehow got a Multibillion dollar investment from the Saudi's while he ostensibly worked directly in the white house? Yeah that should be investigated for sure.
- pohl 3y ago
  There's no way that could be Watergate-squared. The defining characteristic of Watergate was the audio tapes, so this has to be a reference to the "Bring some Cokes in, please" recording.
  - nobody9999 3y ago
    >There's no way that could be Watergate-squared. The defining characteristic of Watergate was the audio tapes, so this has to be a reference to the "Bring some Cokes in, please" recording. I have to disagree. The defining characteristic of Watergate was the illegal (break-ins to steal political opponents' strategies and psychiatrists files) activities by a political organization (CREEP[0]) that were then covered up by those at the highest levels of the executive branch. The issue wasn't that there were recordings of such a cover up, it was the cover up that was the problem. Unless, of course, you'd like to argue that something isn't illegal/immoral if you don't get caught. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_the_Re-Election_of_the_President https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_the_Re-Election_...