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Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 08:18 PM Jan 2020

The irony of Trump basing his entire defense on a (bogus) nepotism charge may cause me to explode.

Literally, to spontaneously combust.

I don't have a whole lot more to say - as I'm speechless on this one - other than to say that sites like this may be the only thing standing between me and a padded room.

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The irony of Trump basing his entire defense on a (bogus) nepotism charge may cause me to explode. (Original Post) Bleacher Creature Jan 2020 OP
K&R, what causes me to explode is the stupids who suggest Hunter did anything wrong at all !! uponit7771 Jan 2020 #1
Agreed. Caliman73 Jan 2020 #2
Are they seriously gonna try to fill 24 hours with that? Cracklin Charlie Jan 2020 #3
i believe the 'plan' dweller Jan 2020 #4
Here's where I always add 1) the fact that Hunter Biden is a Yale Law grad... displacedtexan Jan 2020 #5

uponit7771

(90,346 posts)
1. K&R, what causes me to explode is the stupids who suggest Hunter did anything wrong at all !!
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 08:19 PM
Jan 2020

If nepotism was a crime half the damn US would be in jail

Caliman73

(11,738 posts)
2. Agreed.
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 08:25 PM
Jan 2020

While I disagree with nepotism, especially in the upper echelons of power, to suddenly have an issue with Hunter Biden who was already an attorney at a well established firm, who apparently had some chops for anti-corruption practice, to get on a board with seemingly no influence from his father other than sharing the last name, seems especially stupid considering that Trump has turned the White House into the Beverly Hillbilies mansion with his unqualified offspring and son in law who couldn't even pass a background check without lying about it 47 times.

Nepotism is as American as Apple Pie. Shouldn't be, but it is.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
3. Are they seriously gonna try to fill 24 hours with that?
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 08:32 PM
Jan 2020

Doesn’t sound like a vigorous defense of the “president”.

I smell a flop coming.

dweller

(23,639 posts)
4. i believe the 'plan'
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 08:42 PM
Jan 2020

is a short 4 hour session in Death Valley tomorrow, in which they'll speak slowly, make use of poignant pauses between sentences while waggling their eyebrows in an 'own the libs' fashion, and rest their case by dindin ..
vote to acquit Monday, cause yeah that's all they've got ...

✌🏼

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
5. Here's where I always add 1) the fact that Hunter Biden is a Yale Law grad...
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 09:00 PM
Jan 2020

with expertise and US Energy Dept experience in domestic & International Energy law. And 2) Joe Biden was part of a group of world leaders, diplomats, & the freaking IMF that investigated corruption in Ukraine.

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