Between Heaven and Hell, XIII
no one above law
Joe Biden's parrot repeats
in gathering dark
FYI: The New York Times, Dec. 2: Joe Biden’s Pardon for His Son Dishonors the Office
Mr. Biden’s love for his son, as well as his anger about the way he was treated, was understandable, but the president’s consummate act of nepotism has stained the record of the Biden presidency.
The Guardian, Dec. 2: Joe Biden criticized by some supporters for pardoning son Hunter: ‘Selfish move’
“When you become President, your role is Pater familias of the nation. Hunter brought the legal trouble he faced on himself, and one can sympathize with his struggles while also acknowledging that no one is above the law, not a President and not a President’s son.”
The New Yorker, Dec. 2: Biden’s Pardon of Hunter Further Undermines His Legacy: By granting clemency to his son, the President put his family above the American people.
...the pardon extends to any “offenses” Hunter Biden “has committed or may have committed” starting in 2014.
...by pardoning his son he is once more losing sight of his overriding objective: to diminish Donald Trump’s capacity to do violence to the liberal-democratic institutions which Biden claims his Presidency centered on upholding. Indeed, regardless of whether Biden’s age (now eighty-two) or his character is to blame, the statement he released about the pardon makes clear that he does not grasp the differences between his responsibilities to his job and his responsibilities to his family. “I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision,” Biden wrote.
The Trump team must surely be pleased today, because every conceivable argument it could make for allowing a man like Kash Patel to lead the F.B.I. may now sound just a bit more convincing to any wavering Republican... Biden’s decision allows Republicans to engage in the same cynicism about the system being rigged and corrupt, and Trump being no different than any other politician, that they have engaged in for nearly a decade...Biden is doing the work of people who want to wreck the best aspects of America’s democratic ethos.”
And this is a sequel to the following:
Game Show 2024, XXXI
fight for democracy ...
in dusk a puffed-up rooster
crows at ravens
FYI: CBS News, Jan. 5: President Joe Biden discusses fight for democracy in Montgomery County ahead of Jan. 6
"Whether democracy is still America's sacred cause is what the 2024 election is all about," Biden said. "The choice is clear. Donald Trump's campaign is about him, not America, not you. Donald Trump's campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. He's willing to sacrifice our democracy to put himself in power. Our campaign is different."
And The Canadian Press, Jan. 20: Biden pardons his siblings and their spouses on his way out of the White House
...It was a remarkable use of Biden's presidential power: None of the above has been charged with any crime...,
