Why NOT to vote Republican

[Alan]

Considering how often his father is mentioned by house republicans in relation to their questions about hunter biden forgive me for the confusion. It's those republicans that seem to think Hunter is a public official.

I suppose if you're interested in the details of a public official benefiting from the sale of political influence, you have to question the middleman doing the promoting and selling. I'd say that rather than his father being mentioned in relation to questions about Hunter, it's actually the other way around.

[jp1]

I suppose if you're interested in the details of a public official benefiting from the sale of political influence, you have to question the middleman doing the promoting and selling. I'd say that rather than his father being mentioned in relation to questions about Hunter, it's actually the other way around.

Weird that you say that since absolutely none of the republicans like comer have indicated that they have any evidence of joe biden committing wrongdoing.

But I still wonder why comer doesn’t want this to be public if he actually thinks Hunter did anything wrong. The only logical reason he wants a private deposition would be that he wants to be able to spin it to his benefit rather than have the truth come out. If he had proof of wrongdoing surely he’d be willing to let the public judge for themselves based on public questioning under oath as Hunter has offered.

[Alan]

But I still wonder why comer doesn’t want this to be public if he actually thinks Hunter did anything wrong. The only logical reason he wants a private deposition would be that he wants to be able to spin it to his benefit rather than have the truth come out.

Do you think that's why the Democrats insisted that Steve Bannon be subjected to the same closed door deposition before appearing publicly?

[jp1]

I guess for some people it’s really complicated to understand that bannon was one of hundreds of people involved in a major crime whereas that simply isn’t the case with Hunter. Everyone testifying publicly in a large investigation has a high likelihood of influencing the potential testimony of anyone coming later in the investigation.

But I give you props for your deflection andd whataboutism Alan. You are truly a star at that skill. But I’ll ask again. Why is Comer afraid to have hunter’s testimony in public? It’s not as if Comer is planning to also get testimony of the people who were involved in setting Hunter up such as Lev Parnas or Rudy Giuliani. Or even other presidential children who potentially benefitted from their daddy’s presidency, as one would expect if this were actually a legitimate investigation for legislative purposes.

But whatever. Hunter’s lawyer is smarter than comer and now comer looks like a stupid effing fool. The only people impressed with his efforts to smear Hunter and somehow find Joe Biden impeachable by association are people who have drunk gallons of red Republican koolaid.

[Rogar]

Reminds me. Wasn't Bannon convicted of contempt for ignoring a subpoena. I suppose his lawyers have tied up his jail sentence in the courts and he's probably hoping Trump will pardon him some day along with a host of other political criminals.

[Alan]

But I give you props for your deflection andd whataboutism Alan. You are truly a star at that skill. But I’ll ask again. Why is Comer afraid to have hunter’s testimony in public?

That wasn't whataboutism JP, you seem to be implying that closed door depositions are uncommon when they obviously are not. I asked you earlier to correct me if I was wrong on that point and you haven't done so.
I get it that you and the OP of this thread and perhaps a few others have a need to diminish, ridicule and generally hate on your political opposition but if you want to be considered credible, you need to focus on what's real rather than what's not.

[iris lilies]

… but if you want to be considered credible, you need to focus on what's real rather than what's not.

I was wondering about the “impeach Hunter Biden “charge, but I was busy doing some thing else and couldn’t devote time to rereading what JP had said even tho it made me go “ huh?”

As for referencing investigation into Hunter Biden’s shenanigans, and how they relate to his father, and calling that
“a fishing expedition” well yeah. One can call it whatever one likes, but it is reasonable to investigate something to see if it really is a problem. How do you know if it’s a problem if you don’t establish facts about the issue at hand?

[Rogar]

How do you know if it’s a problem if you don’t establish facts about the issue at hand?

Isn't that sort of backwards, like you need a certain degree of evidence before you investigate someone on criminal charges. Otherwise, I might be under suspicion for masterminding a new world order of vegetarians.

[iris lilies]

Isn't that sort of backwards, like you need a certain degree of evidence before you investigate someone on criminal charges. Otherwise, I might be under suspicion for masterminding a new world order of vegetarians.

I don’t know what the legal definitions are for these kinds of congressional inquiries.

I saw enough to think there’ssome thing there worth investigating. Perhaps you did not. Poe-taaa-toe vs Pot-tah-toe.

[Rogar]

I don’t know what the legal definitions are for these kinds of congressional inquiries.

I saw enough to think there’s some thing there worth investigating. Perhaps you did not. Poe-taaa-toe vs Pot-tah-toe.

The liberal media I see is saying there is no evidence connecting Hunter to some sort of influence pedaling with Joe or other impeachable activity, although these days empty conspiracy theories abound. You say potato, I say fishing trip. Of course I'm a bit biased as I think anything Gym Jordan is behind is something worth investigating him over. He's in the "end justifies the means" crowd of election deniers. I guess we will see what happens.

Pressed by CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead” Thursday, Committee Chairman James Comer went as far as to say he believed that Joe Biden has been “compromised” because of his son’s business dealings even though nothing in the panel’s investigation has turned up evidence that the president has done anything wrong. Comer also dodged Tapper’s question when presented with the fact that he has failed to meet the bar that he had set for his investigation, as Comer has long said his probe is about the president specifically.