Re: Friday Five December 6
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1.? Hunter Biden pardon?
Surprising myself, I approve. They told Joe not to run, made him back out of the public eye, ridiculed him and applied political angles to everything in his life. Were it me and I was in my final months at the job and my final years of life, I would pardon my son. If the kid screws it up, that his the kid's problem, but if I am possible facing dementia and the Final Years, it might be the last meaningful gift I can leave my family. After all, what the hell do they have left to do to me?
2.? Did it surprise you?
Yes. After all that public commitment to avoid this? Of course, that is politics...
3.? Was it ethical?
Nepotism and bypassing the legal?sentence? Probably not, but like I said: morality and family vs. ethical guidelines of a job that has gifted him with ridicule and ostracization?
4.? Who else will he pardon?
Possibly others whose cases may have been influenced by politics?
5.? Should the power to pardon be removed from presidents who are lame duck?
Not based on?one case unless there is a dangerous abuse of power.
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