People Magazine Is Hot On The Trail of Hunter Biden
By S.B. Goldsmith
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and what never will be.” – Thomas Jefferson
Steve King (R) Iowa has been quoted as saying during a New York Times interview “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” Also, in reference to the Democratic controlled House and the increase in women and minority representation he remarked, “You could look over there and think the Democratic Party is no country for white men.” After these remarks there was bipartisan condemnation. He was subsequently relieved of his committee assignments of the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Small Business.
“Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel,” is a tweet Ilhan Omar sent out in 2012. Omar (D) Minnesota, further tweeted in February 2019, “It’s all about the Benjamins baby” in reference to American polticians support of Israel and in specific AIPAC (American Israeli Public Affairs Committee). The Democrats did not demand the ouster of Omar from her committee assignments. In fact, Omar remains on the Congressional Committee of Foreign Affairs.
It is fair to say King’s remarks were ignorant. The price he paid was denunciation from his own political party as well as removal from committees. The removals were demanded by other Republicans, not just Democrats. Omar’s remarks, one could argue equally ignorant, and also criticized, yet no price paid. No demands from her own party to step down from committee assignments. Like King, she too apologized, but still no rebuke, no censure. The results beg the question: when will the Democratic Party use the same measuring stick against themselves that they love to use against everyone else?
For the first year of the Trump Presidency there was widespread criticism of his own children, son-in-law Jared Kushner, and daughter Ivanka Trump, for holding positions within the White House, when they possessed no government experience whatsoever. Kushner was widely criticized by many in the industrial news media complex. Most especially from CNN who had headlines like, “Jared Kushner is profoundly clueless,” and “Jared Kushner is the ultimate test for U.S. ethics laws.” NBC with headlines like, “Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump took in 135 million dollars last year.” Or ABC with this one, “Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have gone into self service.”
Well before, Trump became president, and his own family members became official Whitehouse employees, Vice President Joe Biden’s own son, Hunter was on the board of directors of an oil Company in the Ukraine. Hunter, growing up in Connecticut, a Yale law school graduate, had no previous experience in the energy business, nor any knowledge of business dealings in Eastern Europe. Both Joe Biden, now a Democratic Presidential contender and Hunter have publicly said that neither one of them ever discussed Hunter’s business dealings.
In a complete 180 of the aforementioned media giants, ABC, NBC and CNN, to name only a few, have dished out the same mantra about the Biden’s dealing in Ukraine, “The accusations against the Bidens are baseless. There is no evidence of wrongdoing.” The only evidence in this statement is the further hypocrisy of the Democratic Party.
To believe the Biden’s story that “they never discussed their business dealings” is to believe that basically, they are not really father and son. They are just casual acquaintances. They barely know each other and maybe even the younger one isn’t really aware that his father, at the time that the son had the job, was even Vice-President of the United States.
CNN reported that “There is no evidence Hunter Biden was ever under investigation. The investigation was into the business dealings of the owner of a Ukrainian natural gas company, Burisma Holdings, where Hunter Biden sat on the board of directors. In addition, a former Ukrainian deputy prosecutor and top anti-corruption activist have said the investigation was dormant at the time. And chief prosecutor Viktor Shokin’s successor, Yuriy Lutsenko, has said in interviews this year that Hunter Biden didn’t violate any Ukrainian laws.” It is important to note that the statement does not reveal who did the investigation? Perhaps it was TMZ or maybe People Magazine. Just after determining this year’s twenty-five sexiest celebrity pets People Magazine’s best and brightest were hot and the trail of Hunter Biden and his tenuous connection between him and a guy named Joe who was VP of the U.S. at the time Hunter had a job at Burisma in the Ukraine. People Magazine was there, speaking Ukranian to the other board members and asking the most pointed of questions such as: “Gosh, don’t you think it is weird that this guy Hunter has the same last name as the Vice-President of the U.S.?” or maybe over some cold potato soup as they slurped away and asked, “Yeah, but I mean how did he get this job? I mean, isn’t it kinda weird that he is from Connecticut but now he is on the board of directors of an energy company in Eastern Europe?” Or maybe after pulling an olive out of a dry Martini the People Magazine reporter says, “Say, can I get a job here? I am totally qualified. I am not from Connecticut but I am good at making lists. Like I can make a list of the 25 most unfashionable Russians.”
To be “ignorant and free” in a civilized society requires a fair and even measuring stick for all.