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William Lindsey :toad:

Elie Mystal gets it absolutely right when he say people need to stop demanding that Democrats play by different rules than Republicans. He writes,

“I do not believe I have read a worse collection of takes in the weeks since Donald Trump’s reelection than the endless array of white columnists and pundits whining about Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter Biden.”


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thenation.com/article/politics

The Nation · OF COURSE Joe Biden Was Right to Pardon His SonPeople need to stop asking Democrats to play by different rules than Republicans, and they need to stop asking Biden to be a worse father than any of us would be in his place.
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William Lindsey :toad:

“The idea that the ‘rule of law’ is somehow undermined—in this lunatic country that just elected a convicted felon who has promised to prosecute his political enemies—by this ordinary use of the extraordinary presidential pardon power, is simply nuts.”



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William Lindsey :toad:

“And yet, the brigade of institutionalists who have watched with ineffectual shrillness as Trump continues to take a sledgehammer to the very idea of government have gotten deep in their feelings over Biden’s pardon.”


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William Lindsey :toad:

“Fundamentally, these pundits are committing the same mistake that has plagued American media for at least a decade: demanding that Democrats play by a set of rules that Republicans have long rejected. And I am tired of it.”

It’s hilarious they think we’re still willing listen to them talk down at us from their lofty heights. As if we don’t see exactly who and what they are.


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bouriquet

@wdlindsy Once again, “they go low, we go high” doesn’t work in the arena of dirty politics, where power is grabbed by any means possible whenever there is an opportunity, not requested via Robert’s Rules of Order.

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Cindy

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Quite the closing argument by Elie:

"If you can’t spot the difference between pardoning your son who was persecuted because of your job versus pardoning your criminal co-conspirators or pardoning terrorists who attacked the Capitol at your request, you should take your head out of your ass."

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