Writes James Burnham in "Biden, Nixon and the Hur Report/The president channels a predecessor in seeking to shield White House tapes" (Wall Street Journal).
May 21, 2024
"In resisting disclosure of his recordings, [Richard] Nixon lamented that they 'will be seized upon by my political and journalistic opponents.'"
"Mr. Biden has likewise justified his stonewalling by claiming that the tapes would be used 'for partisan purposes.' But fear of political consequences isn’t a legitimate basis to refuse compliance with a congressional subpoena, then or now. Finally, the administration’s justification for defying congressional subpoenas stands in uneasy contrast with its prosecution of political opponents for similar conduct. The Justice Department prosecuted Trump aides Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro for criminal contempt because they refused to comply with congressional subpoenas on grounds of executive privilege.... If Nixon had to produce the tapes, so does Mr. Biden."
Writes James Burnham in "Biden, Nixon and the Hur Report/The president channels a predecessor in seeking to shield White House tapes" (Wall Street Journal).
Writes James Burnham in "Biden, Nixon and the Hur Report/The president channels a predecessor in seeking to shield White House tapes" (Wall Street Journal).
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It would seem the nation is owed a listen to these tapes. That is, if you put your nation above The Party. But we all know that's not the way of things.
"If Nixon had to produce the tapes, so does Mr. Biden."
All things being equal, in the rules-based order we had 50 years ago, this would be the case. But all things are not equal. There is no rules-based order anymore. Institutional impartiality left the building when Obama successfully weaponized every federal institution.
What you're observing now is the offspring of that destruction. More to follow.
If Nixon had to produce the tapes, so does Mr. Biden.
True
Some animals are more equal than others.
Nothing will happen.
Can we say, the walls are closing in? Everyone on MSNBC used to say that. The walls are closing in. The walls are closing in.
Nixon was talking to his aids soliciting advice.
Biden was being deposed by a prosecutor for obvious crimes he admitted to that armed service members are in jail for right now and that Jack Smith was charging Trump for.
Nixon had a better case than Biden does.
Nixon lost 8-0 in the Supreme Court.
Nixon's crime was challenging the primacy of the deep state, early on by burning Alger Hiss who was their golden boy, who fooled Acheson Marshall and co, he rightly thought that Vietnam protesters were being agitated by external forces, but the deep state would not hear of it,
so what he said facing this leviathan is generally immaterial,
"Used for partisan purposes"
That's exactly the point. The primary means of accountability in our system is through elections, and that means that adversarial parties are allowed to use this information to make the case why their candidates are a better option.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVgbFttx-6I
the administration’s justification for defying congressional subpoenas stands in uneasy contrast with its prosecution of political opponents for similar conduct.
this is Ludicrous!
There is Absolutely NO similarity here.
as Al Smith would say: Let's Take A Look At The Record.
the Biden residency is a DEMOCRAT residency; being prosecuted by a fascist republican congress.
the criminal trump gang were fascist republicans; flaunting a sainted and holy DEMOCRAT government
ANY ONE can see the difference.. things DEMOCRATS do are FINE.. republicans are EVIL
They should only to produce the tapes if they believe there will be consequences if they don't.
when dems lose like they did in 72, they can't have it, ellsberg was as reliable a source as Colonel Bearclaw, actually much worse, he had dallied with a Corsican caid's mistress and had nearly gotten killed for it, until the Diem coup players like Conein bailed him out,
Now without John Sirica, who Renata Adler outed as a despicable hack, there would be no impetus behind the conspiracy, did some party blow up that United jet to kill Hunt's wife, like Sherman Skulnick speculated,
so the J6 committee and the flying monkeys go after Eastman and Navarro and Bannon, even though they were the obstructors of justice, through omission, commission and forgery,
It’s not illegal if the (Democrat) president does it.
"If Nixon had to produce the tapes, so does Mr. Biden."
Yes, as Nixon did, so must Biden also hand over the requested tapes.
Last month I was at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda. You can listen to some of the tapes including the famous gap! Transparency!
Amusing to think anyone believes that something so noble as intellectual consistency and fairness will guide the actions of the Biden Administration, or any of the DC Democrats, instead of the naked will to power and lust for money that is their actual guiding ideal.
the 1971 tape, where Nixon queries Richard Helms, about matters that apparently need not be examined, is a most curious instrument, Haldeman apparently didn't know of that either,
Bannon and Navarro are being persecuted for being devout anti globalists, firm opponents of Xi, and his toadies in government,
It would be ideal if Biden fought this in court as hard as he can.
I think it will take until around August or September to get them released in that case.
those matters involved operations in the Caribbean, hint hint
which judge will pull on that string, all the ones who were possums to the Delta House fraud
McFadden, Nichols, Hogan, thats just the Gopers
So "fear of political consequences isn’t a legitimate basis to refuse compliance with a congressional subpoena, then or now." Yet that or its inverse, hope for positive electoral outcomes, drives everything Biden does including siccing that rabid partisan Judge/DA combo on Trump and the rabid illegally appointed Special Counsel..
so which judge will dig into this mess, there is none in the dc circuit
I wouldn't put so much stock in the content of the tapes.
Rather, I'm still more interested in an explanation of the decision to not prosecute Biden based on the onset of a dementia that took place years after the actus reus of the criminal offense.
mcfadden nichols hogan have gently touched on the j6 scam
So we will have another hunter biden laptop issue being hidden up and through the election. Same Shit Different Day
Wince said...
I wouldn't put so much stock in the content of the tapes.
Based on what I read in the transcripts Biden's lawyers (he had 2 or 3 present during questioning) had to do a lot of prompting to get coherent answers out of him. The Dems don't want the public to hear that.
why didn't hur, prosecute zwolter (sic) the ghost for possession of classified material, see afghan files,
Given the effort to prevent disclosure, the recordings must be awful. Biden can string things along until after the election and then the recordings will become interesting but irrelevant.
This will send a chilling message to future Presidents who wish too keep there embarrassing moments secret.
In the ensuing half century since Watergate, I've observed how the Democrats continuously skate on things, some worse than Watergate. My conclusion is that it just proved that the Republicans that "did the right thing" were rubes.
"If Nixon had to produce the tapes, so does Mr. Biden."
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did not Nixon had custody of the tapes
in the present instance there would be multiple copies in multiple custodies
so why target only one custodian?
Biden has some sort of dementia.
This is not up for dispute.
Just watch video of him when he was VP. He's still a low-IQ moron, but he's a lucid one.
Now we're not sure what we'll get; shouty, squinty, angry Joe.
Or vacant, staring, no blinking, giant pupils Joe.
Neither is the sign of a healthy man.
"Finally, the administration’s justification for defying congressional subpoenas stands in uneasy contrast with its prosecution of political opponents for similar conduct."
Democrats once again demonstrating that they are garbage people. Must be a another day ending in "Y".
The claim of executive privilege is laughable. Mr. Biden was not discussing some policy with an advisor. He was being interviewed by an adversarial prosecutor in connection with conduct much of which occurred when he was a private citizen.
Defy, delay, denigrate, diffuse. First, defy the legal requirement. Second, delay it as long as possible. Third, denigrate those seeking the information. Fourth, when it is finally released under duress, diffuse the effect of the information by saying it is old news and those asking for its release are long-proven to be horrible people themsleves, so it doesn't matter.
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. And if you can dodge a subpoena, you can slime your way into remaining in elected office.
How can there be a viable claim of executive privilege when the transcript of the video has already been released? Isn’t that a waiver of any executive privilege?
If Nixon had just used the Clinton rule, 'Just erase everything and feign ignorance', he would have finished his term.
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