So who is the "Big Guy/Man?" The mass media will never tell you so they have already lost and I still believe it is Trump's to lose.
Biden’s Character Campaign
A more focused Trump tries to attack the Democrat’s strength
President Trump came to the second and last presidential debate Thursday night trying to pin down Joe Biden on his policies and family’s business with foreign governments. Mr. Biden did his best to parry and duck, coming back time and again to his main themes of “character” and an end to divisive politics. With a solid lead, and more than 40 million votes already cast, Mr. Biden’s bet is that he can run out the clock.
Mr. Trump was both better prepared and more disciplined than in the first debate, and if he loses on Nov. 3 he will wish he had done that the first time. He offered the best defense we’ve heard him make of his coronavirus effort, focusing on the vaccines in development, his mobilization of resources in the spring, and the need to balance protection of the vulnerable with reopening the country.
Mr. Biden is his most demagogic when he addresses the virus, saying at one point that “anyone responsible for that many deaths should not remain as President.” We’ve criticized Mr. Trump’s inconsistent and sometimes Panglossian rhetoric, but calling him responsible for every American death is neither honest nor decent. Mr. Biden’s “plan” on Covid is essentially Mr. Trump’s with more prudent rhetoric and a warning to wear a mask. On potential future lockdowns, Mr. Trump says no while Mr. Biden says maybe.
The President brought up the new evidence that Mr. Biden’s son Hunter traded on his father's name to court sketchy Chinese investors. It’s a fair question, though Mr. Trump went overboard and accused Mr. Biden of enriching himself personally. That gave Mr. Biden the chance to deny that he had ever taken a cent from any foreign business.
But the claim, backed now by documents and the account of Hunter’s would-be business partner, Tony Bobulinski, is that Joe knew about Hunter’s dealings and even met with Mr. Bobulinski. Joe Biden has said he never spoke with Hunter about his business interests, yet the emails and texts clearly show the opposite.
Mr. Biden’s first response was to say Mr. Trump hasn’t released his tax returns and must be hiding something. Then he dismissed the story as Russian disinformation, for which there is no evidence. Mr. Biden and the campaign haven’t denied that the emails are genuine, or that Joe Biden met with Mr. Bobulinski.
The Biden braintrust probably figures that most of the press won’t pursue the story, and that he can ride it out without elaboration through Election Day. They may be right, though they have to hope no more contradictory evidence emerges. Mr. Biden has placed his bet that a campaign based almost entirely on character and Covid-19 is enough to take the White House. It’s paid off—so far.
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The Biden ‘Family Legacy’
What we learned from the text messages of Hunter’s partner Tony Bobulinski. By Kimberley A. Strassel
Joe Biden has a problem, and his name is Hunter. Because the former vice president hasn’t had to answer any questions on this topic—and continued to refuse to do so in Thursday’s debate—that problem could soon become America’s.
That’s the reality now that a former business partner of Hunter Biden’s has come forward to provide the ugly details of the “family brand.” Tony Bobulinski, a Navy veteran and institutional investor, has provided the Journal emails and text messages associated with his time as CEO of Sinohawk Holdings, a venture between the Bidens and CEFC China Energy, a Shanghai-based conglomerate. That correspondence corroborates and expands on emails recently published by the New York Post, which says they come from a Hunter laptop.
In a statement, Mr. Bobulinski said he went public because he wants to clear his name, which was contained in those published emails, and because accusations that the information is fake or “Russian disinformation” are “offensive.” He attests that all the correspondence he provided is genuine, including documents that suggest Hunter was cashing in on the Biden name and that Joe Biden was involved. Mr. Bobulinski says he was also alarmed by a September report from Sen. Ron Johnson that “connected some dots” on the CEFC deal, causing him now to believe the Bidens sold out their U.S. partners.
Mr. Bobulinski’s text messages show he was recruited for the project by James Gilliar, a Hunter associate. Mr. Gilliar explains in a December 2015 text that there will be a deal between the Chinese and “one of the most prominent families from the U.S.” A month later he introduces Rob Walker, also “a partner of Biden.” In March 2016, Mr. Gilliar tells Mr. Bobulinski the Chinese entity is CEFC, which is shaping up to be “the Goldmans of China.” Mr. Gilliar promises that same month to “develop” the terms of a deal “with hunter.” Note that in 2015-16, Joe Biden was still vice president.As the deal takes shape in 2017, Mr. Bobulinski begins to question what Hunter will contribute besides his name, and worries that he was “kicked out of US Navy for cocaine use.” Mr. Gilliar acknowledges “skill sets [sic] missing” and observes that Hunter “has a few demons.” He explains that “in brand [Hunter is] imperative but right know [sic] he’s not essential for adding input.” Mr. Bobulinski writes that he appreciates “the name/leverage being used” but thinks the economic “upside” should go to the team doing the actual work. Mr. Gilliar reminds him that those on the Chinese side “are intelligence so they understand the value added.”
This dispute almost derails the deal. Hunter is hardly visible through most of the work, until final contract negotiations ramp up in mid-May. He brings in his uncle Jim Biden for a stake. (Mr. Gilliar in a text message soothes Mr. Bobulinski with a promise that Jim’s addition “strengthens our USP”—unique selling proposition—“to the Chinese as it looks like a truly family business.”) Hunter in texts and emails wants offices in three U.S. cities, “significant” travel budgets, a stipend for Jim Biden, a job for an assistant, and more-frequent distributions of any gains. As for annual pay, he explains in an email that he expects “a hell of a lot more than 850” thousand dollars a year (the amount Mr. Bobulinski, the CEO, is getting), since his ex-wife will take nearly all of it.
Mr. Bobulinksi pushes back, warning Mr. Gilliar in a text that they need to “manage” Hunter because “he thinks things are going to be his personal piggybank.” The duo worry about his “mental state,” substance abuse, and his ability to make meetings.
Hunter, in his own angry texts, makes clear that his contribution is his name. He rails at Mr. Bobulinski that the CEFC heads are “coming to be MY partner to be partners with the Bidens.” He reminds him “that in this instance only one player holds the trump card and that’s me. May not be fair but it’s the reality because I’m the only one putting an entire family legacy on the line.” Mr. Gilliar privately tells Mr. Bobulinski to show flexibility, since “I know why [CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming] wants the deal and what makes it enormous, It’s the family name.”
CEFC was closely entwined with the Chinese government and military until it went bankrupt, following U.S. charges of money laundering. There is no question CEFC was buying Hunter for influence.
Joe Biden claims he has never discussed his son’s business. Yet a May 2017 “expectations” document shows Hunter receiving 20% of the equity in the venture and holding another 10% for “the big guy”—who Mr. Bobulinski attests is Joe Biden.
In one text, Hunter says that “my Chairman gave an emphatic NO” to a version of the deal. Mr. Walker, Hunter’s partner, explains in a text to Mr. Bobulinski that when Hunter “said his chairman he was talking about his dad.”
Mr. Bobulinski’s texts show he even met with Joe Biden. Mr. Gilliar reminds him in May 2017: “Don’t mention Joe being involved, it’s only when u are face to face, I know u know that but they are paranoid.” Mr. Biden had left office by then, though CEFC was always a suspicious company with ties to a rival government. It would have a been risky for any public figure to deal with it, much less a potential presidential candidate. Mr. Biden was given ample opportunity to deny the authenticity or facts of the Bobulinski information at Thursday’s debate; he didn’t.
The deal fell through on the Chinese end in the summer of 2017. CEFC was supposed to supply $10 million; it never arrived. This is where the Johnson report comes in. The Senate report notes that CEFC wired $5 million to a company called Hudson West in August 2017. The report says an associate of CEFC Chairman Ye in September opened a line of credit under Hudson West’s name, and Hunter, Jim Biden and Jim Biden’s wife, Sara, were given credit cards associated with the account, and bought items totaling more than $100,000.
The report says Hudson West also sent $4.7 million in “consulting fees” to Mr. Biden’s law firm over the course of a year. Mr. Bobulinski suspects Hunter and Jim had found an easier way to cash in on their name, one that didn’t involve pesky partners and complex deals. He sent a furious text to Jim Biden after the release of the Senate report, accusing Hunter and Jim of “lying” to their partners and secretly taking money from CEFC. The FBI last year subpoenaed Hunter’s laptop. A call to Hunter Biden’s attorney was not returned by our deadline.
All of this is news. The press corps that is ignoring it spent four years writing about Donald Trump’s Moscow business. The correspondence meanwhile blows up Rep. Adam Schiff’s claim that the Hunter story is Russian “disinformation.” It raises real concerns about what security risks Hunter might pose for a Biden administration. And it raises questions about Joe Biden’s involvement.
The former vice president is running on trust and good judgment. The Hunter tale is at best the story of a wayward son and indulgent father. At worst, it is an example of the entire Biden clan cashing in on its name with a U.S. rival. As Mr. Biden refuses to answer questions about this case, voters will have to make up their own minds. But given Hunter’s exploits in China, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and elsewhere, much more is yet to come—in the next week and a half and potentially in a Biden presidency.
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Hi Fellow Patriot,
Joe Biden’s finding that it’s getting harder and harder to deny the truth. That’s the problem of lying for so many years. Considering his failing mental capacity, maybe he even forgot that he met with son Hunter’s Ukrainian business partners.
First, it was an email found on an old laptop that Hunter Biden dropped off at a computer store.
Fighting for Freedom,
Mike Kinsman
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Because we are going to our granddaughter's wedding in Michigan, family asked we get re-tested and, as noted in a previous memo, we did. We went to Savannah's Municipal Center, and received the test results two days later. We tested negative. Naturally, by the time we drive there, make two overnight motel stays we could be afflicted even though we will be wearing our masks except while in the car.
We return on Nov 6, so will be in Birmingham, Michigan the evening of the election and may get results or possibly not know even after returning home.
We voted in person several days ago for Trump because his accomplishments deserve his re-election and we can get past his unorthodox methods and hair do. Why? Because we fear for the security of our nation, believe we have a right to secure borders, are disgusted with the way radicals have taken over the Democrat Party and are revulsed by the rioting, do not believe America is a racially systemic nation and believe the Obama presidency was a tragic and, purposely divisive, period.
In the last election, Hillary called us "deplorables" and now may have had acid thrown in our face by the Biden Family who, allegedly, have enriched themselves even beyond the corrupt Clinton's. We are also dispirited by a corrupt and biased mass media and the despicable behaviour of the Schumer, Pelosi, Waters, Schiff et. al crowd who were thirsty to impeach Trump because Hillary is a sore loser and despicably lying human being.
Furthermore we understand the difference between peaceful protest(ers) and rioting and, unlike radical progressives, we are proud of America, happy to stand when our anthem is played and I willingly served in two branches. We also want to see better education for all so the advantages offered by this great nation are available to all.
Americans are not perfect but we are better than all of the progressive radicals who complain and hate us.
As for Biden, he has spent 47 years accomplishing zilch, been on the wrong side of most critical issues since birth and is another flip flopping "smooth" talking politician of which there are an abundant number. A vote for him could prove to have been one for XI and our greatest enemy and we cannot justify such stupidity.
What is happening to our republic is frightening.
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Just a thought:
There is a lot of talk about how minorities are under represented in a whole bunch of places i.e. corporate boards, police, city councils, federal this and that , we need mandated %’s. Does that mean we need to reduce the numbers of minorities in the NBA, NFL too?++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I am reading "Cary Grant," a biography by Scott Eyman. Two of my favorite male actors were Grant and Astaire but there also was Wayne, Tracy and a slew of others. I am about 20% into the book and enjoying it immensely. Grant lived a conflicted life between being, the son, Archibald Leach and, the actor Cary Grant.
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