Cocaine in the West Wing

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(07-07-2023, 12:30 PM)hollodero Wrote: Well, you suggested to admire him though, which just is a bridge too far for many and I can understand why.

And I'd also say that all his shady businesses can not be excused by drug use. It wasn't cocaine that made him sit on a Burisma board, it was Hunter monetizing his last name. And as soon as you do that (and then do dealings in China that are shady as well), your deed will turn into a political talking point. Don't register as a foreign agent, something treated as the crime of the century when Flynn was concerned, and don't pay your due taxes, and well you'll get chastised, and suggesting to give him credit instead is tough to swallow.

Of course, I don't wish him ill, may he recover. And yeah I would not dare calling him an active addict too.

I certainly admire anyone who tries to come back from smoking crack multiple times a day.

Everything else is outside of that.  I don't admire someone who simply lives off their family name.  I don't admire people who broke the law.

I do have respect for people who admit they broke the law and try to make it right and then turn their lives around.

That's person, not the politics.

Flynn, for example, was convicted because he admitted to it, then he changed his mind...then he was pardoned.  Then doubled down on everything he did before he was convicted.  That's no some who realized he did something wrong and then tried to make his life better after getting a second chance.

Maybe somewhere down the line we'll find out Hunter is using again and he has another laptop and he stole furniture from the WH to sell for crack.   I'll be disappointed and my respect for cleaning up and giving what would then be only the appearance of straightening out his life would go by the wayside.

I care for his well being as I would for anyone who struggles but I don't have to continue to support them if they are not changing or they are lying.  Time will tell.

He's a human being, but he's not one my family or friends.