be convicted. right. those are good things in his column. do you think there would be any downside here for president biden were hunter to be convicted? of course, as the personal toll, of course. do we think there is political im impact? yeah, there are low information voters who are like, they re both in trouble with the law. i would say hunter biden is very different than donald trump and being a crack addict because you have an addiction is very different than a myriad after criminal charges, many cases which you ve been able to punt. then you have the fraud cases. i don t think they re the same at all, but i do think, you know, everything can be a problem, especially in politics. certainly, those close to president biden worry about just how he will receive this news. we know he is deeply worried about his son. also, the first lady coming back from france to go to the trial. i mean, the sister has been there. everyone in biden world, they re a close family. i t
It s also about the need to defend democracy at home. biden aides pointed out to me this week that, in some ways, donald trump is making their case for them. while president biden is overseas talking about democracy, what is donald trump doing? railing against the rule of law. railing against some of the fundamental tentenant, the foundation of american democracy here at home. my question to you is, is that argument going to resonate with voters? it absolutely is. i ll pile onto susan s point. contrast is everything in this election. i think the military is the greatest example to show the contrast between two men. you see donald trump who, you know, got off, didn t serve because of bunions, allegedly told john kelly, his chief of staff, as they were in a cemetery looking at fallen heros, why would anyone be a sucker and give their life for their country? that s all you need to know about donald trump. i said this before, the most compelling advertising campaign
This is a fascinating moment for us in american history. this is the strongest upsurge of the libertarian argument we have seen, certainly in my lifetime. the closest would have been barry goldwater. if you look closely at libertarian texts, going back to the great founder who is ludwig von mesus, ron paul was a political godfather of a lot of what we re seeing now, it is a moral crusade to strip away as much government as you can for the reason bob mentioned. it will impugn your freedom as government gets bigger, you become smaller. you lose your american values. gary wills may be the greatest political thinker of our time, has a book called necessary evil, which published during the clinton years at the time of the militias, all the rest. he goes back to the founding and says you will see powerful anti-governmental strands, the