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Re: 2023 Man of the Year: Bob Menendez
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Dec 30, 2023, 12:30:03 AM12/30/23
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On 29 Dec 2023, "ELON X." <el...@protonmail.com> posted some
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> How many of the gold bars had Joe Biden's name on them?
God bless Bob Menendez. When federal prosecutors indicted the U.S. senator
from New Jersey (where else?) on corruption charges, Menendez refused to
cave to the mob and go the way of Al Franken, the former Democratic
senator and accused breast-groper who resigned his seat in 2017—a decision
he "absolutely" regrets—before a jury of his peers could render a verdict
in a court of law.
At the very least, we're inclined to agree with Menendez's assertion that
Joe Biden's Justice Department is guilty of racial profiling. "Those
behind this campaign simply cannot accept that a first-generation Latino
American from humble beginnings could rise to be a U.S. Senator and serve
with honor and distinction," the senator wrote eloquently in a statement
proclaiming his innocence.
Even more suspicious and alarming is the fact that the Democratic
political machine appears eager to replace Menendez with Tammy Murphy, the
former Goldman Sachs executive and wife of New Jersey governor Phil Murphy
(D.), a former Goldman Sachs executive himself who is bursting with
presidential ambitions despite being far too ugly to win a national
election.
All that said, Menendez probably is guilty of being a corrupt scumbag. He
is a Democrat, after all. But we do think Menendez deserves credit for
bringing old-school corruption back to American politics and showing
members of his own party what real "collusion" looks like.
The federal indictment alleges that Menendez provided state secrets to and
lobbied on behalf of Egyptian government officials in exchange for piles
of cash, gold bars, and other gifts furnished by two New Jersey middlemen.
Law enforcement agents found more than $480,000 in cash in Menendez's
home—"much of it stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing, closets,
and a safe"—along with more than 100,000 dollars' worth of one-kilogram
gold bars bearing the mark of the "Swiss Bank Corporation."
The corruption of which "Bullion Bob" Menendez stands accused is so
blatant that it is almost quaint, harking back to Tammany Hall and the
glory days of Democratic transactional politics. This retro, analog form
of corruption is almost adorable, eschewing the elaborate digital web of
shell companies Hunter Biden used to launder his bribes. Should it even be
a crime? Maybe?
It certainly is fitting that Menendez was colluding with Egypt during the
Trump administration, when journalists and other Democratic activists kept
insisting (without evidence) that then-president Donald Trump colluded
with Russia to alter the results of the 2016 election—something most
Democrats still believe actually happened—and was financially beholden to
foreign interests. Their toxic anxieties created a lucrative market for
Robert Mueller prayer candles, for crying out loud.
We hope this Man of the Year award will give Menendez the confidence he
needs to stand strong and delay his trial long enough to win reelection in
2024. He may be a corrupt Democrat, but he is about as good a U.S. senator
as one could hope for from New Jersey. He's right about Israel and he's
right about Iran, which is more than you can say about most Democrats
these days.
Here's to you, Bullion Bob. Godspeed and good luck!
https://freebeacon.com/men-of-the-year/2023-man-of-the-year-bob-menendez/
news:umnuq1$11fvn$2...@dont-email.me:
> How many of the gold bars had Joe Biden's name on them?
God bless Bob Menendez. When federal prosecutors indicted the U.S. senator
from New Jersey (where else?) on corruption charges, Menendez refused to
cave to the mob and go the way of Al Franken, the former Democratic
senator and accused breast-groper who resigned his seat in 2017—a decision
he "absolutely" regrets—before a jury of his peers could render a verdict
in a court of law.
At the very least, we're inclined to agree with Menendez's assertion that
Joe Biden's Justice Department is guilty of racial profiling. "Those
behind this campaign simply cannot accept that a first-generation Latino
American from humble beginnings could rise to be a U.S. Senator and serve
with honor and distinction," the senator wrote eloquently in a statement
proclaiming his innocence.
Even more suspicious and alarming is the fact that the Democratic
political machine appears eager to replace Menendez with Tammy Murphy, the
former Goldman Sachs executive and wife of New Jersey governor Phil Murphy
(D.), a former Goldman Sachs executive himself who is bursting with
presidential ambitions despite being far too ugly to win a national
election.
All that said, Menendez probably is guilty of being a corrupt scumbag. He
is a Democrat, after all. But we do think Menendez deserves credit for
bringing old-school corruption back to American politics and showing
members of his own party what real "collusion" looks like.
The federal indictment alleges that Menendez provided state secrets to and
lobbied on behalf of Egyptian government officials in exchange for piles
of cash, gold bars, and other gifts furnished by two New Jersey middlemen.
Law enforcement agents found more than $480,000 in cash in Menendez's
home—"much of it stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing, closets,
and a safe"—along with more than 100,000 dollars' worth of one-kilogram
gold bars bearing the mark of the "Swiss Bank Corporation."
The corruption of which "Bullion Bob" Menendez stands accused is so
blatant that it is almost quaint, harking back to Tammany Hall and the
glory days of Democratic transactional politics. This retro, analog form
of corruption is almost adorable, eschewing the elaborate digital web of
shell companies Hunter Biden used to launder his bribes. Should it even be
a crime? Maybe?
It certainly is fitting that Menendez was colluding with Egypt during the
Trump administration, when journalists and other Democratic activists kept
insisting (without evidence) that then-president Donald Trump colluded
with Russia to alter the results of the 2016 election—something most
Democrats still believe actually happened—and was financially beholden to
foreign interests. Their toxic anxieties created a lucrative market for
Robert Mueller prayer candles, for crying out loud.
We hope this Man of the Year award will give Menendez the confidence he
needs to stand strong and delay his trial long enough to win reelection in
2024. He may be a corrupt Democrat, but he is about as good a U.S. senator
as one could hope for from New Jersey. He's right about Israel and he's
right about Iran, which is more than you can say about most Democrats
these days.
Here's to you, Bullion Bob. Godspeed and good luck!
https://freebeacon.com/men-of-the-year/2023-man-of-the-year-bob-menendez/
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