Beg Your Pardon?

 There is a moderate furor going around currently about how President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter. 

There are those who will insist that President Joe broke his promise when he excused his boy from facing federal charges over any crimes he possibly could have committed over the past decade. I suppose we might all benefit from this kind of insulation, but this is essentially the parting shot of a man who has given his country and party for more than fifty years. 

To which I say, "So?"

Coming from a man who served the United States faithfully and honorably as a senator, a vice president, and most importantly a palate-cleansing sorbet between the first and second Trumpreich, this feels like a very fitting parting gift for all his efforts. 

There are those who compare Hunter's pardon to that of Richard Nixon. Primarily because of the length and breadth of the document. The Nixon pardon was handed down by consolation president Gerald Ford, who believed that the country needed to move on from the unseemly mess that was Watergate and its attendant malfeasance. Much in the same way the Biden family feels like their black sheep deserves a break after ten years of being the Republican whipping post. 

Does it worry me that Hunter Biden now has a freedom that only a former president who resigned in shame was afforded? From a precedent standpoint, I suppose I could work up a hissy fit, but that will already be taken care of by all the rabid MAGAts who have been after his laptop and presenting lewd photos of him to Congress. Will this be the Biden legacy? Perhaps in another twenty years we will look back on this moment as the height of the skullduggery in this period of time. 

Check me on this though: When did the pardon for those thirty-four felony convictions come down for the "president" elect?