Read this: It无毛视频檚 ‘classified!’
I used to enjoy a good political scandal.
Finding misplaced government documents doesn无毛视频檛 count.
Back when they found hundreds of classified documents down there at Mar-A-Lago, that was a nice, juicy, eye-rollable event worthy of a column or two.
But since President Biden and ex-vice president Mike Pence have both been caught with secret government papers in their homes, that doesn无毛视频檛 seem like much of a rare act of careless handling of the nation无毛视频檚 most precious secrets.
It appears to be commonplace.
Bah!
It would be so much more fun to try to make the finds at Biden无毛视频檚 home more innocent than the finds at Mar-A-Lago and Pence无毛视频檚 Indiana home. But why bother?
They无毛视频檙e all guilty of whatever it无毛视频檚 called when you mishandle classified documents.
Or, as Jesse Watters of Fox News says, 无毛视频淣ow we have to show both sides.无毛视频�
That无毛视频檚 quite an admission.
All I can do now is keep score.
Republicans 无毛视频� 2, Democrats 无毛视频� 1.
So far, the FBI hasn无毛视频檛 taken a look into Barack Obama无毛视频檚, Bill Clinton无毛视频檚, or Dick Cheney无毛视频檚 archives.
Any minute now, that score could be tied.
There无毛视频檚 no sense trying to twist yourself like a pretzel to defend your side while attacking the other side about these retrieved documents.
That is, unless, of course, you无毛视频檙e Ted Cruz.
Senator Cruz was on Fox Business News, being interviewed by Trump无毛视频檚 former economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, when he sounded the alarm about getting the FBI to ransack the home and business of Joe Biden无毛视频檚 son, Hunter.
Cruz wound up and he spouted, 无毛视频淚f these classified materials, in particular, implicate Burisma, Ukraine, Communist China, payments going to Hunter Biden or Joe Biden无毛视频檚 brother or the Biden family, then this shifts from a political problem to a very serious problem of criminal liability and major crimes.无毛视频�
That was a mouthful.
But there无毛视频檚 more.
Kudlow told Cruz they无毛视频檇 just found some documents at the Indiana home of Mike Pence.
You could then hear the screech of tires in Cruz无毛视频檚 throat.
无毛视频淗e无毛视频檚 explained where these came from, what his office has put out is that in packing up the vice presidential offices that there were a couple of papers that were classified that was inadvertently put with non-classified materials. That was a mistake, but there无毛视频檚 no reason to think this was anything but inadvertent. That is very different from what Joe Biden has done,无毛视频� Cruz said.
Some people are reflective. Others are not.
Cruz simply failed to reflect on how a president无毛视频檚 son, who hasn无毛视频檛 been accused of misplacing any documents, should be under an FBI investigation, while an ex-vice president, who freely admits he did something, should be given a pass.
That无毛视频檚 what makes Ted Cruz the master of false outrage.
While awaiting the revelation about the next batch of newly discovered classified documents, I无毛视频檝e decided to move onward.
Hey! Have you heard about ex-president Trump无毛视频檚 exciting golf adventure?
Well, it seems he won a golf tournament a week ago.
According to Mr. Trump, he was competing in a senior golf championship at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, and he won it all.
He immediately posted the result on his social media platform, Truth Social.
无毛视频淎 great honor,无毛视频� he boasted. 无毛视频淐ompeted against many fine golfers and was hitting the ball long and straight. The reason that I announce this on fabulous TRUTH is that, in a very real way, it serves as a physical exam, only MUCH tougher,无毛视频� he concluded.
I found that to be an achievement. In lying.
Trump may have played a good round on one of the days of that two-day tournament. But he didn无毛视频檛 play on both days.
He无毛视频檇 given a eulogy at a funeral in North Carolina on Saturday. He only played in the tournament on Sunday.
In other words, there无毛视频檚 no way he could无毛视频檝e won that tournament.
According to famed sportswriter Rick Reilly, 无毛视频淕uy cheats like a 4-year-old at Monopoly.无毛视频�
Knowing Trump, the only piece of paper he doesn无毛视频檛 keep in his Mar-A-Lago office is his scorecard for that tournament.
Edward A. Owens is a multi-Emmy Award winner, former reporter, and anchor for Entertainment Tonight, and 50-year TV news and newspaper veteran. E-mail him at freedoms@bellatlantic.net.