Posted on 07/14/2021 10:13:56 AM PDT by John Semmens
While most artists have to work long and hard to attain a stature where their paintings command prices in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, Hunter Biden's first go at it is raking in big money.
Presidential Press Secretary Jen Psaki praised his success as "yet another demonstration of the American dream. Hunter's ability to thrive at so many different pursuits reminds me of Leonardo Da Vinci. He is an internationally successful businessman with enormously profitable ventures in Ukraine and China. He is an author of a very moving autobiography. And now he is a painter of great renown."
Psaki also hailed his decision to keep the names of those who buy his paintings secret as "pure genius. This prevents anyone from concocting a scandal alleging that the hefty prices paid for his paintings are really in exchange for influencing federal policy in ways that enrich the buyers."
Walter Shaub an attorney specializing in government ethics was not so easily impressed. "Keeping the names of the buyers secret is the exact opposite of transparency," he observed. "Considering how some of Hunter's business dealings in Ukraine were handled and how his father used his political influence to get the Ukraine government to fire the prosecutor who was investigating these dealings, the secrecy does not inspire confidence that these sales aren't improper."
Richard Painter, White House ethics lawyer during the Bush administration, called the secrecy scheme "a really bad idea. Hiding the identities of the buyers creates an impression that the transactions might be suspicious. The initial reaction a lot of people are going to have is that he's capitalizing on being the son of a president and wants people to give him a lot of money. I mean, those are awfully high prices. Full public disclosure would be the better option for ensuring that paintings are the only thing being bought."
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One odd aspect of this whole ‘Hunter-is-a-Van-Gogh’ story....you can’t find a single art critic who will examine the art and offer their view. There must be at least a thousand art critics in America, and not a single one says anything.
Unicorn Rainbow $#!+ is how I describe it.
I wouldn’t say anything either...
Recent research shows that DaVinci was gay, and racist, so . . . yes, Hunter is DaVinci.
I do believe Grandma Moses was better.
***Recent research shows that DaVinci was gay, and racist,***
If I remember my OLD history, Da Vinci and several other young men were arrested. For what we don’t know.
One of the other young men was a relative of the POPE, so the entire case was dropped.
It’s good to have “friends” in high places!
They don’t want to suddenly disappear or have to talk to the FIB. America is slowly getting a taste of what it was like in Germany in the 30’s.
Heil Joe.
Can’t wait for Hunter to cut off his ear...
A modern day “Du Plicity” is much closer.
He needs to cut off something else.
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