[assttoasstmgr]

It's a bit naïve to seriously think this story has anything to do with nudes. The real story was about corruption at the highest levels of government, selling influence, etc. The crack rocks and related pornographic content were a convenient if not shocking distraction. Embarassing? Yes. Scandalous? Sure. But it wasn't what made it news worthy at all.

[pstuart]

The lurid bits just helped give the story legs.

The only point of the laptop saga is to cast doubt on Biden's integrity and to counter any sort of similar questions about Trump's.

This was yet another October surprise -- a spiced up rendition of Buttery Males v2.

[degobah]

I know the Trump White House made requests for stuff to be taken down via email, (instead of the Report Tweet button), but I didn't see that President Trump requesting a ToS review for some tweets was this kind of corruption.

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598828932395978752

[sroussey]

That’s like saying Clinton using a cigar was nothing of importance to politics.

[assttoasstmgr]

Clinton was impeached for lying under oath, not for his creative use of cigars.

[sroussey]

That’s not the point. It could have been left out. But it was not and catapulted the author to the SCOTUS.

[chrisco255]

It was important for selling tabloids, which are now indistinguishable from mainstream news.