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Baitball Blogger

(46,770 posts)
Sat May 9, 2020, 07:33 AM May 2020

Question about Tara Reade's timetable.

When did her claims go from sexual harassment to sexual assault? When did the details of "it happened all at once" begin?

I'm asking because her claims are similar, if not the same as E.J.Carroll's telling of what happened to her with Trump in a department store. I think E.J. also started saying it happened quickly, and then went into the details of an assault that took place in a standing position.

Except, E.J. went into detail about what she was wearing. She was wearing tights that day.

Reade's assault, did she mention anything about panty hose? Because most of us in the business world wore them back in the early nineties.

I hate to even bring this up, because I think women should be heard about the things that they have to endure. But Biden is also right. The Truth should matter. Hard questions are going to be asked from both sides, before this is over.

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Question about Tara Reade's timetable. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger May 2020 OP
It so all over the shop, you cannot keep up with her change of story. Whole thing is bunk. sunonmars May 2020 #1
Carroll has the dress.:) True Blue American May 2020 #2
Yes. And most women wore pantyhose with their dresses. Someone working for a politician Baitball Blogger May 2020 #4
Reade True Blue American May 2020 #10
Let's compare EVERY sexual allegation against BOTH Biden and Trump. Funtatlaguy May 2020 #3
I had a question about the pantry hose as well. Walleye May 2020 #5
They were worse than a chastity belt! True Blue American May 2020 #11
Correct, like a chastity belt, and standard business uniform back then. Walleye May 2020 #15
Let This Go! Aviation91 May 2020 #6
Everything about this is odd. Baitball Blogger May 2020 #9
When I was a page in 1991 xmas74 May 2020 #12
Ali handled it differently True Blue American May 2020 #13
When I first heard her story, I thought about the pantyhose MacKasey May 2020 #7
I do remember wearing my pantyhose, and they were always tight around the waist. Baitball Blogger May 2020 #8
They were in a hallway with security near them. Boomerproud May 2020 #14

Baitball Blogger

(46,770 posts)
4. Yes. And most women wore pantyhose with their dresses. Someone working for a politician
Sat May 9, 2020, 07:49 AM
May 2020

back in the nineties would have adhered to a conservative dress code.

And, when in 1993 did it happen? Do they ever mention a month? Has she been that exact, yet?

True Blue American

(17,995 posts)
10. Reade
Sat May 9, 2020, 09:06 AM
May 2020

Can not give a date. Not sure what,or if she filed.

Bernie was just on Ali. Said,” Joe said it did not happen!” He backs Joe and will do everything he can to get Joe elected!

That is the end of his far left supporters. Bernie knows we need Joe.

Funtatlaguy

(10,890 posts)
3. Let's compare EVERY sexual allegation against BOTH Biden and Trump.
Sat May 9, 2020, 07:43 AM
May 2020

Have every woman appear before a live televised town hall.
That’s it.
One time only.
Then we will see who is the REAL sexual abuser.

True Blue American

(17,995 posts)
11. They were worse than a chastity belt!
Sat May 9, 2020, 09:08 AM
May 2020

I hated them but the bare legs today do not impress. Panty hose made your legs look great.

Walleye

(31,104 posts)
15. Correct, like a chastity belt, and standard business uniform back then.
Sat May 9, 2020, 11:30 AM
May 2020

I am very glad that Bernie came out and defended Joe.

Aviation91

(114 posts)
6. Let This Go!
Sat May 9, 2020, 07:56 AM
May 2020

Tara Reade wants this to stay in the news. Her story changes every day. I thought about the pantyhose thing as well. Back in 1993, I can’t see women working in the US Senator’s Office not wearing pantyhose. That’s the federal government and it’s formal even during the summer. I should know, I’ve worked for the federal government for 29 years.
Anyway, I still go back to the fact that sexual assault victims DO NOT PRAISE THEIR ATTACKERS!! That’s why I don’t understand nobody is even thinking about this! They are just going on with her nonsense as if she never said it or how her story keeps changing over time! I can’t believe MSNBC has chosen to engage her in these lies to engage her!
We have about six months left before the November election to come together as ONE and here we are dealing with this woman who clearly has serious issues. She was in love with Joe Biden and because he wouldn’t pay any attention to her, she decided to hurt him in any way she can! Think about how she admired Putin without his shirt on. These journalists are being played for fools! They are going to distract people enough that Donald Trump will win this election and we’ll have another four years of pure misery! Stay focused and call this woman out for her lies!

xmas74

(29,676 posts)
12. When I was a page in 1991
Sat May 9, 2020, 09:11 AM
May 2020

I was given a strict dress code. There was a skirt length, how low blouses could dip (no cleavage), no straps showing for bras and no bare shoulders/upper arms.

And yes, pantyhose were required of all office staff, from pages and interns on up.

True Blue American

(17,995 posts)
13. Ali handled it differently
Sat May 9, 2020, 09:12 AM
May 2020

Than the muckrakers on MSNBC.

He simply asked Bernie, Bernie said,” Joe said it never happened!” I am sure Bernie remembered his past!

The question is, who is paying her?

MacKasey

(994 posts)
7. When I first heard her story, I thought about the pantyhose
Sat May 9, 2020, 08:04 AM
May 2020

You are absolutely correct, early nineties women were wearing pantyhose.

Someone should ask her that and see how she changes the story again.

Baitball Blogger

(46,770 posts)
8. I do remember wearing my pantyhose, and they were always tight around the waist.
Sat May 9, 2020, 08:20 AM
May 2020

I'm short, so they also bunched up in odd places. I'm not saying it's impossible to assault a woman who wore pantyhose. Just that getting through them would have left a memorable struggle. Some hose are quite flexible, I imagine. I just didn't buy those brands.

I read her rendition of what happened, and it sounds like the assault came from the top of the skirt, and not under. I just thought she worded that oddly.

Anyway, I would think it is much easier just to rip the weak spots of pantyhose, than to fight that waistband.

When you're talking about something that will alter someone else's life, details matter. At a minimum, those details should be known.

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