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Breaking News on Twitter: (Original Post) George II May 2020 OP
Done and dusted, as we guessed, a load of shit. sunonmars May 2020 #1
Too long ago, overstated, nothing actionable. Warpy May 2020 #13
Reade has a long history PatSeg May 2020 #37
I don't see much reason to go over her life with a magnifying glass Warpy May 2020 #45
From what I understand, he was handsy and head-touching with both men and women. Blue_true May 2020 #48
Exactly. Sometimes it's also culturally based Warpy May 2020 #49
You experience seems to be identical to mine. nt Blue_true May 2020 #51
The law firm still representing her? ... . Iliyah May 2020 #2
K&R UTUSN May 2020 #3
What's next for the grifting old pathetic asshole led party? Brainfodder May 2020 #4
OK now Biden campaign needs to WEAPONIZE this, make an ad saying this and then list every single BamaRefugee May 2020 #5
With you on that one...... MyOwnPeace May 2020 #24
They go low, we go high. mac56 May 2020 #25
EXACTLY! I've posted this so many times. We DO NOT NEED another election where we cross the finish BamaRefugee May 2020 #26
Or, as the "Iditarod" people say........... MyOwnPeace May 2020 #30
When you're going too high misanthrope May 2020 #40
RIGHT ON. This election is a KNIFE FIGHT, we gotta be willing to have our suit torn and our hair BamaRefugee May 2020 #28
I think there are ways to fight back against RWBS without "going low," but Dark n Stormy Knight May 2020 #46
K & R warmfeet May 2020 #6
Can't wait for Mika and Hayes to breathlessly cover this.... Takket May 2020 #7
What could they investigate? catchnrelease May 2020 #8
You are right! True Blue American May 2020 #14
Hallelujah. sheshe2 May 2020 #9
Kick dalton99a May 2020 #10
This is good. MontanaMama May 2020 #11
didn't his son DENVERPOPS May 2020 #34
Yes! MontanaMama May 2020 #35
And now he says he was just joking PatSeg May 2020 #38
RW humor is an oxymoron. Dark n Stormy Knight May 2020 #47
Or PatSeg May 2020 #53
Good one! Dark n Stormy Knight May 2020 #56
Great! Thekaspervote May 2020 #12
K; R CatWoman May 2020 #15
As it should not be. Not much of anything there.. good. ramen May 2020 #16
I noticed some of the same group who trashed Al Franken were all over this one. Kingofalldems May 2020 #17
If the motive for a complaint is legitimate, then so be it. DFW May 2020 #20
Another smear bites the dust peggysue2 May 2020 #18
I never believed her story. LittleGirl May 2020 #19
Does DNA collecting HAVE to be consentual? LiberalLovinLug May 2020 #27
I would imagine LittleGirl May 2020 #52
Fox will continue to push it along with kacekwl May 2020 #21
Is there a story on this yet? hurple May 2020 #22
I went to the OP tweet, he says he's asked the source for permission to reveal it. George II May 2020 #23
I saw that too Cha May 2020 #43
K&R ismnotwasm May 2020 #29
.....The Reade Case just did not pass any and all tests...... titanicdave May 2020 #31
Done and done mcar May 2020 #32
So now they're going to go back to Biden's son live love laugh May 2020 #33
She lost me when she said he penetrated her digitally Frances May 2020 #36
K&R Tarheel_Dem May 2020 #39
It's about time n/t dajoki May 2020 #41
I didn't know they still were "investigating".. Reade didn't even Cha May 2020 #42
Reade says trump team reached out to her.. they said no.. which liar is right? Cha May 2020 #44
I think it's not Joe's nature to be mean, which ,eams he needs a real bullfighter to do it for him. napi21 May 2020 #50
Yes, her name is Nancy IronLionZion May 2020 #54
You're right about Nancy, but she has her hands full just controling the House. We need someone napi21 May 2020 #55

Warpy

(111,397 posts)
13. Too long ago, overstated, nothing actionable.
Mon May 18, 2020, 03:35 PM
May 2020

Look, the guy is handsy, we all know that. A lot of us don't like to be pawed, we know that. However, when it's cultural or the guy is just clueless, we need to speak up. And that, I suspect, is the crux of her real complaint, she didn't feel empowered enough to speak up to anyone but a few friends.

Sisters, unless you are determined to boink your way to the top, speak up. It's the only way they know.

PatSeg

(47,678 posts)
37. Reade has a long history
Mon May 18, 2020, 06:11 PM
May 2020

of grifting friends and acquaintances. She even used her association with Biden to promote herself, bragging she helped work on the Violence Against Women Act. I don't think her problem was not feeling empowered enough to speak up.

‘Manipulative, deceitful, user’: Tara Reade left a trail of aggrieved acquaintances

https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/05/15/tara-reade-left-trail-of-aggrieved-acquaintances-260771?fbclid=IwAR1lw6d39JWSmmPx0AKW4XPUzGV-u3DBbxKWv0jVMsP4j_UcIUw0e2hz_Vs

What 74 former Biden staffers think about Tara Reade’s allegations


https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-74-former-biden-staffers-think-about-tara-reades-allegations?fbclid=IwAR1A2Nmog2KlDFioCXnhGdtm4CXl-ZFzjiRIsxLquxNnUELcQLiHBRlnad0

Warpy

(111,397 posts)
45. I don't see much reason to go over her life with a magnifying glass
Mon May 18, 2020, 07:35 PM
May 2020

I'd rather stick to the issue at hand, in which she's pretty much done our work for us by changing her story so many times, embellishing it greatly as she went along.

No doubt she's got a lot of new best friends encouraging her in this.

I just hope their checks were good.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
48. From what I understand, he was handsy and head-touching with both men and women.
Mon May 18, 2020, 09:24 PM
May 2020

One belief was that was his way of showing empathy and connection with people that were nervous or were having a rough time.

I have dealt with touchy people before. Their behavior made me uncomfortable, but never was any of their behavior sexual in nature at all.

Warpy

(111,397 posts)
49. Exactly. Sometimes it's also culturally based
Mon May 18, 2020, 10:34 PM
May 2020

If I find it particularly troublesome, I'll speak up if a step backward doesn't work. Most people like that will respect boundaries when you let them know where they are.

BamaRefugee

(3,488 posts)
5. OK now Biden campaign needs to WEAPONIZE this, make an ad saying this and then list every single
Mon May 18, 2020, 02:58 PM
May 2020

case against trump and ask how many of them are still ongoing?

We gotta fight like we never fought before in this election. Don't let ANY ammo against repubs go unused.

MyOwnPeace

(16,946 posts)
24. With you on that one......
Mon May 18, 2020, 04:52 PM
May 2020

Everytime Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dumb (yeah, the two sons IQ45 is willing to acknowledge) utter another one of their stupid, "yelling-from-the-inside-of-their-father's-hindside" - the DNC needs to have someone respond ASAP - matching the rancor of the comment with something that matches or even expands on the hypocrisy of any of the RepubliCon bullshit.
I know, our last great First Lady, Michelle, said: "they go low - we go high." I have no problem with that - up to a point. We need a "shit-kicker" - someone out there matching and besting whatever these Cro-Magnon mouth-breathers dare utter between belches or Hannity interviews.
They want a fight - we've gotta' give it to them!

BamaRefugee

(3,488 posts)
26. EXACTLY! I've posted this so many times. We DO NOT NEED another election where we cross the finish
Mon May 18, 2020, 04:59 PM
May 2020

line, head held high with moral superiority, IN SECOND PLACE!

MyOwnPeace

(16,946 posts)
30. Or, as the "Iditarod" people say...........
Mon May 18, 2020, 05:05 PM
May 2020

"If you're not the lead dog, the view is always the same........."

misanthrope

(7,432 posts)
40. When you're going too high
Mon May 18, 2020, 06:35 PM
May 2020

they're kicking you in the crotch and taking your legs out from under you. The GOP can't govern but they approach elections like it's all-out warfare.

BamaRefugee

(3,488 posts)
28. RIGHT ON. This election is a KNIFE FIGHT, we gotta be willing to have our suit torn and our hair
Mon May 18, 2020, 05:02 PM
May 2020

mussed up.
Where is fucking LBJ when you need him. Tip O'Neil? Those guys knew how to FIGHT!

But I'm sure there will be many clever memes and sternly worded letters coming from our side.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
46. I think there are ways to fight back against RWBS without "going low," but
Mon May 18, 2020, 08:56 PM
May 2020

it takes a plan, commitment, and resources.

Takket

(21,652 posts)
7. Can't wait for Mika and Hayes to breathlessly cover this....
Mon May 18, 2020, 03:01 PM
May 2020

Will Hayes apologize for saying she was “credible”?

catchnrelease

(1,946 posts)
8. What could they investigate?
Mon May 18, 2020, 03:06 PM
May 2020

It's my understanding that she didn't give a name of the person that assaulted her, and she didn't remember a definite date or place where it occurred. So what were the police supposed to investigate? Seriously, where to you go with that report?

True Blue American

(17,995 posts)
14. You are right!
Mon May 18, 2020, 03:38 PM
May 2020

Chris Hayes needs to be fired. The Morning show did a pretty good job of rebutting but MIka went way to far with her silly questions. Both of them need to be fired.

MontanaMama

(23,364 posts)
35. Yes!
Mon May 18, 2020, 05:47 PM
May 2020

Whether that will get legs or not remains to be seen. They will not give up. I wonder if Jr. projects like his daddy does? Maybe he's the pedophile himself.

ramen

(793 posts)
16. As it should not be. Not much of anything there.. good.
Mon May 18, 2020, 04:03 PM
May 2020

And good on Democrats for hearing her and listening to her story before deciding it was a baseless accusation.

DFW

(54,462 posts)
20. If the motive for a complaint is legitimate, then so be it.
Mon May 18, 2020, 04:20 PM
May 2020

However, if the motive for a complaint is for either political or financial purposes, then it needs to be called out as loudly as a genuine case of molestation. If not, it diminishes the cause of those who truly were molested. It is not enough to say someone "came forward." Why and when they came forward matters.

If one is quick and ready to believe any strategically timed accusation about any male Democrat with backing from dubious/obscure (spelled R-E-P.U-B-L-I-C-A-N) sources, you might as well join Trump in yelling about "Obamagate."

peggysue2

(10,844 posts)
18. Another smear bites the dust
Mon May 18, 2020, 04:05 PM
May 2020

As I said earlier, the spaghetti is flying, all in the hope something, anything sticks. This particular allegation had so many holes in it that the sinking was inevitable. But there will be more, the wilder the better. It's all about discrediting Joe Biden instead of focusing on Trump's lack of leadership skill and gross criminality.

Just remember, we've seen this rotten picture show before.

LittleGirl

(8,292 posts)
19. I never believed her story.
Mon May 18, 2020, 04:19 PM
May 2020

It was a duplicate of the attack against the 45 accuser with the dress . 45 needs to give up his DNA. Spit works. Covid test.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,178 posts)
27. Does DNA collecting HAVE to be consentual?
Mon May 18, 2020, 05:00 PM
May 2020

You see it all the time on detective shows. They trick the person into taking a cigarette, or a glass of water, and then put it in a ziplock for testing.

There must be opportunity for some secret Never Trumper kitchen staff member or launderer, or other to gather this. Even if it were not admissible to court. Once proven a match in a clinical exam, the victims lawyer could then, Michael Avenatti style, say out loud that Donald Trump raped his client over and over, daring Trump to take them to court, which he wouldn't do, so they could keep on shouting it.

LittleGirl

(8,292 posts)
52. I would imagine
Tue May 19, 2020, 12:49 AM
May 2020

it would have to be by consent. But no matter how they get it, that bozo is going to jail when his term is over. I would love to see his loss on the 4th of November and have him escorted out that day. Arrested and perp walked out of the WH. Criminal.

live love laugh

(13,171 posts)
33. So now they're going to go back to Biden's son
Mon May 18, 2020, 05:31 PM
May 2020

But for every accusation there are a million more stories of their wrongdoing. This will definitely become more interesting.

Frances

(8,547 posts)
36. She lost me when she said he penetrated her digitally
Mon May 18, 2020, 06:08 PM
May 2020

That was too much like the woman who said Trump penetrated her digitally, but Trump’s accuser has Trump’s DNA
Tara would have been more believable if she had accused him of something different because not that many women have that happen to them in a public place
Sounds like Trump but doesn’t sound like Biden IMO

Cha

(297,874 posts)
42. I didn't know they still were "investigating".. Reade didn't even
Mon May 18, 2020, 06:48 PM
May 2020

name anyone in her "report".



Good it's been officially been denounced by Det Jordan Katz, though.

TY George.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
50. I think it's not Joe's nature to be mean, which ,eams he needs a real bullfighter to do it for him.
Mon May 18, 2020, 10:35 PM
May 2020

Obama has started a bu but he's not a fighter either. Do we have any real blood drawers in our Party?

IronLionZion

(45,580 posts)
54. Yes, her name is Nancy
Tue May 19, 2020, 11:23 AM
May 2020

And Joe has claimed he'd like to take Trump behind the gym and beat him up or something like that, as a joke.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
55. You're right about Nancy, but she has her hands full just controling the House. We need someone
Tue May 19, 2020, 12:37 PM
May 2020

like Steve Schmidt who can always be ready to pounce when the Pubs throw out some BS. He'os doing a great job on the Lincoln Project, but we need him, or a clone, to be right next to Joe!

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