CNN and others

[_DoubtingThomas]

"A woman named Tara Reade, who worked for then-Sen. Biden in the 1990s, claims he sexually assaulted her in 1993...According to a March 31 report by the Media Research Center (MRC), a conservative organization that monitors what it sees as liberal bias in the media, since the accusations came to light, “ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC and CNN haven’t said a single word about them.” And according to the MRC, since the allegation went public, “CNN, MSNBC and NBC have hosted Biden for a total of three interviews (including an hour-long town hall on CNN), and no host asked even a single question about these new charges.” Since that report came out, several news outlets — The Economist, Salon, Medium and Democracy Now among them — have written about the allegation.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house ... als-listen

I remember CNN always reported sexual assault and harassment allegations. What happened? I am not voting for Biden.

Alyssa Milano Thank you, @WhoopiGoldberg . This moment in time is too important to take BS from our politicians.

Marianne Williamson @marwilliamson · Apr 1 Bernie has nothing to apologize for, Alyssa. The BS here isn't coming from him.

[_Icarus]

Awesome. You don't get to bitch about Trump when he's reelected.

I heard her account and saw her on video and she doesn't strike me as credible. That's why outlets aren't making a big stew out of this. They reported on it when it was first heard, but they're not going to keep asking Biden about it ad nauseum when he's already addressed the allegation.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

I don’t know if the image will show up, but I’ll give it a shot anyway:

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[_Icarus]

[_Icarus]

Call me crazy, but I think you're crazy if you think this sounds like the actions of a rape victim.

Evidence Casts Doubt on Tara Reade’s Sexual Assault Allegations of Joe Biden

Below we will cover many of the inconsistencies in her story, the endless contradictions she has made over the years, and the evidence that paints a picture of someone who went from seemingly adoring Joe Biden and disliking Vladimir Putin in 2017, to someone who showed compassion and love for Vladimir Putin in 2018, to someone who accused Biden of doing horrific things to her in 2019 and 2020.

- In 2017 Alexandra Tara Reade praised Joe Biden for his action in helping stop sexual assault, not just once, but on multiple occasions.-

- Also in March of 2017, Reade made a tweet claiming that Joe Biden “My old boss speaks truth,” and encouraged her followers to “listen” to him.

- In November of 2016, a few weeks after the election, Reade liked a tweet made by President Obama, wishing Joe Biden a “Happy Birthday,” and calling Biden “the best Vice President and friend” that he could have had.

- January of 2017, Reade likes two tweets by the Obama WhiteHouse Archive, one quoting Joe Biden’s praise of Obama, and the other congratulating Joe Biden for receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Additionally, in an article Reade wrote in 2009, she commended Joe Biden for action he had taken against domestic abuse, writing:

"I should know what an abuser looks like. After all, I was working for then Senator Joseph Biden, who sponsored the Violence Against Women Act. But domestic violence is an equal opportunity offender."

In an article Reade wrote in 2009, she claimed to have left Washington DC for the midwest because her husband Tate, at the time, had received a job offer for a Congressman. She claims to have also received a job offer to work for a Governor’s race in California around the same time period.

However, in the article “Bring on the Light,” which Reade wrote in December of 2018, and has since deleted, she stated that she left politics and Washington DC because she was sick of American imperialism and because she “love[d] Russia with all her heart.”

Then in her article for The Union in April of 2019, her story changed yet again, blaming her move on Joe Biden essentially having her blacklisted.

Also in an article she wrote on April 6, 2019, Reade claimed that she didn’t even know if Biden knows why she left working for him.

But then in March of 2020, Reade says that Biden fired her.

Only one story can be correct.

There are plenty of other inconsistencies with her story, some of which have been outlined above.

For example, in Reade’s April 17, 2019 article for The Union, where she talks about her move to Washington DC to work for Joe Biden, she claimed to have driven across country to get to her destination.

In 2009, however, the story was different. This time she arrived in DC on an airplane.


Read the whole thing it is pretty in depth...

[_ajax18]

There always needs to be a thorough vetting of the accusations.

Unless you're a conservative about to be confirmed a justice of the Supreme court.

I heard her account and saw her on video and she doesn't strike me as credible.

You still have a duty to believe the accuser until proven otherwise. That's what the Metoo# movement demands, right?

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

We can’t have it both ways, Icarus. We should be calling for Biden to suspend his campaign until the FBI conducts a thorough investigation, no matter how long that takes. The double standard is is as clear as the day is long.

[_Icarus]

It isn't a double standard unless you strain hard enough to find one by focusing on the lowest common denominator. No one on the left ever argued that every woman who ever claimed sexual assault must be believed 100% of the time, end of story. Comparing the Biden accusation with Kavanaugh is silly. The only thing they have in common is that they were both accused.

[_Icarus]

Ajax there was no "thorough vetting of the accusations against Kavanaugh," only a desire to get him confirmed as quickly as possible for political reasons.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Here's Democracy Now's transcript of their interview with Tara Reade:

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/31/ ... al_assault

tl;dr - It looks a lot like Dr. Ford's experience.

Whatever the case may be it appears Biden is our nominee and we'll have to move forward with him. As a reminder, the Right has exactly zero moral authority on a nominee with a past rife with sexual assault allegations, so their finger pointing is basically moot. They don't care, and, apparently, neither does the DNC. **Warren is looking pretty good right now, man.**

- Doc