Coyote how can you even compare kavanaugh and Biden. There never was and never has been one shred of credible information to implicate kavanaugh. Actually the information available today shows kavanaugh accuser to have made the story up totally for political reasons. Nobody has yet to investigate Ford. She was lying all along. Yeah give Ford and tara a lie detector test at the same time. It wouldn’t matter, you could never bring yourself to admit Ford was lying, it is not in your dna. Read told friends at the time of the incident, she claims to have told the senate ethics committee. Her mother is on the phone. She has filed a police report.
Your equivalency argument just can’t stand up to the facts. How about we get the fbi in on this like Dems did? You Dems continually try to rewrite history to cover up your misdeeds. I don’t know if reads accusations are true and if it wasn’t important enough to follow up on 30 years ago why bring it up now, but if they uncover her complaint to the ethics committee you will have egg on your face. But please stop with it is the same thing, it is factually not the same thing. There is no question though what Dems believe is inappropriate for republicans is just fine for them.
Here are the facts Shrimpbox. There are none. Only allegations. Not a single piece of hard evidence.
Both women waited 30+ years to make a complaint. Tara read complained about inappropriate touching initially.
Now suddenly it is rape. No evidence at this point to support it.
Take the partisan log out of your eye and consider the lack of facts here (filing a police report 30 years later doesn’t mean jack shit).
And here is what makes no sense. What woman would refrain from reporting a rape because she had so much respect for her rapist?
My equivalency argument absolutely stands....unless you are partisan.
“Here are the facts shrimpbox, there are none.” Its such a confirmation when a poster exposes themselves for the political hacks they are. You do this constantly. Of course you will never believe me, so let me try to ease you over to the truth with quotes from an article written by a woman who interviewed the victim and you can try your there are no facts on her.
No, I don’t think so. I have talked to Tara Reade extensively myself, and she has been completely consistent and frank. I have talked to her brother, who confirms that Tara told him about the assault at the time. I have also talked to her friend Sarah*, a fellow Capitol Hill staffer Tara spoke to about the assault in 1993 as well as over the years afterward. The Intercept talked to both of them as well, and Reade’s brother Collin Moulton said: “Woefully, I did not encourage her to follow up… I wasn’t one of her better advocates. I said let it go, move on, guys are idiots.” When I asked Sarah if the account Tara has given to the press is consistent with what she said in 1993, Sarah said that it was. She confirmed that Tara had called her on the phone shortly after the incident happened and was very distraught about it. Sarah says the news left her in “absolute shock” at the time. She added:
“I have not enjoyed knowing this about someone [Biden] who for eight years was in the news as VP. Even in this campaign… every time I see him… I can’t… I mean I wasn’t in the hallway but I still can’t look at him without thinking of that… She should have been safe. She should never have had anything close to this even happen.“
I also asked Sarah about a comment Tara’s brother made to me. He said that the incident had changed Tara’s personality, sapping her confidence. Sarah agreed, saying Tara began to “second guess” herself afterwards, the effects of Biden’s attack on Tara were severe and lasting. “It’s never left her,” she said. “What I wouldn’t give to go back in time and to pull her out of that hallway. Say ‘Run! Go!’ But no one can make time go back.”
That is more corroboration than Christine Blasey Ford had—she hadn’t told anyone at the time of her assault, yet her accusation was front-page news. But I also think that the particular reasons Marcotte and Jezebel have for casting doubt on Tara Reade do not hold up, and I would like to go through all the current criticisms of Reade and show why they are so weak. In fact, I think they are totally indefensible. Those who make them are casting doubt on a victim for no good reason, and suggesting that women who come forward should be disbelieved on spurious grounds. Ultimately, those who have criticized and ignored Tara Reade are doing serious damage to the MeToo movement by suggesting that women like Reade may well simply be delusional or lying; and, until they can prove that they are not delusional or lying, their claims can be set aside.