| 80 pages on the other thread and 44 plus here doesn't matter. What matters is that oral sex isnt sex. | 
						
 And what Biden is accused of isn’t sex either. End of story.  | 
							
						
 The irony of you getting mad when someone asks why she did not say or do anything for 14 years is great.  | 
							
						
 Shocking alternative! These deadenders aren’t actually Democrats, and they used Bernie as a vehicle, not actually supporters. They’re Green-disaffiliated-bombthrower-malcontents-trolls. That frame explains literally everything from 2016 forward.  | 
							
						
 I disagree, it’s sexual harassment by someone in power, even if it doesn’t meet some state’s formal definition of “rape.” Donnie the Groper has done similar things dozens of times in much better documented allegations, and I think we can all agree it’s vile. But I doubt Biden did it. Reade has changed her story too many times and her corroboration doesn’t back her up very well. I doubt The NY Times, with its call for an investigation of the Delaware files, thinks anything will turn up there, either. They just want to put this matter to rest before November, so they can fairly turn their big guns on Trump’s 24 allegations. This thread is totally useful for ... airing and debunking the claims against Biden. I’ve learned a lot from you guys re the new accusation that lasted all of 3 hours on Saturday (what was her name again?). Re the Reade defrauding and robbing the pregnant horse non-profit. Re Reade editing her 2019 Medium post 2 days before she came out with her different 2020 allegations. Re Reade now claiming Biden’s office fired her although she had earlier said she left because her boyfriend “pleaded” with her to join him in the Midwest. Keep this thread open and keep this useful stuff coming!  | 
							
						
 The irony of you not grasping that Biden has been in high political office starting 12 years ago but Trump only ran for high political office starting 5 years ago is ... sad.  | 
							
						
 Pp here. Yep, this has totally occurred to me. Also that these could be Cons pretending to impersonate Dems. Just the other week a Con was pretending to be a gun-loving Dem and only outed himself when he got outraged that someone called Fox “faux.” I even mentioned this in a Website Feedback thread and the con, who was also participating there, didn’t bother to deny it in front of the moderator. I’ve been tempted to ask the moderator about this poster. I’m sure he doesn’t want paid con social media operatives on his site. But there’s an equally good chance that this pp, like Tara, is just a disappointed Bernie Bro or Green flame-thrower who thinks undermining democracy is OK so long as it’s within the Dem party.  | 
							
						
 So it’s OK for people who aren’t in “high political office” to sexually assault people?  | 
							
						
 Don’t be an idiot. Although idiocy is your only strategy at this point.  | 
							
						
 Let's assume Biden "harassed" her - that isn't rape and that isn't assault. Also this was after the Clarence Thomas hearings, which Biden started apologizing for almost immediately after and at the time in 1993, was leading the charge towards legislation and rules around benefiting women on this issue. The context just seems like the timing would be ridiculously bizarre for this to have taken place as Reade describes it. Reade's story falls apart because she has changed it so many times. The pantyhose thing was discussed already, but there is no world where a sitting senator in 1993 fingers an aid in a public hallway.  | 
							
						
 PP here. I totally agree that Reade’s story falls apart on many grounds, including some you didn’t mention just now, like the lack of corroboration. (Her brother changing his story, for example). I do believe sexual harassment is assault. I was pinned against a wall and physically molested and it sure felt like assault. But again, so far Reade’s claim that Biden did this is not credible.  | 
							
						
 Being pinned against a wall and physically molested is absolutely sexual assault. Sexual harassment is not sexual assault.  | 
							
						
 OK let’s say I’m an idiot. What was your point exactly about someone being in “high political office” longer than someone else?  | 
							
						
 Easy. Because high political office focuses attention on matters of integrity including rape. Nobody cares if a reality show hack has integrity (although for the record, some of the public claims against Trump predate him running for president and that’s why he signed NDAs back then).  | 
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						Secretary of Senate says she cannot comply with Biden request to release records on purported Reade complaint
 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/secretary-of-senate-says-cannot-comply-with-biden-request-to-release-records-on-purported-reade-complaint  |