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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read the Politico piece.  Reade has no credibility.  That along with the timing is too much for me to believe her. If she was concerned about him being a leader, when he ran for VP would have been the time to come out.[/quote]

Huh.  Does it bother you when other women wait decades to allege sexual assault?  Or just Reade?[/quote]

DP. You need to read the Politico piece, and the NPR piece. They’re about how she was fired from her Senate job for poor performance, nothing else. They're about how she ripped off people who were kind to her for decades.

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I mean... the articles suggest she is a pretty unpleasant person. This doesn’t necessarily mean nothing happened. Is she a perfect credible source? Absolutely not. Does that prove Biden is innocent? Absolutely not. I feel a bit yucky about the Politico article because it very much follows the tradition of dig up whatever muck you can find on the female accuser wether it has direct relevance to the accusation or not and is precisely why women hesitate in coming forward. Do only perfect angelic women have the right to complain about harassment? How does trauma shape people’s behavior and clash with what we expect of them as a society? [/quote]

Her personality isn't the real problem.

The real problem is that her story changes constantly, and her corroborators change their stories. Just a few years ago she was tweeting out her support for Biden's women policies. Her brother changed his story along with her. A former neighbor is now unsure. Reade gave MSM 3 supposed witnesses from Biden's senate office at the time, and all three issued formal denials.

Ben Savage, who worked with her at NPR, says she was fired for incompetence. She claimed she was asked to serve drinks at a fundraiser because Biden supposedly liked her legs, but others in Biden's office at the time say they don't remember anybody ever being asked to help at fundraisers, because lobbying and politics were kept strictly separate. A recent walk-through of the Senate basement/tunnels she talked about showed there were no "niches" he could have pulled her into and the tunnel in question had a ton of foot traffic. Et cetera, et cetera.

Agree there's nothing to see here. Cons and maybe Bernie Bros keep pushing this, but there's no there there. Give it up already.[/quote]
 
Just re-reading and need to correct this.... Ben Savage worked closely with Reade at the Senate and said she was fired for incompetence, according to the NPR article.[/quote]

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