Double double, Joe's got trouble
Remember E. Jean Carroll? No, you haven't had a senior moment -- everyone has forgotten her and her description of being raped by Donald Trump in a department store dressing room, which cost Carroll her job at Elle magazine. That's because some doofus decided a "sitting president" can't be indicted for a mere assault, and because they have an allegation against a Democrat to run around with. It takes very little to bring one down -- some horseplay on a plane after a USO tour cost Al Franken his Senate seat -- and it makes the media look so fair.
I have no idea what happened between Joe Biden and Tara Reade thirty years ago, apparently something so dreadful that she filed a complaint with the Office of Looking Into Complaints About Democrats. She can't find the paperwork now; why would she give a copy to her lawyer to lock in her safe or anything? But if there's one thing the government is good at, it's keeping track of paperwork. I mean, they've got the original Constitution, right? So if it exists, we'll all see it in due course. After thirty years, during which Ms. Reade never said a word. (Until last week I thought she was the star of Sharknado, but that was Tara Reid.)
I do not take sexual assault allegations lightly, but I think the media response to this one has been nicely covered here. Nobody expected Trump to run on his record as a grasping, scraping, covetous and now murderous old sinner -- 58,000 dead in part because of his utter incompetence. It was always going to be Hunter Biden, Crooked Hillary, Lazy Obama and the Mess He Left, the litany of lies and distractions. And now this, which seems awfully convenient. Not only has the statute of limitations run, but where was Ms. Reade when Biden was Vice-President?
And let me be blunt, even brutal: I don't care. Joe Biden was not my first choice, but he is all we have. Trump is so shit-scared, he's urging Justin Amash to run as an independent and screaming at Brad Parscale for his lousy poll numbers. Good. Because frankly, Jack the Ripper would make a better president. He was clearly much smarter and less misogynistic, and there's no evidence that he worked for the Russians.
So before this becomes another "But her emails!" which would be the end of American democracy, let me repeat: I don't care.
I have no idea what happened between Joe Biden and Tara Reade thirty years ago, apparently something so dreadful that she filed a complaint with the Office of Looking Into Complaints About Democrats. She can't find the paperwork now; why would she give a copy to her lawyer to lock in her safe or anything? But if there's one thing the government is good at, it's keeping track of paperwork. I mean, they've got the original Constitution, right? So if it exists, we'll all see it in due course. After thirty years, during which Ms. Reade never said a word. (Until last week I thought she was the star of Sharknado, but that was Tara Reid.)
I do not take sexual assault allegations lightly, but I think the media response to this one has been nicely covered here. Nobody expected Trump to run on his record as a grasping, scraping, covetous and now murderous old sinner -- 58,000 dead in part because of his utter incompetence. It was always going to be Hunter Biden, Crooked Hillary, Lazy Obama and the Mess He Left, the litany of lies and distractions. And now this, which seems awfully convenient. Not only has the statute of limitations run, but where was Ms. Reade when Biden was Vice-President?
And let me be blunt, even brutal: I don't care. Joe Biden was not my first choice, but he is all we have. Trump is so shit-scared, he's urging Justin Amash to run as an independent and screaming at Brad Parscale for his lousy poll numbers. Good. Because frankly, Jack the Ripper would make a better president. He was clearly much smarter and less misogynistic, and there's no evidence that he worked for the Russians.
So before this becomes another "But her emails!" which would be the end of American democracy, let me repeat: I don't care.
posted by Buttermilk Sky at 10:10 AM
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