Congrats, Mr. Trump, on your re-election.

[rateyes]

If Democrats don’t end this smear campaign against Biden (and, watch out, if it works on Joe, you might see it used on the other men who dared enter the race) THAT phrase is what you may very well hear come election night 2020.

I was really leaning toward backing one of the women running (probably Kamala Harris, and maybe even Gillibrand, but Gillibrand is now off my list) but if this is kept up, and Joe gets in, I will vote for him. Why? Because, it will ensure, in my opinion, that he will become the only one that can beat the groper-in-chief.

Yeah, keep it up, and we will get another Trump term, lose everything we’ve gained, and see Obamacare, and all of our progressive goals go right down the shitter.

[Stare Decisis]

1. One thing I learned in sports

is opponents take note of effective gameplans.

Every male running had better be able to account for the length of his hugs, the placement of his hands, the look in his eyes, the strength of his grip, or else he will be smeared.

Oh wait that means that EVERY MALE IN THE HISTORY OF EVER COULD BE ACCUSED?

We'll I think we might be fucked then.

[rateyes]

2. And, it's going to hurt the #Metoo movement.

[rateyes]

3. You know, Joe didn't run last time because

Hillary got in, and he didn’t want to mess up her run. This hit job is really pissing me off.

[DownriverDem]

8. For sure

I'd like to know who is behind this.

[Cha]

4. I wasn't here at that time in history..

but, I've read later this board was pretty much all behind Al Franken.. and did Not want him kicked out of the Senate.

But, now there are those on here clamoring for Joe to Go.

Now what is the difference here?

[barbtries]

10. i'm still on the same side of this drummed up issue.

still bitter that Franken resigned, would not consider voting for gillibrand unless she's the nominee, and am currently trashing all the threads over this bullshit. my guess would be that this is the case for most DUers. there were people on both sides at that time as well.

this is dirty tricks, ratfucking.

I watch crime stuff on youtube including sentencing hearings. I just now listened to a victim impact statement in which the mother of a murder victim went on at some length about her 17-year-old daughter's way of hugging people. How she appreciated the power of a hug. Physical affection. Nobody from my understanding is claiming that Biden's touchy feely ways are sexual abuse. Why are we talking about this?

I've been in line at the grocery store when the person behind stood too close and it discomfited me. So I have a larger personal space than others and probably less than others as well. This is just a bullshit thing. #MeToo is a real thing, but this over the fucking line. I know the pendulum swings and overcorrections are real, but please!

[allgood33]

5. Run, Joe, run!! Win, lose, or draw in the primaries.

If Trump can be adored by millions for promoting "pussy-grabbing" surely there are millions out there who will adore you for grabbing shoulders. But seriously, Joe, you do what is in your heart. I will support you either way. Shame on us.

This hit job is so obvious. So were the hit jobs in 2016.

[True Blue American]

7. I vote for

Joe’s hugging any day vs. the other. I do not want Trump within a hundred miles of me.

[Funtatlaguy]

6. Groper in Chief vs Hugger in Chief. Tough choice.

[barbtries]

11. kiss on the top of the head

vs kiss on the mouth. the difference is one is sexual and the other is not. ai yi yi
i swore i would trash every thread, but now i'm so annoyed over it.

in the meantime a chinese spy was arrested at mar a lago. i haven't seen shit about it here.

[WeekiWater]

9. You can't stop negative campaigning and dirty tricks.

This is up to Biden and his team. Who knows if he will be the nominee. Republicans have been spreading this for a long time about Biden. Better it happens now.

[watoos]

12. Creepy Joe, only affects him in the primary,

it will be a non issue in the general election. I seriously doubt that Republicans want to make an issue out of sexual perversion. The day that Trump looked at that 10 year old girl with sexual thoughts and said he would be dating her in 10 years was plenty enough for me. That made me believe that his accusations of being a pedophile are true.

[ALBliberal]

13. Haven't heard this story do you possibly have a limk

or some more info so I can google thank you.

[brooklynite]

14. Oh please...

This election doesn't sink or swim on one candidate, and every candidate is subject to opportunity attacks IF THEY'RE VULNERABLE. I'd rather know what the issues are now.

[Oppaloopa]

15. Agree

[keithbvadu2]

16. Speak up Gillibrand! Put yourself out front.

[MrsCoffee]

17. Cool story.

Your entire OP totally reads like someone leaning toward backing a woman candidate.

[SKKY]

18. Ok, let me offer this for consideration then...

We lost in the last election because we had a crap candidate who ran a crap campaign. And even with all that, we still lost the election by less than 80K votes. EIGHTY THOUSAND VOTES!!! And we have a stable of absolutely stellar candidates this go around. I genuinely think we are sitting much better than we even realize. Last election, Trump was the TV star running to "drain the swamp". But now we know what a real dumpster fire he is, and I refuse to believe the voters who voted for Obama twice, but then voted for Trump, will make the same mistake twice. I could be wrong, but I just have a sense of optimism that I did not have last election. I will be voting FOR a candidate this time, not against one. And that makes a huge difference.

[rateyes]

19. I'm leaning toward your candidate, but if every

man starts getting accused of inappropriate behavior just because it works to destroy another person’s candidacy, it is going to leave a bad taste in a lot of voter’s mouths. This is no more than a hit job on Biden, in my opinion, and we Democrat’s would do well to avoid such behavior.

[SKKY]

20. Oh yea. Concur 100%. We have known forever that touchy feely...

..."Uncle Joe" is, what we call in the software development field, a feature and not a flaw. But there is no way Joe Biden assaulted or even harassed these women. Two of them have even admitted as much. If it comes out that all of the women making "complaints" are knows Sanders supporters, this will hurt Bernie in a big way.