Politico: New evidence surfaces in Tara Reade allegation against Biden

[Tom Rinaldo]

88. I'll post this here now because it won't in any way feed this frenzy by my doing so

I doubt very much the story is true, especially in the recent version. Humans are complicated and sometimes unpredictable so nothing with a remote wisp of credibility can be totally ruled out in the abstract. But I will go with the overwhelming odds that this never happened, or involved a misunderstanding of some sort at most if there is even a shred of truth to it.

OK, that was my preface. Here is my bottom line. In the larger picture, looking at the totality of the choices we are facing, and the dire implications of what we all will go through if we get this election wrong, it would not effect my personal decision of who to support now for president even if Reade's allegations gain in perceived plausibility over the coming weeks. It's not that I don't care about the issue of sexual misconduct against women by men with power (or any men for that matter). But here is reality. Joe Biden is almost certainly innocent, but even if he isn't, if he hasn't confessed to this alleged misconduct by now there is absolutely no reason to think he will before the Democratic convention. So barring some incredibly damning evidence coming out against him soon (which I can't even imagine what would be required to reach that threshold) Biden is not going to back out of the Presidential race and Joe Biden will become the Democratic nominee. And either Joe Biden or Donald Trump will therefor be the next President of the United States. And Donald Trump faces dozens of highly credible allegations of sexual misconduct against women, up to and including full consummated rape. And Donald Trump also happens to threaten not only the continuation of our Democracy, and the health and security of most Americans on any number of fronts, he literally threatens the future habitability of our planet with his climate science denial.

So i will not peddle in any sketchy allegations that could undermine the chances of Joe Biden defeating Donald Trump. Period.