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In reply to the discussion: Here's a list of people Tara Reade has accused of assault or harassment. [View all]SuprstitionAintthWay
(386 posts)...is HOW Republicans have competed for office for decades now. 90% of their game is behind the scenes, off and out of sight of the playing field, where no rules apply in their version of competition for office.
They know they can no longer win elections without, and have no qualms about, lying and cheating. So smearing the Democrat and disenfranchising or creating obstacles to his or her voters getting to the polls IS their "campaign."
It was only a few months ago a young gay man reported he'd been offered money to lie and claim Pete Buttigieg sexually molested him.
I'm especially struck by Reade's recent head-spinning reversals on two world-prominent male politicians. In the same short timeframe (1) she switched from touting Biden for his qualities and his work advocating for women, to, as soon as he is about to become the Democratic nominee, suddenly attempting to bring him down with an accusation of sexual assault; and (2) she switched from also idolizing Putin, ALSO for his (supposed, in Putin's case) wonderful treatment and advancement of women in Russia, while she cooed over his "intoxicating" manliness, to suddenly she's retracted all that, tried to wipe it off the internet, and now claims she was just mistaken about Putin.
My predisposition is to believe women claiming to have been sexually assaulted unless there are serious warning signs something is amiss. I've seen a lot of serious warning signs something is amiss here. This is not someone on the basis of whose current word I am willing to make any kind of an important decision.
But she definitely is someone who our 2020 Republirussian opponents would eagerly support.