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catbyte

(39,337 posts)
Fri May 1, 2020, 10:11 AM May 2020

Rant on: Sorry, but this is complete bullshit. [View all]

Does anybody remember any "exclusive interviews" with Donald Trump to address the 20+ claims of sexual assault that were a helluva lot more credible than Tara Reade's dubious claims?

I don't.

Once again, we've got Democrats held to a standard that Greedy Old Pricks aren't. If the allegations were so credible, why weren't they brought up in 2008? Why does her story keep changing? Why can't she remember key details? Why didn't her friend remember anything about it until Reade "reminded" her? Why hasn't she filed suit? I've known too many survivors of sexual assault and it's indelibly burned into their brains. Their stories never, ever changed. There are so many things that are problematic with Ms. Reade I don't know where to begin. Reporters have investigated Reade's claims and found nothing credible, but the evil forces in Washington & Moscow will try to exploit this to the nth degree even while actual sexual assault cases against that thing currently infesting the White House wind their way through the courts. And the double standard that is being played out now makes me sick. We have that thing currently infesting the White House bragging on tape about sexually assaulting women and it just didn't matter. We have women willing to be deposed and testify under oath about their sexual assault experiences at the hand of that thing currently infesting the White House. Nobody seems to care. Why?

Between this attempted character assassination of Biden, along with egomaniac Justin Amash's third-party run, we've got to work 10 times harder until November 3. The Greedy Old Pricks party will stop at nothing to cling to power and it's up to us to stop them. Don't be distracted by the bullshit.

I know I'm babbling, but between this craptastic non-issue and what happened at MY state Capitol yesterday, I'm beyond infuriated and outraged. It's only 9:38 a.m. EDT and I already feel like I need a nap.

We must do anything and everything legally possible to stop them this time. We won't survive another four years of Greedy Old Pricks in the White House and Senate majority. And for once, it's not hyperbole. Our lives actually depend on it.

Rant off.

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I see your rant and raise you with my rant. Zoonart May 2020 #1
Biden ASKED for the interview. Drunken Irishman May 2020 #2
Biden was forced to address it by the same media that gave tTrump a pass... Demsrule86 May 2020 #5
Trump wasn't given a pass. Drunken Irishman May 2020 #6
Trump was given a pass. And he called Mika and Joe everyday... Demsrule86 May 2020 #9
Trump had stopped his daily calls by the time these allegations surfaced. Drunken Irishman May 2020 #12
Hillary received much worse coverage. And I well remember Joe and Mika welcoming Trump every Demsrule86 May 2020 #27
Yes Joe and Mika Rebl2 May 2020 #22
The christofascists don't care whether Reade was attacked or not.. Thomas Hurt May 2020 #3
Agree 1000% Ferrets are Cool May 2020 #4
Republicans tried the Ukraine thing. Didn't work. So they're going the MeToo route. dalton99a May 2020 #7
woudn't Justin Amash's third-party run weissmam May 2020 #8
Libertarian candidates take voters from the GOP who might otherwise vote for the Democrat. Hekate May 2020 #10
Nope. Amash will get pukes who just can't stand Trump. lagomorph777 May 2020 #11
The problem with that Butterflylady May 2020 #13
"Voting for Amash would make no sense..." lagomorph777 May 2020 #15
ANY Trump voter from '16 who votes for Amash is a win oldsoftie May 2020 #30
I don't watch ANY television news or opinion. hunter May 2020 #14
"The people in power bluescribbler May 2020 #16
THERE.IS.NO.NEEDLE.TO.THREAD.HERE. mopinko May 2020 #17
But the NYT just said they did NOT say that. oldsoftie May 2020 #31
Amen! Do NOT believe the hype! Even turn off all MSNBC horse race hype if you have to. ancianita May 2020 #18
24 hr news is the bane of civility. oldsoftie May 2020 #32
Righteous rant Solomon May 2020 #19
That was my Rebl2 May 2020 #20
Bernie Bros and conservatives have been the ones pushing this BS. Galraedia May 2020 #21
I was thinking Rebl2 May 2020 #25
Indeed Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 #33
I am pissed as hell at MSNBC and will not be watching any of their programming today. lark May 2020 #23
Kick for Rant Support.. Mahalo, catbyte! Cha May 2020 #24
Credibility isn't going to matter in this election. The goal of this is just to make Biden appear rwsanders May 2020 #26
Electoral college is corrupt, I'm convinced. 2016 showed that. BlancheSplanchnik May 2020 #29
I'm sure some leverage was applied to be sure delegates stayed in line. But rwsanders May 2020 #35
The fact is, WE hold OURSELVES to a higher standard. soldierant May 2020 #28
My wife asked me to turn off MSNBC this morning. hay rick May 2020 #34
On the rare occasions that I discuss issues with a right winger, they think they can pin me down by rwsanders May 2020 #36
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