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DeterDeter

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18. I wish that reporters would write about this responsibly
Fri May 8, 2020, 06:41 AM
May 2020

So that it wasn't up to the wild west of the internet. Even in the initial reports that did not find anything, they leave out about 75% of the other contradictions and backstories that have been widely reported online. I think that are just really do not want to appear to be smearing someone who could be a victim. Maybe they are doing more reporting that will come out, but in the meantime, they (Washington Post, NYT) have let their op ed pages run amuck with speculation.

But people do have to be careful about posting about this sort of stuff on Twitter, in case it's not her. I'm guessing that if this WAS her, that the checks don't have anything to do with her firing, or her resigning. I had figured that maybe her 2019 story could be some version of true, but I'm doubting that now too. I think the reason why she sometimes says that she was fired and sometimes said that she resigned-and Tara had also written in a blog that it was clear she was "going to be fired for legitimate or illigimate reasons"- was that the "deal" that she told her ex-husband about was not a deal at all. More likely, she was just not a good employee ( did not want to do the work) or fit for the office, and she was told that she could either be fired or that she could resign "for personal reasons". That happens all of the time. Maybe something like what she described (not wanting to serve drinks) happened, but it also could be that she put that spin on the story to gain sympathy from her ex husband or to save face. I tried to have as open mind as possible, but I think that we are dealing with a master manipulator here. I also think that it's very likely that she has been abused in her life, but not by Biden or his office. The Vox article was good, but even that was extremely generous to her outright lying to the reporter. I understand what the reporter means, but should they really "want" a story to be true, or should they just try to separate themselves from that and do the reporting? I have a hard time remembering employees from a 5 years ago, especially if they were in lower level positions and only worked 9 months, but Tara's stories involve MANY people, and she seems to have a very complicated history where someone from her past is going to come out and disclose other contradictions about her account.

Yep Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 #1
I suspect Joe knows she is mentally troubled Skittles May 2020 #2
I'm just wondering Loki Liesmith May 2020 #3
So she became a security risk and knew she would be fired from her Senate job krawhitham May 2020 #4
That makes a lot of sense Amishman May 2020 #23
Is there any other news outlet that has confirmed this? AJT May 2020 #5
Too new Loki Liesmith May 2020 #6
Was that the name she was using in 1993? creeksneakers2 May 2020 #7
Apparently as it's on her termination paperwork Loki Liesmith May 2020 #25
She said she wanted him to drop out Historic NY May 2020 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author octoberlib May 2020 #9
TY for this tweet, octoberlib.. hadn't seen this one! Cha May 2020 #11
This is the statute cited in the fraud charge. octoberlib May 2020 #12
So Reade is Projecting.. she is the "crminal".. Cha May 2020 #14
that Tweet is Unavailable now, Loki.. I imagine it's Cha May 2020 #10
I deleted the tweet because BidenBigade deleted octoberlib May 2020 #13
I was wondering why you deleted Cha May 2020 #15
They just deleted the screenshot of the statute octoberlib May 2020 #16
Thanks.. it does get confusing Cha May 2020 #17
Dude deleted and reposted not sure why Loki Liesmith May 2020 #21
Thank you.. might have been Cha May 2020 #22
I know why now. Loki Liesmith May 2020 #24
TY! Cha May 2020 #26
I wish that reporters would write about this responsibly DeterDeter May 2020 #18
I think its going to become clear she is a Grade A fruitcake fantasist and compulsive liar. sunonmars May 2020 #19
Tara Reade changed her story and so did videohead5 May 2020 #20
Confirmation from courthouse Loki Liesmith May 2020 #27
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