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jcgoldie

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11. This is complete revisionist history

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 03:50 PM

Oct 2019

Joe Biden himself regrets how he handled those hearings...

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/politics/joe-biden-anita-hill.html

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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I am disgusted with Democrats who are not defending Joe Biden,are we so [View all] rwheeler31 Oct 2019 OP

"We need to talk about Hunter Biden" by Kate Aronoff bloom Oct 2019 #1

Another hit piece on Biden by Sanders supporter & Intercept writer Aronoff. highplainsdem Oct 2019 #3

Pitiful treatment of Anita Hill? He was the only committee member to give Thomas much grief, emmaverybo Oct 2019 #6

This is complete revisionist history jcgoldie Oct 2019 #11

No it isn't. He did not mistreat her. The revisionist history is the story that he was to blame for emmaverybo Oct 2019 #17

Biden was RUNNING THE HEARINGS. He was in charge. He could have done a lot pnwmom Oct 2019 #26

Yes I watched the hearings jcgoldie Oct 2019 #34

You never heard Anita Hill asking Biden to apologize? Perseus Oct 2019 #16

Really? He treated her badly during the hearings? Read a transcript? Saw them at the time? No. emmaverybo Oct 2019 #22

He allowed testimony from a crackpot who said she had erotomania. No one says pnwmom Oct 2019 #28

Biden Refused To Hear Other Women Willing to Testify As Corroborating Witnesses DrFunkenstein Oct 2019 #58

Actually snowybirdie Oct 2019 #29

I am well aware people did not believe her at the time. This was not the year of WOC. Thomas's emmaverybo Oct 2019 #33

Good points in this piece. cwydro Oct 2019 #12

Two points that I find interesting Perseus Oct 2019 #18

Yes, I don't particularly care about the thing about him and Beau's widow. cwydro Oct 2019 #21

I understand about your view on Beau's widow, I feel there is more to the story than what we know Perseus Oct 2019 #24

Gotta agree with that, but Biden is a good man. cwydro Oct 2019 #36

Thank you yellowwoodII Oct 2019 #37

"Biden doesn't deserve it."...Joe Biden has been in politics for a long, long time Perseus Oct 2019 #23

But Hunter took that job while Biden was still VP, so that was reason enough for him not to take it. pnwmom Oct 2019 #30

Hunter has had some troubles, understandable. However he is not a stupid person OKNancy Oct 2019 #20

Negative articles about my candidate make me support him even more Perseus Oct 2019 #25

I don't get it Turin_C3PO Oct 2019 #35

I agree. Nothing said here by supporters of other Dem candidates blm Oct 2019 #42

I don't bother reading Guardian op eds. They're too predictable. Kahuna7 Oct 2019 #27

Got to "only selling point" and STOPPED reading. Duppers Oct 2019 #57

If you mean the Democratic candidates -- yes, they should all speak up. It looks bad not to. highplainsdem Oct 2019 #2

Exactly, it does not help your candidate if you are repeating bogus GOP attacks. rwheeler31 Oct 2019 #5

Yes. It is sad. A united front is the way to stop Trump using his office and the power of emmaverybo Oct 2019 #4

It's bothering but we know that all that post on DU LakeArenal Oct 2019 #7

Ahem. I posted that, and it wasn't "warning" of anything but suggesting Warren do some minor highplainsdem Oct 2019 #10

Yep. nt cwydro Oct 2019 #13

I take offense in your statement that all who post on DU don't want any dem to win...you have... SWBTATTReg Oct 2019 #32

Offense noted. Along with those who agreed LakeArenal Oct 2019 #44

Like to point out that . . . peggysue2 Oct 2019 #8

2020 -- year of the Ugly. Not sure that I can get through the psyops of it and come out clearheaded. ancianita Oct 2019 #9

Yeah, the psyops are deliberate and will grow in intensity peggysue2 Oct 2019 #14

Thanks for your post. What bothers me is that we're in the Ugly b/c Mueller went with one memo ancianita Oct 2019 #15

Can't argue with that, ancianita peggysue2 Oct 2019 #39

Could you put that reason more succinctly, please? I'm not arguing. I just don't get how one ancianita Oct 2019 #40

We keep fighting because we simply have no choice peggysue2 Oct 2019 #43

Dark days ahead with no choice IS succinct. Thanks. Though I could argue about the voice, I won't. ancianita Oct 2019 #46

Excellent and eloquent. That's how we do it. emmaverybo Oct 2019 #51

Thanks, emmaverybo peggysue2 Oct 2019 #52

trump is scared of Joe Biden Gothmog Oct 2019 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author OKNancy Oct 2019 #19

Everybody still want to believe that Muller was there to find and expose the truth, Muller bonniebgood Oct 2019 #31

Biden's handling it very well. Turin_C3PO Oct 2019 #38

Where is Hunter Biden? MattInMN Oct 2019 #41

It's already been established that he did nothing wrong. LakeArenal Oct 2019 #45

Okay, then come out and say so. MattInMN Oct 2019 #47

I don't agree. He's not setting agenda to me LakeArenal Oct 2019 #48

I guess you haven't seen Joe's ad or his comments. He's taking Trump's attack and turning it emmaverybo Oct 2019 #53

In Trump's view, Biden poses the greatest threat and must be destroyed Gothmog Oct 2019 #49

Can we just stop this? macwriter Oct 2019 #54

Thank you macwriter and rwheeler31 MustLoveBeagles Oct 2019 #55

This!! Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #56