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Demsrule86

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136. It is one of the worst smears I have ever seen...in that it is a 'feeling' which is hard to defend
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 02:46 PM
Apr 2019

against.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Who appointed Harris judge and jury? democratisphere Apr 2019 #1
she has a right to her opinion bigtree Apr 2019 #9
When you state you believe the accusers, it is inferred that democratisphere Apr 2019 #21
In which case, what right do people here have to be Judge and Jury? brooklynite Apr 2019 #71
We need to make sure the facts don't turn into so-called alternative facts. democratisphere Apr 2019 #78
But you have no more facts than Harris has... brooklynite Apr 2019 #88
There was no problem accusing Gabbard of being a Russian agent at140 Nov 2019 #216
He invaded their privacy, by touching them in ways they didn't want, pnwmom Apr 2019 #80
Look into the background of every one of our candidates louis c Apr 2019 #110
I really liked her ...she and Beto were next on my list...but she is off My primary list. Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Apr 2019 #76
Sorry those who speak out against Democrats without waiting for full story are off my list. Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #89
you're full-on attacking a Democrat bigtree Apr 2019 #96
That's not an attack. louis c Apr 2019 #112
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Apr 2019 #118
Right Wing. There's no truth to it? louis c Apr 2019 #127
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Apr 2019 #132
Doesn't Ms. Harris have to answer for that just as Joe Biden does. louis c Apr 2019 #142
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Apr 2019 #147
Please link me to Kamala's reponse to the Brown story... louis c Apr 2019 #150
sure, it's at rightwingtroll.com bigtree Apr 2019 #158
Just as I thought... louis c Apr 2019 #168
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Apr 2019 #171
Kamala did address the story when Willie came out True Blue American Apr 2019 #205
when I read a post like this mercuryblues Apr 2019 #187
No I am not. Should she be the nominee, she has my vote in the general but not the primary. Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #122
The only candidate left for you is Joe Biden Lazy Daisy Apr 2019 #182
You do realize, statistically speaking, the odds are that not all allegations are valid. avebury Apr 2019 #173
Again.. agree completely Thekaspervote Apr 2019 #106
Thank you. Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #124
I do condemn such knee jerk support without foundation. I consder such Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #92
all concern coming from you is political. bigtree Apr 2019 #99
No it isn't all political... far from it. This is a Dem attacking another Dem Thekaspervote Apr 2019 #108
no, this is a woman supporting another woman bigtree Apr 2019 #121
Like she supported other women 20 years ago? louis c Apr 2019 #128
Post removed Post removed Apr 2019 #131
Stones and glass houses louis c Apr 2019 #146
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Apr 2019 #148
Maybe you should have thought of that before you bashed Biden. louis c Apr 2019 #149
nowhere have I bashed Biden bigtree Apr 2019 #160
Ya, ya. you didn't bash Biden.... louis c Apr 2019 #164
Post removed Post removed Apr 2019 #167
Do you call this "unwanted touching" Cha Apr 2019 #202
More to the rabbit hole... fleabiscuit Apr 2019 #204
I think Biden has the best chance to win...what I hoped for was a Biden/Harris ticket. Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #130
Did you stand up against unproven allegations against candidate Gabbard? at140 Nov 2019 #217
Actually I did...several times...she is a Democrat after all...don't see Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #218
In that case.....you are a great poster and I admire you...nt at140 Nov 2019 #219
Thank you...very kind of you...took a great deal of flack for this. But Tulsi is a Democrat period. Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #220
Totally agree. It also makes people sound so self-righteous. And they've all coopted the same Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #214
Off mine too! Thekaspervote Apr 2019 #103
I still really like her PatSeg Apr 2019 #104
I hope she does better too. I am sick of Democrats destroying each other...leave that to the Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #133
Obviously PatSeg Apr 2019 #175
I agree with everything you say. Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #180
I tend to find Biden folks to be very agreeable! PatSeg Apr 2019 #181
I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HER NOW. I will go for UNDECIDED NOW. Taking her picture off my name trueblue2007 Apr 2019 #143
I don't think you have to do that...see what happpens in the coming days. I will be watching. She is Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #162
If you can't say something nice...... Peace06 Apr 2019 #206
True but I am willing to wager a number of people are going to be wondering if she is cstanleytech Apr 2019 #52
if you start with the same support Biden offered his accuser for making her public complaint bigtree Apr 2019 #85
Why would Biden support a politically motivated attack against him. Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #94
read his statement. bigtree Apr 2019 #100
I have read it... anyone can say anthing but I have the right to believe their statements cause Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #134
read it again: bigtree Apr 2019 #138
I am a woman and I was sexually assaulted ...sent to the hospital. my attacker was not charged as I Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #141
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Apr 2019 #144
Ok...I argue with the best of them...and enjoy it. But you have proven my point in a way...only Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #153
well, I'm not convinced bigtree Apr 2019 #156
I never made that assertation. I am a political junky...and of course politics matter. But the fear Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #161
you should realize that not all women who complain publicly are immediately verified bigtree Apr 2019 #166
Everyone is allowed to decide who and what to believe. Merlot Apr 2019 #10
Quite a departure from what Nancy Pelosi said; not a disqualifier for running for President. democratisphere Apr 2019 #31
Who made you that? Nt USALiberal Apr 2019 #12
With no evidence or due process you've got nothing, specially many years later. democratisphere Apr 2019 #34
She has the same right as any of us. n/t pnwmom Apr 2019 #74
The right of a so-called Democrat to smear a Democratic Vice President over nothing?! democratisphere Apr 2019 #84
He isn't being accused of a crime or an intentional act, so it's not a smear. pnwmom Apr 2019 #87
It is one of the worst smears I have ever seen...in that it is a 'feeling' which is hard to defend Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #136
I don't believe Harris DownriverDem Apr 2019 #77
You know PatSeg Apr 2019 #109
I believe them too. He made them incomfortable. That does not OregonBlue Apr 2019 #107
This is disappointing. I respect and admire Harris, but I wish she had not said this. secondwind Apr 2019 #208
And so, she joins the smear LongtimeAZDem Apr 2019 #2
Not surprising, she believed the Al Franken accusers too n/t Baclava Apr 2019 #3
Yeah, that's the problem I have with her FiveGoodMen Apr 2019 #40
There's no group hugs in politics, its everyone for themselves, these little rifts just confirm that Baclava Apr 2019 #41
Yep PatSeg Apr 2019 #113
32 Democratic Senators signed the letter that day, including ALL of the women Senators pnwmom Apr 2019 #212
I believe them too. Turbineguy Apr 2019 #4
Exactly. It's not mutually exclusive True Dough Apr 2019 #7
I don't think PDittie Apr 2019 #39
I am changing to undecided from Harris and I have stopped my biweekly donation Trenzalore Apr 2019 #5
I mean I don't think they are lying either qazplm135 Apr 2019 #6
I agree. JaneQPublic Apr 2019 #15
Well said. n/t Eyeball_Kid Apr 2019 #56
She just lost me. I'm beginning to see her as too calculating and crafty by half Dream Girl Apr 2019 #8
I was Biden/Harris until this morning LongtimeAZDem Apr 2019 #14
I agree with everything you said. She could have handled this better MelissaB Apr 2019 #25
Yeah, I know.. I didn't like Cha Apr 2019 #27
Oh yes PatSeg Apr 2019 #119
This is disturbing... BooScout Apr 2019 #11
She lost me Trenzalore Apr 2019 #13
Bi-Weekly.. that's really Cha Apr 2019 #16
I wouldn't go that far Trenzalore Apr 2019 #18
I really like Mayor Pete and am rooting for him, probably avebury Apr 2019 #42
It's Al Franken all over again wryter2000 Apr 2019 #55
I agree sunnybrook Apr 2019 #79
Maybe it's time I called her office wryter2000 Apr 2019 #135
"disrespectful to survivors of real aggression" MBS Apr 2019 #95
The problem with the Me To movement is that we have swung from avebury Apr 2019 #17
I agree.. thank you, avebury. Cha Apr 2019 #19
Very well said. secondwind Apr 2019 #209
Damn I liked her . Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #20
OK, subtract points for this lame response. lark Apr 2019 #22
Klobuchar said she believes the two women. n/t geardaddy Apr 2019 #50
Rec. nt LexVegas Apr 2019 #23
She's pandering.... FarPoint Apr 2019 #26
Wrong answer awesomerwb1 Apr 2019 #28
In a vacuum, what's to be expected? sfwriter Apr 2019 #90
Oops!! There goes Harris. Polly Hennessey Apr 2019 #29
Klobuchar goes too. Don't forget her! LexVegas Apr 2019 #33
I guess I already have forgotten her. Polly Hennessey Apr 2019 #151
I think she'll probably say something complimentary about VP Biden today or tomorrow. Power 2 the People Apr 2019 #30
You can't unring the bell. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2019 #36
What I know about Joe Biden Miles Archer Apr 2019 #32
Another good one steps into the quicksand. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2019 #35
a Biden/Harris ticket's odds just took a massive hit Celerity Apr 2019 #37
I think that was the goal Jakes Progress Apr 2019 #195
I fear the pendulum is swinging too far the other way Jarqui Apr 2019 #38
every woman candidate expressing support dragged under the Biden supporter bus bigtree Apr 2019 #43
You could just as easily Jakes Progress Apr 2019 #45
what bullshit bigtree Apr 2019 #53
what bullshit Jakes Progress Apr 2019 #191
That's a shame. Smacks of the lust Jakes Progress Apr 2019 #44
You know Warren said basically the same thing a few days ago, right? hughee99 Apr 2019 #48
Yep. Jakes Progress Apr 2019 #192
How does Senator Harris' statement... tonedevil Apr 2019 #49
See post 192. Jakes Progress Apr 2019 #193
Warren said essentially the same thing bigtree Apr 2019 #54
Lot of "but everybody else is doing it" here. Jakes Progress Apr 2019 #194
Help me out here. Which of these came first? namahage Apr 2019 #62
I guess Warren takes the Gillibrand Franken Memorial Award for first out of the gate Celerity Apr 2019 #65
You forgot Warren, Klobuchar, Castro, Hickenlooper, Delaney..... brooklynite Apr 2019 #75
correct me if I am wrong, but was not Warren the first declared candidate to comment on the Biden Celerity Apr 2019 #86
Not that I'm aware of. brooklynite Apr 2019 #93
A shame. That drops her on my list. Tipperary Apr 2019 #46
Well there you go workinclasszero Apr 2019 #47
Exactly what I was thinking. LuvNewcastle Apr 2019 #64
It took some political courage to take that position workinclasszero Apr 2019 #83
She obviously wants to win. LuvNewcastle Apr 2019 #102
No, but Sanders must be happy the spotlight is off of the pervasive culture of sexual harassment in LongtimeAZDem Apr 2019 #82
He dealt with that unlike others workinclasszero Apr 2019 #91
There's a difference between believing them - that what they said happened The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #51
How disappointing. Her "he'll have to decide for himself" comment was very off-putting, inferring catbyte Apr 2019 #57
I agree -- and, if it were me, those type of comments would make me JUMP IN karynnj Apr 2019 #67
That DOES NOT work for me. Is she anti-male? An opportunist? rainin Apr 2019 #58
Not being able to give a more nuanced answer madaboutharry Apr 2019 #59
Another dem has lunch wiith a fellow dem on the plate. Let me draw a line thru Kamala Harris' name mfcorey1 Apr 2019 #60
I Would Never Go So Far DallasNE Apr 2019 #61
It worked with Franken, so why not? Hassler Apr 2019 #63
Both she and Warren just went down two notches on my preference. allgood33 Apr 2019 #66
Harris will have to walk those words back... louis c Apr 2019 #68
I no longer want to see that happen LongtimeAZDem Apr 2019 #98
I guess... BigOleDummy Apr 2019 #69
I believe the accusers when they say they felt uncomfortable too.... the_sly_pig Apr 2019 #70
As we've seen among DUers, some are using "believe" as synonymous with "taking seriously" hlthe2b Apr 2019 #72
How many times will Democrats cave into The Wizard Apr 2019 #73
I find this disturbing FreeState Apr 2019 #81
I agree. The sexism on DU is toxic. athena Apr 2019 #114
Yikes... Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #211
A survivor of a kiss on the head? A survivor for being uncomfortable? chowder66 Apr 2019 #120
Well said PatSeg Apr 2019 #125
The fact that murder is bad doesn't make theft acceptable. athena Apr 2019 #140
And loyalsister Apr 2019 #163
Thank you! crimycarny Apr 2019 #165
I am a survivior too...and this entire thing makes me so angry... what she survived a touch on her Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #170
agreed - we can't believe in one thing till it hits one of our own jaceaf Apr 2019 #198
And somewhere, Larry Wallace is smirking BeyondGeography Apr 2019 #97
The best comment would be no comment Funtatlaguy Apr 2019 #101
Yes PatSeg Apr 2019 #123
I believe them too, they felt 'uncomfortable.' elleng Apr 2019 #105
lol fail ! stonecutter357 Apr 2019 #111
Post removed Post removed Apr 2019 #115
That's pretty much over the line, I think. MineralMan Apr 2019 #117
Well, that's mighty big of her to allow him to make that decision. MineralMan Apr 2019 #116
FINALLY: Someone stands up for Joe Biden..... brooklynite Apr 2019 #126
Read the forum.. there are a lot of Cha Apr 2019 #200
Thanks for nothing Kamala Harris.. pangaia Apr 2019 #129
I don't think Harris wants Biden to run. Kanoko Apr 2019 #137
Maybe I've lived a sheltered existence but i view this thing like this. CentralMass Apr 2019 #139
She sees an opportunity to hobble her competition madville Apr 2019 #145
This is Sheer Opportunism on Harris's Part Indykatie Apr 2019 #152
Another hit and run post. Andy823 Apr 2019 #154
Posting the exact words of a candidate for POTUS is not hit and run. jalan48 Apr 2019 #159
It's over now. Time to move on. Kingofalldems Apr 2019 #169
Adios. jalan48 Apr 2019 #172
OK, then this one should be OK also Andy823 Apr 2019 #174
So Harris's statement is about Bernie Sanders now? jalan48 Apr 2019 #176
You started a thread Andy823 Apr 2019 #179
Meh, whataboutism. jalan48 Apr 2019 #184
As is this: namahage Apr 2019 #177
I am very disappointed that Harris did this. TruckFump Apr 2019 #155
Well that changes my choice. MicaelS Apr 2019 #157
my ONLY consideration is who polls best against Trump. Grasswire2 Apr 2019 #178
I am kind of where you are too. Not taking any chances this round. nt Quixote1818 Apr 2019 #183
You know, I don't like being touched by anyone other than my spouse. Liberal Veteran Apr 2019 #185
Well said; this is what grown-ups do LongtimeAZDem Apr 2019 #186
I too flinch... tonedevil Apr 2019 #207
The touches you describe could be avoided by stepping away, unlike the surprise kiss pnwmom Apr 2019 #213
We will have to disagree on that. Liberal Veteran Apr 2019 #215
You know who else said the exact same thing? mercuryblues Apr 2019 #188
Someone else as well, namahage Apr 2019 #199
Very disappointing. highplainsdem Apr 2019 #189
Hell, I "believe," them, but I still think it's petty / silly. ecstatic Apr 2019 #190
Even a woman can be a "bull moose in heat." McCamy Taylor Apr 2019 #196
Biden believes them jaceaf Apr 2019 #197
Horrible!! samplegirl Apr 2019 #201
Only emboldens my support of her. I believe them too. Do I think it's disqualifying for Biden? No. SaschaHM Apr 2019 #203
How illogical. "I would never think of telling Joe what Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #210
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