Posted on 05/03/2020 8:12:54 AM PDT by Kaslin
Former Vice President Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee. He has received the endorsements of every major figure in the party, including former President Barack Obama, and 2016 Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Biden was also endorsed by all his opponents in this year’s nomination battle, including U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
Despite this unified support and his consistent lead in the polls over President Donald Trump, Biden is in serious trouble. His media appearances in the past few weeks have been embarrassing. Biden continues to make serious gaffes, looks confused and does not inspire any confidence that he can handle the most important position in the world.
Now, Biden is facing a serious sexual assault allegation from a former staffer, Tara Reade. Last year, Reade came forward to claim that Biden engaged in inappropriate behavior, such as unwanted touching. In March, she gave more information about the alleged assault by Biden. She asserted that Biden groped and penetrated her against her will in 1993, while she was working in his U.S. Senate office. Not only did Reade make the accusation in an interview, but she also filed a criminal complaint against Biden with the Washington D.C. police.
Reade said that after she made a complaint about Biden’s behavior, she was fired from her Senate position. There is corroboration for this allegation from four people, including her brother, a neighbor and several people who knew Reade. They claim she told them about the attack.
In fact, her mother called into the Larry King Live show on CNN in 1993 to discuss a “problem” that her daughter had with a U.S. Senator. She asked for help on the show since her daughter “could not get through” with any type of relief. The caller did not identify herself, her daughter, or the Senator, but Tara Reade has confirmed it was her mother, Jeanette Altimus, who lived in San Luis Obispo, CA.
Unlike the flimsy allegations of Christine Blasey Ford against Judge Brett Kavanaugh in 2018, Reade seems to have a very credible accusation. While Ford was given great coverage by the media and allowed to testify before the United States Senate, Reade has been practically ignored. Ford became a household name after her more than 30-year-old allegations against Kavanaugh almost derailed his Supreme Court nomination. Until recently, Reade has been practically ignored by the mainstream news media and received few, if any invitations for interviews.
It is outrageous that Reade’s serious accusations of criminal sexual assault were not addressed by the former vice president for one month. Finally, in an interview on MSNBC Friday morning, Biden was asked about Reade’s allegations. He vigorously denied the charge, claiming that it “never, never happened.”
Democrats will now have to determine whether these allegations are enough to derail his nomination. Biden is also facing claims from seven other women that he engaged in unwanted touching, kissing, messaging, hair sniffing and hugging, although none of them alleged assault.
Biden was able to overcome the inappropriate non-sexual accusations by confessing he was too friendly and just wanted to warmly greet people at public events. Of course, he did not explain how it was proper to grab women and children without their consent.
Despite the inappropriateness of such behavior, Reade’s charges are more damaging as she is alleging criminal conduct that cannot be explained away. If Biden is so confident that the allegations are untrue, he should authorize the University of Delaware to allow access to his personal archives.
In the MSNBC interview, Biden refused to grant permission for his archives to be researched, claiming that it would be political “fodder” for his opponents. Even worse, Biden has refused to allow Reade’s name to be searched among his University of Delaware records.
While Biden has serious problems, prominent Democrats, and leaders of the #MeToo movement are sticking with him. For example, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) discounted Reade’s allegations and called Biden “a man of great integrity.”
Fortunately for Biden, his supporters are not abandoning him at this point. However, in the days ahead, the challenges for Biden will multiply. He will eventually have to leave his basement and conduct real interviews. This will give him more opportunities for embarrassing mistakes. He will also have to continue to address Reade’s accusations, which are not going to disappear.
While Biden faces plenty of difficulties, Trump will continue to dominate the recovery spotlight. If the nation can move forward toward an economic reopening, Trump will receive the credit. He must walk a fine line between health and economic concerns, but if anyone can navigate a political minefield, it is Donald Trump, who won the presidency in 2016 despite the political world being arrayed against him.
Although he is currently behind in the polls, President Trump is in good shape to repeat his 2016 victory and earn four more years in the White House.
I agree. Joe is a straw man. He’ll either be taken out and replaced (as you point out) or he will be given Hillary as his VP. His life isn’t worth squat at that point. With Joe in dementia care or dead, Hillary will finally get her shot at being Dictator for Life.
At the rate he’s collapsing, Grandpa Biden’s VP will be Hillary, Michelle, or Oprah. If he fails HARD enough, one of those three WILL be the Dem Presidential nominee, Sorry to all you other aspiring candidates, but the DNC sold YOU out a year before the Primary.
That's retaliation. but let's put it in perspective...Congress exempted itself from the laws, applying only to we mere peons.
Sobering fact that he very well may win not because of him but of the stupid liberal Americans and one issue fence sitters who vote by the last thing they hear or read. Don’t forget that this will be the most fraudulent election in American history.
Cause he finished first with most of the delegates in almost all the primaries starting with SC, which he won when State Party Boss James Clyburn kissed his ring. He was never gonna drop out before SC no matter how poorly he did in NH and other states with no Blacks.
Obama asked/bribed/threatened Buttigieg and Klobuchar to drop out, consolidating the anti-Sanders vote. Dem establishment was terrified of Sanders tanking the race. SC made it clear Blacks would be ordered to fall in line for Biden (as suspected all along).
WHy choose Biden over the other establishment candidates? Well, Buttplug is fag with no appeal to Blacks. Klob would have been a better choice but is unknown compared to Biden.
Basically he won by default cause their candidates sucked.
I don’t think them replacing him is in our interest, he has strong weaknesses to exploit. What’s ideal (actually him pooping his depends during a debate with Trump would be IDEAL) is more sex evidence dropping in late October, not now. Word is dems found out about this Larry King thing so they leaked it immediately for fear our side would sit on it for later.
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