Giantaxe

More that repeated failures to pay rent shouldn’t have an impact on a judgment of whether sexual assault allegations are true. But really that just one small part of why Reade’s allegations look increasingly on shaky ground.

Giantaxe

It's getting really hard to believe what Tara Reade says:

scrubbedexpat099

Wow
Just below the bit you quoted.

Giantaxe

He also plagiarised Neil Kinnock during the '88 election campaign, was never arrested in South Africa, and treated Anita Hill like shit during the Thomas hearings. On the other side of the balance there's a huge weight of material that reflects creditably on him from many decades of public service. However, the more we learn about Tara Reade, the more is uncovered where statements she's chosen to make in just recent weeks have turned out to be flat out false. Me thinks Ryan Grim backed the wrong horse.

Giantaxe

And now Tara Reade's attorney starts throwing his weight around. Predictable:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0...-letter-266447

scrubbedexpat099

She is a Dem.

UkWinds5353

Is she really a Democrat? I haven't met any serious Democrats that love and admire Putin. Especially considering it was Russia that played a major role in using disinformation on American social media to help steal the election for Trump. But maybe Reade is a contradictory person in more ways than just her changing story about her time working in Biden's offices.

Giantaxe

She supports Sanders, apparently. And Putin, apparently.

UkWinds5353

Here we are less than five months out from early voting in many American states and the various voting blocks are cementing their support for the up coming election. I've never seen Trump this panicked about his chances of holding on to his chair behind the Resolute desk in the Oval Office. All his lying all the times he insulted everyone's intelligence by saying obvious untruths has finally caught up with him. The most recent poll released states that only 36% of all voters believe anything he says any more, and even fewer 33% trust that he can fix the nationwide pandemic in a way that will allow people to return back to their normal lives. We are seeing this sentiment in the polls in multiple swing states. Trump is actually losing Arizona by 6% to Biden.

Texas was just given permission to allow mail in voting which spells a huge problem for Trump because his map to victory has become a nightmare based on all the new places he has to defend. He might not lose Texas but he now has to camp out there and spend a sizable amount of his resources in places like Georgia, North Carolina ect ect. And even in Florida with it's many snowbirds, has Biden up by 5% and much of that is because older voters there feel Trump's main focus is on himself. One older voter in Florida told me that Trump views older voters as test crash dummies and he could careless if the coronavirus is wreaking havoc in that community.

It's not so much that they love Biden but many older voters have waken up and they see Trump better since this national emergency which Trump has turned into a disaster, and many don't trust him with their safety. There was about 20-30% of all voters that did not like Trump or Hillary but the majority of those decided to take a chance on Trump in 2016. The opposite is true Biden vs Trump. Of those that do not like either 2020 options, Trump by a large margin is the least preferred choice. That is why Trump is panicking.

robin1234

And your point is?

BEVS

Quite.

I do wish Boiler would just post properly instead of all the snipe and run stuff.

MMcD

While we're donning our masks, trying to protect one another - an un-masking has begun that might prove revealing:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/u...edentials.html

There appears to be a pattern in the way Alexandra McCabe, aka Tara Reade, turns her various victimhood allegations into subsequent instruments for retaliation.
I wonder what she is really after.
My intuition says: A payday or vengeance or both. Course I could be mistaken...but based on all I've read about her...... something about this woman just does not sit right with me

Giantaxe

I suspect those convicted after her "expert" testimony would put it a little stronger. This is turning into a really sad situation if multiple convictions do indeed need to be revisited.

MMcD

Indeed...
Meanwhile it becomes curiouser and curiouser:

Defying the Rule of Thumb: A Domestic Violence Survivor’s Story |

I read her account, for a nanosecond felt guilty for my harsh assessment, saner self quickly prevailed...and see her to be a shallow, self-promoting, attention seeking, manipulating opportunist
I believe she's dangerous - but fortunately - I don't think she'll matter a whit in the upcoming election slug-fest.

Giantaxe