MikeDawg
Banned deucer.
1. Her flagrant bias and political motivation. She's a die-hard Bernie broette, and she's voluntarily made it clear that she's doing this primarily to benefit Bernie. She's since set her Twitter to private, but her initial response to the story breaking was (paraphrasing), "Thank you for helping me share my story. #BernieIsOurFDR". That hashtag is not paraphrased. Considering her very first comment on the Tweet included cultish praise for Bernie, it's not a reach to say her motivations are very questionable.What evidence is there to suggest she is not credible... literally where is this narrative coming from
2. Her inconsistency and suspicious timing. Last year, she accused Biden of exhibiting inappropriate behavior in 1983, but she noted that it wasn't sexual. That was consistent with the complaints he received from other women around the same time. Right when Biden practically secured the nomination against Sanders, the accusation changed to rape? We could typically overlook that, but it's incredibly suspicious considering point #1.
3. Her unconvincing and unsubstantiated story. The transcript she provided was ridiculous. It sounded like something out of Bernie's rumored rape-fantasy journal (/s). Even the nuances didn't add up. For example, she claimed Biden said, "C'mon, man," to her. The thing is, Biden didn't acquire that catchphrase until after Obama said it. It seems like she either misremembered the quote, or she sloppily made it up using Biden's current lexicon. It's hard to believe she misremembered, though, because she explicitly referred to it as, "that phrase that stayed with me." Considering she has no evidence and no reliable witnesses, those potential holes deserve scrutiny.
4. Connections to Russia. I'm not talking the typical "He visited Ukraine once, so he's a Putin operative!" hyperbole. She's been practically obsessed with Vladimir Putin as of late. For example, she wrote this last year in a (now-deleted) Medium blog:
Perhaps her admiration of Putin and devotion to Bernie motivated her to dive-bomb the nominee? Maybe someone from the Trump/Putin/Sanders camp paid her off? It wouldn't be the first time someone purchased a rape accusation against one of Trump's opponents.Tara Reade said:President Putin scares the power elite in America because he is a compassionate, caring, visionary leader. President Putin has higher approval ratings in America then the American President. President Putin is beloved by Russia and he not going anywhere. Instead of being ensnared in the recent political intrigues (and America is trying hard to set that trap). President Putin is keeping a calm focus on his own country’s development and future, without America.
To President Putin, I say keep your eyes to the beautiful future and maybe, just maybe America will come to see Russia as I do, with eyes of love. To all my Russian friends, happy holiday and Happy New Year.
Those are questions we can never answer, because she has no evidence. That's not to say she's lying, but we can't immediately assume she's telling the truth. This story is so weak that even Jacobin hasn't picked it up yet, and they'd never miss a shameless opportunity to boost the Sanders campaign. The Bernie fans who are weaponizing it to the point of saying Biden should be disqualified are pathetic, especially since those same people mindlessly called Warren a liar just a few weeks ago. "I believe women... unless they're accusing Bernie Sanders of saying something moderately sexist."
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