I am a registered Democrat, since age 18, but have actually never voted in my life. Even when I've supported many democratic politicians over the years I've still never voted. Why? Partly because I'm lazy and don't ever want to get out to the polls. Partly because I'm afraid of being in that number who votes for the wrong person you think is right. And also because I actually don't really believe in the voting system. It's always been a weird tug of war for me.
I always liked Joe Biden, as far back as when Obama was considering him as his running mate in 2008. Everything I was hearing about the guy sounded pretty good. The thing I always remember standing out to me about Biden was when he talked about being from Pennsylvania and always taking the train to work as a senator back then. For some reason that was pretty interesting to me. I've also always liked his candid, No Bullshit attitude, exactly what politics needs in a government full of more bullshit than a hundred-acre piece of farmland.
However, I also like Bernie Sanders and was going to vote for him without a doubt when he ran against Hillary in 2016. And I was going to vote for him this time around too without a doubt before Biden took the lead. Either candidate would've been fine for me as long as we get rid of Trump, but Bernie was the one I liked a little more.
But, aside from my feelings about Joe, let's pull over for a while and go over ManOnFire's mind-boggling What The Fuck moment in this whole scandal right now.
Tara Reade...
If you're not familiar with what's been in the headlines - and what had been trying to be ignored by Democrats, I must admit - Biden has been accused of sexual assault by Tara Reade, a former intern for his office way back in the early 1990s, who has also gone by a few other names throughout the years. Apparently some other women who worked with Joe had also come out about their own situations of being harassed/assaulted by him as well, but you never heard any of their stories. So at the moment the only victim who has been going public is Ms. Reade, who stands by it that Biden pushed her against a hall wall of his office and brutally fingered her.
I am not going to say that Reade is lying, and like the rest of us, I really cannot even know if what she says is true or not, although the way that Biden finally responded to it did seem a little odd. However, with much about her that has come out, I do not really believe her that much. And that's as far as I can take it. Apart from Reade and people she knew vouching for her claim against Joe, there are also others who knew her and are against her as well. Former landlords and associations of Reade who say from their experience with her that she is a liar and manipulator. Several holes and contradictions have also popped up not only in her claim against Joe but in other claims she's made throughout the years. It also seems pretty odd that for a woman who declares being a victim of Biden, she has praised him through the years and had no problems with name-dropping him when she wanted to talk about how she used to work for his office, all up until now.
To further top the cake, even Reade's own lawyer recently decided to no longer represent her, and he didn't even make it clear why. And as of late, nothing has been showing up in the news with any further statements from Reade.
"I believe Tara Reade, but I'm still going to vote for Biden"...
And this is our What The Fuck moment. Apart from Joe Biden, apart from Tara Reade, apart from all the scandal and controversy, the thing that is the worst of it all to me is the women out there who are saying they believe Tara Reade but will still vote for Biden, as long as we can get rid of Trump. Basically they are saying, "I believe a rape victim but I'm still going to support her rapist if it means getting another rapist out of the White House."
This to me is worse than the controversy in it itself. How can you do both? If I believed that Biden was really guilty of rape, even if I'm a Democrat, even if I like him, even if it meant finally knocking out Trump's malignant Reign of Terror, I simply cannot vote for him out of principle's sake. But apparently some women, including author Linda Hirshman and Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar, have stated their belief in Reade but also their allegiance to Joe and his campaign. That simply does not make any sense to me.
If you believe Tara Reade, you shouldn't vote for Joe Biden. If you're going to vote for Joe Biden, you shouldn't believe Tara Reade. I honestly feel that any woman who can do both should be very ashamed.
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