Stories that blow over still can change the dynamics of a campaign though. They become more like No-Go Zones than Nothing Burgers. For example, all the dem candidates came into the campaign cycle hell-bent on impeaching Kavanaugh and beating their chests about the metoo movement and how they were leaders there and republcans were neanderthals who were unwilling to step up to the issue. Now that this Tara Reade thing has targeted Joe and forced all the kavanaugh accusers to make two-faced statements and explain them, I think most people would agree that the dems don't want to go there right now. It is the same thing with the Hunter scenario. That is going to come again since the Senate is looking at some thinks but eventually it will blow over, but it will become more of a No-Go Zone for the dems than a Nothing Burger. They came into the campaign cycle wanting to highlight alleged Trump corruption and shady business dealings and to carry on with issues from the Ukraine that did not work for them in the impeachment scam. I don't think they want to go there right now or if they do, they know there is a price to be paid for it. And the republicans do want to go there. Lucy Flores did not bring Joe down, and neither will the Tara Reade thing, nor will all the sniffing and kissing victims who have talked about being in difficult positions with Joe. But it has taken its toll on his image. He is largely considered to be a creepy sleezebag that his wife needs to monitor out on the trail 24/7 now. Just a year ago Joe was seen as a guy who had been around public life with no hint of corruption. That has ended. The nice guy, well behaved image. That has ended. The guy with the great sons and great family to brag about out on the trail. He just hopes that no one asks about his son. The nothing burgers add up. It did with Hillary too. No one has ever been able to bag her on all her stuff and she has skated on every issue. She did pay a price at the polls though. Twice.
The story has taken on a life of it's own, not because the charges are credible, but because of how story was treated by the press. So now you have 2 sub-stories...Why was Biden's accuser treated differently than Kavanaugh's? And why did the press at first ignore the charges? I watched the interview and Mika came at him pretty hard, she didn't pull any punches and he completely denied it. The one thing that looks bad is he still refuses to release the papers he donated to University of Delaware. His denial is so strong that if there is a hint of credibility to her story, it will hurt him.
She's a nut. Larry King "inappropriate comments" in 2013. Funny how those inappropriate comments became digital penetration. That's a nice magic trick. A disgruntled Berner and nothing more. We are to believe, now, after decades of denials of physical contact, that he pushed her up against a wall to finger her? FUCK YOU. Trump raped a woman in a Bonwit Teller dressing room. Where's the outrage?
I don't have any reason at this time to not believe the woman. I would need to hear more from Joe and to see a more thorough examination of the issue. The Biden campaign likes to highlight the "fact" that Joe was around Washington and no one anywhere, every suggested that Joe had been or was known to have had improper contact with women. In fact, Joe has a long, long, well-established reputation for having strange types of bodily contact with women. It should not be that big a leap for someone to think that he has gone beyond just groping and sniffing with at least some women. Most people- even his wife- do acknowledge that he has some kind of strange thing going on that needs to be managed. His campaign argues that there has never been any dirt on Joe. Yeh sure, try being Brett Kavanaugh and coming before the committee with Joe's record. Yes. At this time, I am believing the woman.
the media pretty much ignored Kavanaugh's 2nd & 3rd accusers. Perhaps they lacked credibility or confirmation was impossible?
The latest polling shows that this wing-nut Berner is having little/no impact. THIS was posted to the USA Today story covering Reade's allegations.
Yeh. Bullshit to what you just said. They had the whole country having to wonder whether Brett Kavanaugh was actually standing in rape lines. The media played the game of saying that things were unproven but nevetheless used it to run a titillating tabloid show day in and day out - while his wife and kids watched. The media also was spared from having to report some things because the Senate had already set up a live-broadcast of the dirty work that the dem senators were doing. So all they had to do was let their cameras roll and then report on what others were doing. I am suggesting a similar treatment for Joe. And another one for Joe and Hunter on a different issue.
I'm willing to giver her the benefit of the doubt Blasey Ford was given. I worry some of the Bernie or bust outlets are getting carried away and acting as "useful idiots" for Russia. I am certain Barr won't have a problem ordering an FBI investigation having the Blasey Ford precedent; only this time it will be political and no stone will be left unturned.