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[ilikecheese]

I'm being honest here if he came out and said I drank a lot, I drank so much I threw up and occasionally blacked out and all those things in the yearbook mean what you think they mean but I didn't commit a sexual assault I'd be more inclined to believe him than I am after listening to him try to paint himself as some kind of saint or whatever it was he intended to do.

If Trump was just honest I would not have the contempt I have for him.

 

[TheBigIguana]

If Trump was just honest I would not have the contempt I have for him.

The whole tearing down the media, FBI and DOJ so that in the case someone finds wrongdoing his base doesn't believe it thing gets to me but the lying is also really bad

 

[ilikecheese]

The whole tearing down the media, FBI and DOJ so that in the case someone finds wrongdoing his base doesn't believe it thing gets to me but the lying is also really bad

Well that too.

 

[dholliday]

I'm being honest here if he came out and said I drank a lot, I drank so much I threw up and occasionally blacked out and all those things in the yearbook mean what you think they mean but I didn't commit a sexual assault I'd be more inclined to believe him than I am after listening to him try to paint himself as some kind of saint or whatever it was he intended to do.

Conservatives always paint themselves as saints, that's why they rarely grow beards.

Drinking is far more pernicious than smoking pot, by a long shot however. And smoking pot is rarely implicated in sexual assault, whereas drinking is.

Pot was illegal for all back then, alcohol is legal and socially-acceptable. And The Presidency is the highest office of all.

Turn the tables: imagine the Republicans are being all holier-than-thou and going after a well-respected Democrat in the same manner. I guarantee you'd see things differently.

 

[verreauxi]

Conservatives always paint themselves as saints, that's why they rarely grow beards.

Pot was illegal for all back then, alcohol is legal and socially-acceptable. And The Presidency is the highest office of all.

Turn the tables: imagine the Republicans are being all holier-than-thou and going after a well-respected Democrat in the same manner. I guarantee you'd see things differently.

No, you can't guarantee that. Had any Democratic appointee to the supreme court been accused of sexual harassment the way Kavanaugh has, then they most definitely would not have my support, and I would most definitely not be defending them in any way. Not difficult. I used to like Anthony Weiner as a fiery Democrat, until he turned out to be a serial-sociopathic dick-pic-sending-psycho.

 

[dholliday]

No, you can't guarantee that. Had any Democratic appointee to the supreme court been accused of sexual harassment the way Kavanaugh has, then they most definitely would not have my support, and I would most definitely not be defending them in any way. Not difficult. I used to like Anthony Weiner as a fiery Democrat, until he turned out to be a serial-sociopathic [Poor language removed]-pic-sending-psycho.

Joe Biden has been accused of some quite predatory things. He was Vice-President. Did you most definitely not defend him during his tenure?

 

[verreauxi]

Joe Biden has been accused of some quite predatory things. He was Vice-President. Did you most definitely not defend him during his tenure?

To be honest (I'm not just stating this for convenience), this is the first I've heard of this. So this would definitely change my view of him. What did he do?

 

[dholliday]

To be honest (I'm not just stating this for convenience), this is the first I've heard of this. So this would definitely change my view of him. What did he do?

Wow, really? That sure says something...here some links from among others Time & WP:

Is Joe Biden Is a Sexual Predator? Sexual Assault Is Not a Partisan Issue

America Shouldn't Tolerate 'Biden Being Biden'

Joe Biden’s mixed legacy on sexual misconduct

Jeff Sessions Blocks Creepy Joe Biden From Touching His Granddaughter

 

[verreauxi]

Wow, really? That sure says something...here some links from among others Time & WP:

Is Joe Biden Is a Sexual Predator? Sexual Assault Is Not a Partisan Issue

America Shouldn't Tolerate 'Biden Being Biden'

Joe Biden’s mixed legacy on sexual misconduct

Jeff Sessions Blocks Creepy Joe Biden From Touching His Granddaughter

Don't be a condescending twit with you're "that sure says something" comment. I've never claimed I know everything about politics. So kindly go have sex with yourself. Goodbye.

 

[ilikecheese]

To be honest (I'm not just stating this for convenience), this is the first I've heard of this. So this would definitely change my view of him. What did he do?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-grope-photograph/

 

[verreauxi]

Wow, really? That sure says something...here some links from among others Time & WP:

Is Joe Biden Is a Sexual Predator? Sexual Assault Is Not a Partisan Issue

America Shouldn't Tolerate 'Biden Being Biden'

Joe Biden’s mixed legacy on sexual misconduct

Jeff Sessions Blocks Creepy Joe Biden From Touching His Granddaughter

But even a laborious pedant such as yourself could understand the difference between inappropriate groping in public (which I do not condone) and a woman stating emphatically that so-and-so tried to forcibly rape her.

 

[dholliday]

Don't be a condescending twit with you're "that sure says something" comment. I've never claimed I know everything about politics. So kindly go have sex with yourself. Goodbye.

But even a laborious pedant such as yourself could understand the difference between inappropriate groping in public (which I do not condone) and a woman stating emphatically that so-and-so tried to forcibly rape her.

hahahaha...when I meant that sure says something, I meant your subsequent post. You're all so predictable.

I guaranteed you'd go easier on the Democrat if the tables were turned...and so it was...here you are defending a Democrat Vice-President from groping underage girls and instead laying into a Republican who is accused without evidence of sexually assaulting a grown woman 40 years ago.

Tribalism is so blind.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-grope-photograph/

yes, ignore all the evidence and articles posted and instead find something which defends Biden...I guaranteed it...and so it was.


So predictable.

 

[ilikecheese]

hahahaha...when I meant that sure says something, I meant your subsequent post. You're all so predictable.

I guaranteed you'd go easier on the Democrat if the tables were turned...and so it was...here you are defending a Democrat Vice-President from groping underage girls and instead laying into a Republican who is accused without evidence of sexually assaulting a grown woman 40 years ago.

Tribalism is so blind.




yes, ignore all the evidence and articles posted and instead find something which defends Biden...I guaranteed it...and so it was.


So predictable.

Has anyone accused Biden of anything?

 

[verreauxi]

hahahaha...when I meant that sure says something, I meant your subsequent post. You're all so predictable.

I guaranteed you'd go easier on the Democrat if the tables were turned...and so it was...here you are defending a Democrat Vice-President from groping underage girls and instead laying into a Republican who is accused without evidence of sexually assaulting a grown woman 40 years ago.

Tribalism is so blind.

yes, ignore all the evidence and articles posted and instead find something which defends Biden...I guaranteed it...and so it was.

So predictable.

For a former copy editor, you are not very good at reading. I specifically said I don't condone what Biden did. And I specifically said there are shades to inappropriateness. The meaning of those two statements is easily parsed by anyone willing to make the effort.

 

[dholliday]

Has anyone accused Biden of anything?

For a former copy editor, you are not very good at reading. I specifically said I don't condone what Biden did. And I specifically said there are shades to inappropriateness. The meaning of those two statements is easily parsed by anyone willing to make the effort.

desperate stuff this