mickthinks wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 7:55 am
You've evaded the quesstion, Manny.
tillingborn, flash, and I agree with you that Biden has been accused of sexual assault. But unlike us, you have actually called Biden an actual rapist.
And I'm free to do so. There's a credible accusation from Tara Reade, and I think her account is probably truthful. I can't see why she would want to make up that horrendous little story, or live through the nightmare of publicly humiliating herself by telling it. And I, when I form my opinion of her character, I trust her more than I trust Biden.
Can I do that? Yup. I can do that. Because my accepting of her testimony does not even potentially put an "innocent" man in jail; all it does is mean that if Biden wants the vote of reasonable, moral people, he can't have it.
That's the public's judgment to make, with our without the say-so of the judiciary. And clearly, his record so far and his known activities, given the laptop, make it utterly irrational for any person to prefer him to any other. He's the worst president in American history -- which is quite an achievement, after Carter. Even Clinton was at least
marginally competent as President; Biden cannot even claim that much.
So can I believe him to have done what Tara Reade accuses him of having done? Yes, yes I can. It fits the character he is revealed to have, through all these other things. Do I have to wait for judicial fiat to decide that? Nope. I'm free, as is everybody else, to have an opinion about that.
As a member of the public, or as a voter, every person has the right -- and the responsibility -- to form the most accurate opinion they can of the character of every candiate, and direct their voting accordingly.
It's called "democracy." If you don't believe that voters can't form reasonable views of candidate's characters based on what they can learn from watching them and listening to them, then you don't believe in it. I do.
Now it's your turn: why is Trump the worst president, in your view?