Are you following this?
Last night the "New York Times" posted a story about all the big corporations that got money from the government:
"Large Troubled Companies Got Bailout Money in Small-Business Loan Program - Companies with accounting problems or in trouble with the government received millions in federal loans":
nyti.ms/3aJRj58 Read this story and you will become completely disillusioned. The small guy is screwed, the corporations rule. The money was distributed by the banks, and who do you think has the best relationships with the institutions? And sure, Shake Shack gave the money back, and Ruth's Chris too, but today's news is that three publicly traded hotel companies won't give the cash back.
And now comes the Tara Reade story.
In case you haven't been paying attention, Fox News and its cronies have pivoted, from Covid-19 to Biden. For weeks now, they've been talking up the difference between Kavanaugh and the presumptive Democratic Party nominee, how the left is soft-pedaling the accusation of Biden when they went for it in extremis on Kavanaugh.
Okay, the left dodged that bullet, they said that Reade just wasn't believable.
But three days ago the "Intercept" dropped a bombshell:
"New Evidence Supporting Credibility Of Tara Reade's Allegation Against Joe Biden Emerges":
bit.ly/2yJkc4h Now the "Intercept" is not Fox News, as a matter of fact, Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill may not be loved by the DNC, but a lot of left wing Democrats give them and their news outlet respect.
So, there's CNN video/audio of Tara Reade's mother calling in to Larry King complaining about what happened to her daughter and...
I know, I know, your first reaction is to say LOOK AT TRUMP'S BEHAVIOR!
But I'm not sure that will win.
Biden already has the black mark of the Ukraine investigation. No, he did nothing wrong, but the optics are terrible, Hunter Biden traded on his dad's position.
Once again, don't counter with the Trump kids, that's the Republicans, they fight in a different way. But the Democrats are all about the appearance of fairness, a big tent that accepts all thinkers. It's not a coalition of corporations, evangelicals and the xenophobic. So...
My first reaction is Biden is so over-the-hill, so intellectually compromised, that he truly believes nothing happened with Tara Reade, BECAUSE HE'S FORGOTTEN!
But this issue is not going away. And the longer it's hammered, the worse it looks.
Now one thing's for sure, in the past six weeks we've seen the need for Medicare for All, if for no other reason than the indigent should not have to think twice about going to the hospital to be tested.
And now, with these corporate giveaways... It looks like these entities are the enemy, and need to be reined in.
Which makes Bernie Sanders look prescient.
But today they canceled the New York primary, the DNC believes the nomination process has been settled.
Now if you're old enough, you remember the story of Thomas Eagleton. Picked to be McGovern's vice president, he had to step down after it was revealed he had shock treatment. Tony Soprano can see a therapist and still rule, but not a politician. And that holds to this day. You can inhale, but you can't take antidepressants, you can't have talked out your problems with a professional.
So, Biden can continue to deny, but he's not on the winning side of this. You can vote for Biden because you believe in what he stands for, if nothing other than he's the anti-Trump, just like people voted for Trump as the anti-Hillary, but if you're in between, if you were a Sanders or Warren supporter, WHY BOTHER?
The Democrats will win this election if they get out the vote. Can Biden get out the vote?
This has been a wild and wooly, unpredictable primary season. But now that it looks settled, maybe it isn't.
Maybe it's not Sanders, but it's looking like it's got to be somebody else.
Forget my personal feelings, put yourself in the shoes of the voters. Biden has been a bumbler who has inspired no one. But he's believed to be the safe candidate who can take down the Orange Menace. But what if he's not safe?
This is the America we now live in. We could call it gotcha politics, but really it's something different, the rank and file feel passed over. On both the right and the left.
That's another reason people supported Bernie, HE DIDN'T TAKE CORPORATE MONEY!
Meanwhile, Biden is from the ultimate corporate state and despite having all the fat cats and companies behind him, he's almost $200 million behind in fundraising.
This story is not going away.
As for fighting it... Biden did a bad job of fighting Ukraine, he sat on his hands for days when an emphatic denial and pushback was necessary.
Meanwhile, the out of touch Biden is notoriously handsy with women.
This is what happens when you play with your brain, not your heart. The DNC got what it wanted. Someone safe, who would not upset the base. And now he's upsetting the base!
On the left it's all about character. You've got to appear squeaky-clean. That was one of Obama's virtues.
Joe Biden is no Barack Obama.
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