I admire Barack Obama more than any other modern day politician (Reply #30)

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Wed Feb 6, 2019, 12:41 AM

PTWB (2,658 posts)

30. I admire Barack Obama more than any other modern day politician

I honestly don’t think I would ever believe such an accusation about him and certainly not without a heap of evidence.

In the case of Lt. Gov Fairfax.. it’s so difficult to weigh the accusations of a seemingly credible accuser against the denials of a seemingly credible man.

In a WaPo story about this situation it quoted an anonymous acquaintance of both of theirs who said:

"It doesn't sound like anything he would do," he said. "It doesn't sound like anything she would lie about."

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49 replies	Author	Time	Post
What if Barack Obama had been accused of rape? [View all]	EffieBlack	Feb 2019	OP
We have promoted a "no benefit of the doubt" hysteria here. Such things come back to bite us.	LongtimeAZDem	Feb 2019	#1
There are things I would not believe of Barack Obama, & nonconsensual sex is one of them...	Hekate	Feb 2019	#2
How well did you know Obama in 2007?	EffieBlack	Feb 2019	#3
Well you got here in 2007, but you never seem to know who I am, so I'll explain again...	Hekate	Feb 2019	#16
Oh. I apologize for not committing your history, views and impressions of Obama to memory	EffieBlack	Feb 2019	#20
smdh	Hekate	Feb 2019	#21
I read every word of it	EffieBlack	Feb 2019	#24
But that's because we KNOW him now. Pretend this was back in 2004 and we didn't know him. What then?	pnwmom	Feb 2019	#33
I addressed the questions put to me by EB, and told her more about me than I probably should...	Hekate	Feb 2019	#38
Check your mail	Hekate	Feb 2019	#41
They would have impeached, indicted, imprisoned and popped the champagne by now.	Initech	Feb 2019	#4
Or what if he barged into the Miss Teen USA locker room?	Blue Owl	Feb 2019	#5
He wasn't...	brooklynite	Feb 2019	#6
Yes. It says that he was never accused of rape	EffieBlack	Feb 2019	#8
Perhaps he wasn't accused of rape because there was nothing approaching evidence?	brooklynite	Feb 2019	#9
You think evidence is the prerequisite for someone to be accused of rape?	EffieBlack	Feb 2019	#22
What evidence has been produced against Fairfax? Did I miss something?	pnwmom	Feb 2019	#43
Have you read her very detailed statement? n/t	theboss	Feb 2019	#45
No, I'll go look for it now. Thanks. nt	pnwmom	Feb 2019	#46
Republicans are turning #metoo into guilty by accusation vs believe the accuser and investigate	uponit7771	Feb 2019	#7
Since the Franken hatchet-job went so well, the GOP believes they	oasis	Feb 2019	#12
So now ANY accusation against a Democratic Office-Holder should be discounted?	brooklynite	Feb 2019	#13
If there's anything Dems are good at, it's the unnecessary over-correction	theboss	Feb 2019	#15
Dukakis in the tank. nt	oasis	Feb 2019	#29
case by case. But then, you knew that.	oasis	Feb 2019	#18
Okay - case by case. There's no evidence that this incident is a "hatchet job"...	brooklynite	Feb 2019	#37
Come on with the obvious strawman fallacy ...	uponit7771	Feb 2019	#32
A good article about this	wildflower	Feb 2019	#39
No, not discounted. But there should be some EVIDENCE beyond a Facebook post. nt	pnwmom	Feb 2019	#44
It looks like they may be right.	EffieBlack	Feb 2019	#26
Democrats will prevail. The GOP always overplays its hand. nt	oasis	Feb 2019	#28
Then he probably wouldn't have been president	theboss	Feb 2019	#10
Yes. I's good that he didn't rape anyone. And it's also good that no one accused him of raping them	EffieBlack	Feb 2019	#23
You mean, it's good no one accused him of rape. Because that's all we have right now.	pnwmom	Feb 2019	#36
Has Lt. Gov. Fairfax been forced out of anything?	brooklynite	Feb 2019	#11
O.K., this particular hypothetical is over the top. Why something about OBAMA that	UTUSN	Feb 2019	#14
This is the danger inherent in identity politics	theboss	Feb 2019	#17
To be clear for ME, "identity politics" & "trend in the Dem party" & "black woman/black man"	UTUSN	Feb 2019	#19
But we don't have any more reason to think that Fairfax was capable of this	pnwmom	Feb 2019	#35
Since the thread kicked up I'll reply here. There's something just flawed about bringing OBAMA in.	UTUSN	Feb 2019	#40
Yes, I was assuming that Obama would have been FALSELY accused,	pnwmom	Feb 2019	#42
he was accused of killing his gay lovers who he did drugs with	JI7	Feb 2019	#25
He wasn't?	jberryhill	Feb 2019	#27
Wait wait, ooh pick me! Pick me! I know!	jberryhill	Feb 2019	#31
I admire Barack Obama more than any other modern day politician	PTWB	Feb 2019	#30
But that's because we know Obama well now. What if this happened when he was just a state politician	pnwmom	Feb 2019	#34
Do you think the fact we railroaded Al Franken is coming back to haunt us?	Joe941	Feb 2019	#47
Yes.	EffieBlack	Feb 2019	#48
To be honest, all of this is far too triggering for me.	moriah	Feb 2019	#49

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