You mean, it's good no one accused him of rape. Because that's all we have right now. (Reply #36)

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Wed Feb 6, 2019, 02:31 AM

pnwmom (103,849 posts)

36. You mean, it's good no one accused him of rape. Because that's all we have right now.

An indirect accusation, backed up with no evidence that anyone has seen. And a WA Post story saying that they couldn't find anyone she'd told her story to. And they couldn't find any other woman with similar claims against Fairfax.

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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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