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Link to Juanita Broaddrick's (Original Post) radical noodle Oct 2016 OP
What's your point? brucefan Oct 2016 #1
She testified that nothing happened between them radical noodle Oct 2016 #2
She then reversed herself, and insisted the rape took place… regnaD kciN Oct 2016 #8
believe that's where she swore nothing was going on Loki Liesmith Oct 2016 #3
Hillary is running for President of the United States. Donald Trump's entire campaign has been still_one Oct 2016 #4
Yeah I won't be clicking on that link StrictlyRockers Oct 2016 #5
Ummm... it's the Washington Post radical noodle Oct 2016 #6

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
8. She then reversed herself, and insisted the rape took place…
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 08:58 PM
Oct 2016

In a court of law, such flip-flopping would be enough to invalidate her testimony. But this is the court of public opinion, which doesn't work by the same rules. And, to be honest, conventional wisdom on such matters has now shifted rather dramatically since 1999. Nowadays, it holds that women are practically never lying when they say they've been raped -- but that it "fits a common pattern" for them to first falsely claim they hadn't been raped just to save themselves from public exposure. Ironically, HRC herself has buttressed this conventional wisdom, in saying that women who make rape accusations have to be "heard and believed."

Loki Liesmith

(4,602 posts)
3. believe that's where she swore nothing was going on
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 08:51 PM
Oct 2016

She reversed course after Starr's goons got through with her.

still_one

(92,204 posts)
4. Hillary is running for President of the United States. Donald Trump's entire campaign has been
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 08:51 PM
Oct 2016

based on a racist and sexist platform. That alone makes Donald Trump unqualified to be President


StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)
5. Yeah I won't be clicking on that link
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 08:52 PM
Oct 2016

to learn about questionable testimony from 18 years ago...that has a weak link to the current candidate through her husband...from a woman who is sitting next to Trump right now and is working for his campaign...posted anonymously on a website that is known to attract sock puppets who work to distract us from real issues

radical noodle

(8,000 posts)
6. Ummm... it's the Washington Post
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 08:55 PM
Oct 2016

showing that the woman swore there was nothing between them. Not anonymous nor at a questionable site.

Sorry I bothered to post this, I guess.

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