[MayflowerMadam]

She said he forced her, and she was “crying and gagging”. He says it was consentual. How stupid does he think people are?

[nopardons]

He’s a DEM, he’s black, of course he believes that WE are “stupid”.

[grey_whiskers]

She said he forced her, and she was “crying and gagging”. He says it was consentual. How stupid does he think people are?

Wasn't it women who made 50 Shades a runaway bestseller?

And women have been known to lie through their teeth before, yes, even about sexual assault.

Remember the Duke Lacrosse Case or Tawana Brawley?

For all we know, he might have promised to call her a couple days later, and never followed through. Or -- given Kamala Harris and Willie Brown -- maybe he promised her a committee assignment, or an introduction to someone higher up, and never followed through.

[grania]

I’d tend to believe her, and not just out of political bias. Her accusations were presented when he first ran for higher office, and to people who should’ve been concerned. She presented her story in such a way that she acknowledges her actions leading up to the assault. This really should become an issue of who received that letter and why did they protect him.