i think that there's not much there is the reason, at least against old Joe. That the daughter was in rehab and was fucked up was public knowledge
compared to her other allegations that seem to suggest she was molested by the neighbours, "probably not appropriate" at being naked with her dad is kind of pissweak. My 11 year old would probably say the same thing when I wander around the house looking for my underpants. If the mainstream press, even fox news, wanted to try and make it more of it than it is, than it would also mean talking about a young girls uncorroborated private sexual abuse confessions unrelated to joe, and that's a fucking minefield for them
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 14 Sep 2022, 23:45,
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Good point
"Probably not appropriate" is a pretty mild phrase if recalling abuse.
I was surprised the GOP nutters hadn't publicised it as they don't usually care about legalities until afterwards. Admittedly, if most press won't touch it the'd be only shouting in their own echo chambers.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Thu 15 Sep 2022, 0:31,
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still, even with his tragedies, with two kids going through rehab he's not exactly dad of the year is joe
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 15 Sep 2022, 3:08,
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Agreed, there are a lot of variables as to how inappropriate it actually was.
It's probably not that inappropriate if your child is four or five years old (assuming you're not an actual beast). Becomes exponentially less appropriate as your child ages, though.
I mean, technically, it's only inappropriate if it's made inappropriate. But societal norms gonna societal norm.
That being said, like the Andrew groping debacle, it's open to a huge amount of interpretation. However, I think it's fair to say that if this was Ivanka's diary, the revelations would be plastered absolutely everywhere and are only being muted somewhat due to the fact that Biden isn't regarded as a pantomime villain by the majority and I suspect that widely publishing this stuff would only help to bolster the red team - which isn't really in anybody's best interests. Particularly at the moment.
There really is a serious 'Succession' vibe coming from the Biden camp, mind. Although, I suppose you could say that about any of those dynasties.
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