POLL: What's your position on the Biden situation?

[brooklynite]

I personally find it astounding how quickly people here disregard a woman's personal opinion of physical contact.

31 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	I am MALE and believe that the women accusers are honestly expressing their concerns
	7 (23%)
	I am FEMALE and believe that the women accusers are honestly expressing their concerns
	3 (10%)
	I am MALE and believe that the women accusers have ulterior motives in their accusations
	5 (16%)
	I am FEMALE and believe that the women accusers have ulterior motives in their accusations
	12 (39%)
	I am MALE and don't have an opinion
	3 (10%)
	I am FEMALE and don't have an opinion
	1 (3%)
	2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[zipplewrath]

1. Male

And honestly believe the women are expressing their feelings and some of them ALSO have ulterior motives.

[WheelWalker]

5. Very likely. Schrodinger's Truth.

[Freethinker65]

13. Same feeling and I am female

[WeekiWater]

2. "I am MALE and believe that the women accusers have ulterior motives in their accusations"

I like the way this is worded. They do have ulterior motives. I could vote without dismissing the long standing patriarchal issues that are well known.

[OrlandoDem2]

3. I cannot vote for Bernie Sanders at all if the evidence shows they are part of his team.

This smacks of a political hit job.

[Kentonio]

6. Literally none of the evidence shows any such thing

So that shouldnt be a problem for you.

[OrlandoDem2]

11. Well, the Flores lady in Nevada has motive.

If this accuser works for Sanders in any capacity, I’m smelling a rat.

[left-of-center2012]

22. CBS news said ...

She supported Sanders in 2016,
and was at the Beto O'Rourke rally this weekend.

[Laurian]

9. +1000

And I’m a female. I hate these kinds of political tactics.

[Squinch]

4. I am female, I believe the accusers because this is nothing new. It has ALWAYS been a thing with

Biden.

And PS, you couldn't pay me enough to vote for BS in the primary.

[Pope George Ringo II]

20. +1

Oh, definitely +1.

[IphengeniaBlumgarten]

7. I am female and I believe we are obsessing about this excessively. nt

[Peace06]

23. Biden

Another female totally agrees with you. Its BS! And damages those who have real assault problems. Innocent until proven guilty!

[empedocles]

8. I am male and believe MSNBC reporting 'other candidates call for Biden to explain more'

[ unreported, and call for Biden to deepen the hole of his issue].

[Kurt V.]

10. I'm not very computer savy, but amanda marcotte at salon is spot on.

[Kurt V.]

17. took me a few trys but here it is. i think

https://www.salon.com/2019/04/01/joe-bidens-handsy-behavior-creates-a-problem-for-democrats-is-he-really-the-safe-choice/

[LanternWaste]

12. I find it astounding how people misinterpret a difference of opinion as "disregard."

Though quite convenient and simplistic to do so, it's still little more than a dramatic lack of critical thought designed to placate bias.

[vsrazdem]

14. I am a female and I am glad we are having this discussion. We need to establish boundaries in this

day and age, and I think it is good to have these conversations.

[doompatrol39]

15. Contrary to what many on here want to believe or promote...

....this is not just like the Franken situation. This has always been a thing with Biden and because of the culture of the times, it wasn't really harped on that much. But now that 1) times have changed thankfully and this type of bullshit is no longer acceptable, and 2) people are pushing Biden as the "safe" choice to go up against Trump, it is getting more scrutiny and more people are speaking out.

Couple his touchy-feely handsiness with how he treated Anita Hill and it's clearly not something people are pulling out of thin air.

Will there be some who have ulterior motives? Sure. But not all of them, and those people deserve and need to be heard without fear of Republican style retribution.

Honestly, if any candidate doesn't want to be scrutinized then they shouldn't be running for president. Which Biden isn't as of now, but if he decides to get in the race he'll have to face this eventually.

[Arkansas Granny]

16. I just saw this picture on twitter. Just sayin'.

Link to tweet

?s=20

Link to tweet

/photo/1

If Biden's actions warrant an investigation, so be it, but let's not be in a rush to throw anyone under the bus just yet.

[LongtimeAZDem]

18. I am triggered by the lack of a nonbinary option

/s

[BlueFlorida]

19. I didn't vote on any of the choices

because they include all women accusers as being identical.

If you were to change the wording to "some women accusers", your poll results would change.

[qazplm135]

21. OTOH I think some of these accusations

are a bit overwrought. There's a difference between me too sexual harassment and some old person who is too oblivious to personal space.

OTOH, I think we are going to see these claims drip once a week or so until the sheer volume of them torpedoes his chances and he will never actually announce he is running.

[customerserviceguy]

24. I went for honestly expressing

I recall how the reich wing impugned Dr. Ford's motivations during the Kavanaugh hearings. If we sound like them, we risk looking like hypocrites.

[pansypoo53219]

25. perspective. need perspective. was there pussy grabbing?

[JenniferJuniper]

26. Anita Hill.

I'll support him if he's the nominee, but not a moment before that.

[trueblue2007]

27. I am FEMALE and believe that the women accusers have ulterior motives in their accusations

[JI7]

28. I think Flores Made up the Accusations against Biden. But i CAN see someone being uncomfortable with

what we have seen with Biden in the videos . i can see someone feeling uncomfortable even if the intention was not sexual and they ddin't think it was sexual. some people just want their space and that's actually how most americans are compared to some other cultures.

and i was thinking it was a case of being uncomfortable BUT now based on everything i have seen and heard i believe she did make it up. she made it up using what she saw Biden do with other women and claimed it was done to her.

and i do think it was for political reasons which she admitted.

btw, i knew the sexual harrassment accusation against Sean HAnnity by some crazy nut job was also BS so this isn't just based on defending a democrat that i like.