Tara Reade's Allegations against Joe Biden

Monday, May 18th, 2020



My Dear America:

I recently watched Megyn Kelly's Interview with Tara Reade on You Tube.
Tara Reade is someone who evidently worked for Joe Biden for a short period of time in the 90s' when Biden was a Delaware Senator.  Ms.Reade has accused Former Vice President Biden of not only Sexual Harassment but also of Sexual Assault. 

First of all, I want to give some credit to Megyn Kelly, who in my opinion could have twisted this interview into something that it should not have been.  Ms. Kelly throughout the interview showed her considerable Journalistic skill and conducted a fair and balanced interview that she should be proud of.  Kelly appeared to cover everything that was relevant in the interview and appeared to leave out very little.  What I think was the most impressive thing about this interview is that following the interview it was impossible to ascertain whether or not Kelly believed or did not believe Tara Reade.

To be honest, I don't know myself whether or not I believe or don't believe Tara Reade.  

There are certainly some very troubling aspects to her story in which she claims that in one of the unspecified hallways of Congress Joe Biden put his hands up Reade's skirt and penetrated her with his finger while propositioning her.
Reade apparently has told this story to several people over the past 30 years including her mother and brother, as well as to some of her friends. There is an apparent consistency to her description of what has happened.  Reade herself does not appear to be crazy although she admits to being an abused wife for an extensive period.  She claims to be telling her story now because she is concerned that Joe Biden is running his Presidential Campaign emphasizing his character.  Of Course, Reade is questioning Biden's character based on her purported inappropriate interaction with him.

To me there are several very troubling aspects to this story.  In the cases of Donald Trump and many other certified abusers of women there is generally a pattern of abuse over a long period of time in which many victims of abuse can be identified.  In Donald Trump's case at least 10 women or more accused him of sexual harassment and abuse.  In Joe Biden's case There has been a pattern of Biden putting his hands on women's shoulders and sniffing their hair and occasionally making women feel uncomfortable but not a pattern of sexual abuse other than Tara Reade's claim.  Certainly that does not make Tara Reade's claim untrue but it certainly makes it a bit suspect.   

I am also troubled by the fact that Tara Reade was an enthusiastic Bernie Sanders Supporter until Bernie dropped out of the race to become the  Democratic Presidential Candidate in 2020.  

Although Reade in her interview with Megyn Kelly does not show any love for Donald Trump, I can't help but think that Trump must be loving this smearing of Joe Biden't reputation.  

Another very troubling aspect of Reade's accusation is the fact that she has in Kelly's interview and in other interviews shown herself to be an enthusiastic admirer of Vladimir Putin.  

Certainly Vladimir Putin, who has been shown to be deeply involved in promoting Chaos in America along with promoting Donald Trump in the 2016 Election has to be laughing heartily in the Kremlin as he sees what is happening with Reade's deeply divisive accusations of the likely Democratic Candidate for President.

I can't say truthfully that I don't care about Tara Reade's accusations against Joe Biden.  If Biden did what Reade has accused him of he has certainly cleaned up his act because there have been no other credible accusers coming forward.

On the other hand, Donald Trump was heard in the Access Hollywood tape bragging about grabbing women by the pussy and many women accusing him of doing just that have come forward over the years.  

Also Joe Biden and Barack Obama, despite Trump's baseless accusations to the contrary, showed us how to run a country in a sensible and competent manner for 8 years.  The chaos that we have seen for the past 3 plus years of the Trump Administration has been unacceptable and whether or not Joe Biden has or has not crossed the line of respectability once in his life with Tara Reade I still plan to vote for him in November of 2020. and I am hopeful that many other American Voters do the same.


Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher