Category Archives: 2020 Presidential Campaign
Due Process for Me but not for Thee
Vice President Biden gutted due process for college students accused of sexual assault. While serving under President Obama he helped change Title IX rules so that accused offenders were considered guilty until proven innocent.
But along comes President Trump’s Education Secretary Betsy DeVoss. And on Wednesday she brought colleges back to the Magna Carta era by restoring due process to Title IX.
Biden says that’s “wrong.” And he promises to “put a quick end to it January 2021.”
And its not just an academic thing for him. Here’s what he had to say about the Brett Kavanaugh hearings:
Start off with the presumption that at least the essence of what she’s talking about is real, whether or not she forgets facts.”
But no such presumption for Tara Reade.
On Friday, Biden said in a statement that Reade’s claims “aren’t true,” adding that “this never happened.”
Newsweek
That Little Girl on the School Bus
Remember that little girl on the school bus? That would be Kamala Harris, last seen pistol whipping Joe Biden in a primary debate. Then she played the race card because he opposed forced busing 40 years ago. But apparently all is forgiven. And now she wants to be remembered as Joe’s running mate.
Not Just Hair Sniffing for Joe Biden Anymore
It’s not just hair sniffing anymore. Tara Reade, a former Joe Biden senate staffer, has accused Biden of sexual assault. Uh oh! As President Obama’s point man reforming campus “rape culture” Biden helped gut due process rights for those accused of sexual assault.
Biden’s rhetoric has also employed a de facto presumption of guilt. On a 2017 conference call with campus accusers’-rights activists, Biden offered a simple message to those who alleged that they had been sexually assaulted: “I believe you.”
KC Johnson, City Journal
And during Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing Joe had this to say:
For a woman to come forward in the glaring lights of focus, nationally, you’ve got to start off with the presumption that at least the essence of what she’s talking about is real
Robby Soave, Reason
Bernie Quits Before Drug Companies Find a Cure
Bernie quit just as things were finally going his way. Thanks to Covid-19 the government is spending like crazy, we have fee health care and fracking is dead. So he’s dropped out of the race.
Smart move. Drug companies big and small are working on treatments and vaccines. And before you know it, we’ll right back where we started.
Economy Not Sheltering in Place
The economy isn’t sheltering in place. It’s heading down. Fast.
Goldman Sachs forecasts 15% unemployment and a 34% decline in GDP in the second quarter. And the stock market just finished its worst quarter since 2008.
Goldman Sachs is still predicting a “V-shape” recovery, however, meaning the steep drop-off will lead to a bigger bounce of 19 percent in the third quarter.
The Hill
Economy Not Sheltering
The election is seven months away. Can Trump pull the economy out of its Corona nose dive by then?
Scott Brennan, an Iowa Democratic National Committee member and a former state party chairman, said, “If the economy pops back … it’s hard to know what people are going to think.”
Politico
