Don Surber "This is also a non-denial denial."
"David Axelrod wrote in CNN, "Obama team fully vetted Biden in 2008 and found no hint of former aide's allegation."
"That's Obama's story, and he is sticking to it because this story supports Biden while also providing CYA to Obama.
"Make no mistake: Axelrod speaks for Obama. We all know Axelrod would not be vouching for Biden without Obama's blessing. This is political theater.
"This is also a non-denial denial.
"Obama's spokesman began his piece, "When it became clear that Barack Obama would be the nominee of the Democratic Party in the spring of 2008, he commissioned a team of lawyers to begin an in-depth vetting process of potential candidates for vice president."
And Axelrod said, "The comprehensive vet certainly would have turned up any formal complaints filed against Biden during his 36-year career in the Senate. It did not. The team would have investigated any salacious rumors of the sort that travel far and wide in Washington. There were none.
" 'While I was not on the vetting team, as senior strategist to the campaign, I was briefed on their work and potential problems.
" 'Through that entire process, the name Tara Reade never came up. No formal complaint. No informal chatter. Certainly, no intimation of sexual harassment or assault from her or anyone else. The team of investigators, expert in their work, would not have missed it."
"Of course it never came up. Reade did not go public with this allegation until a dozen years after the 2008 campaign." . . .
"David Axelrod wrote in CNN, "Obama team fully vetted Biden in 2008 and found no hint of former aide's allegation."
"That's Obama's story, and he is sticking to it because this story supports Biden while also providing CYA to Obama.
"Make no mistake: Axelrod speaks for Obama. We all know Axelrod would not be vouching for Biden without Obama's blessing. This is political theater.
"This is also a non-denial denial.
"Obama's spokesman began his piece, "When it became clear that Barack Obama would be the nominee of the Democratic Party in the spring of 2008, he commissioned a team of lawyers to begin an in-depth vetting process of potential candidates for vice president."
And Axelrod said, "The comprehensive vet certainly would have turned up any formal complaints filed against Biden during his 36-year career in the Senate. It did not. The team would have investigated any salacious rumors of the sort that travel far and wide in Washington. There were none.
" 'While I was not on the vetting team, as senior strategist to the campaign, I was briefed on their work and potential problems.
" 'Through that entire process, the name Tara Reade never came up. No formal complaint. No informal chatter. Certainly, no intimation of sexual harassment or assault from her or anyone else. The team of investigators, expert in their work, would not have missed it."
"Of course it never came up. Reade did not go public with this allegation until a dozen years after the 2008 campaign." . . .
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