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In reply to the discussion: Eric Swalwell and the Death of Accountability [View all]
hlthe2b
(114,107 posts)6. Yes. "Open Secret?" I certainly had not heard the rumblings but perhaps within the beltway...
The very first blurb I heard (and it was a breaking news "blurb" sans details, was 4:47 PM on Friday (MT) and literally a paragraph later updated as the story started to come out from other sources. Immediately, my response was to not rush to judgement, but take a breath until the facts came out--which they did fast and furious within the next hour(s).
So, yeah. It appears the pump was fully primed on Friday within the circles who fully "knew" but amazing to me, did not get picked up by MSM much earlier. I know damned well that I am not the only one who had not seen, heard, read the "rumors" and thus was caught off guard on this. It is inexplicable why that should have been the case with a so-called "Open Secret" situation.
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Yes. "Open Secret?" I certainly had not heard the rumblings but perhaps within the beltway...
hlthe2b
10 hrs ago
#6
"So, yeah. It appears the pump was fully primed on Friday within the circles who fully "knew" but amazing to me, did not
WhiskeyGrinder
10 hrs ago
#8
I Believe The Term Refers To Those Working With Or For Swalwell, Not "Us".
ColoringFool
8 hrs ago
#78
My daughter is a CA Dem delegate and a caucus chair, and she had never heard those rumors.
deurbano
7 hrs ago
#93
Broken stair analogy, plus organizations like to hold on to high performers, even when they're terrible people.
WhiskeyGrinder
10 hrs ago
#10
And the biggest missing stair in our politics happens to be President! (n/t)
thesquanderer
7 hrs ago
#94
Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a son with the family's housekeeper, kept the child a secret while he was
sop
10 hrs ago
#11
Just to be clear, a lot of the "wait and see" was about not SEEING all the facts yet
RandomNumbers
9 hrs ago
#28
There was someone here yesterday asking what was expected if a drunk woman goes to a man's hotel room
EdmondDantes_
9 hrs ago
#45
More than one poster suggested that the bank accounts of the victims needed to be investigated
MichMan
8 hrs ago
#68
I still haven't heard a credible explanation from "The timing is suspicious!" crowd
Sympthsical
9 hrs ago
#19
The difference between virtue signalling and actual virtue on full display
Sympthsical
9 hrs ago
#21
There's another element here. She's running against a man people liked a lot who turned out to be a dog.
Scrivener7
9 hrs ago
#44
On the other hand - I suspect many Democratic voters will now see her as more of a sure bet
peppertree
9 hrs ago
#54
nothing in that article backed up the claim that 'His sexual misconduct was an open secret'
bigtree
9 hrs ago
#22
That's sad. I wonder if this was known more than locally? Many will blow it off as "just gossip"
LeftInTX
9 hrs ago
#32
Unfortunately, it seems to be considered 'acceptable' for men to behave like that
RandomNumbers
9 hrs ago
#33
For years. Incredible, one would imagine he was the only politician they could back.
Passages
9 hrs ago
#36
Whatever else is true about how "known" Swalwell's behavior was, My Kevin is not a reliable reporter.
deurbano
7 hrs ago
#99
I noticed the word "misconduct" people knew of his "misconduct" and chose to ignore it. But "misconduct" has now
Ninga
8 hrs ago
#66
I figured as much. Unless Becerra finds rocket fuel and blows up out of his months-long 2 to 5 per cent level, it looks,
Celerity
7 hrs ago
#88
"...what did both of these men do other than this political chit-chat on social media?"
WhiskeyGrinder
9 hrs ago
#48
I believe the House introduced a resolution in 2018 prohibiting any sexual contact between a member and staff
MichMan
7 hrs ago
#103
If party leadership knew about this & didn't discourage him from running for gov, then they're complicit, too.
CrispyQ
9 hrs ago
#53
If higher ups in the party knew, they shouldn't have encouraged him to run for governor.
LeftInTX
8 hrs ago
#76
I think a lot of people just liked that Swalwell that was an attack dog against Trump and didn't care about much else
MichMan
8 hrs ago
#71
Too many people repeat everything Trump says and seem to believe it as well
Just_Vote_Dem
8 hrs ago
#75
"The rumors that are being discussed as being generally known are of consensual relationships, not sexual assault or
WhiskeyGrinder
7 hrs ago
#101
I never understood the Avenatti stanning. He always seemed like a plonker to me. I certianly never got invested in the
Celerity
7 hrs ago
#91