Not at all the same.
@CatherineofAragon EXACTLY the same.
The characters of the two men (Trump and Cruz) were well known, as was Trump's history of dirty tricks. The whole thing came off as a clown show.
The character of the men involved here are just as equally known. As are the dirty tricks of the MSM, DNC, RNC... take your pick.
Besides, you said you believed Juanita Broadderick without tangible proof, so...?
I believed what she said, but what she said was not actionable. The blue dress, finally, proved he was lying, and not just mistaken in recollection, or any other excuse. A flat-out lie.
I truly can't comprehend not accepting a woman's claim of being sexually abused or molested unless there's tangible proof. What do you think there's going to be? A video? I mean, when that guy in my past kept pushing me into corners and demanding sex, I guess you wouldn't have believed me unless I'd managed to get his skin under my fingernails.
Those are legal standards only.
That is why it is so important to stand from the beginning. That is why the bruises should be witnessed and why it's best if she leave a mark on him. And the story told while it is fresh, and things can be discovered.
Here, let me tell you a story.
I was punching cows one spring - Went over east of the hump with a buddy of mine, as the snow was off, and we were busting brush drifting the cows down toward the flats getting ready for branding...
We were there about 10 days or so when he had to cut and run for home (I don't remember the reason why).
A few days later another hand brought news to me that I had to get down and call him, which I did. Seems a gal accused him of raping her at a party, and he'd had to kick the crap out of three of her family since he was back, and they were gunning for him. He needed the truth told.
So I gathered signatures of everyone that knew he was working there for the last while, and beat feet for home. I got a sit-down with the grandfather of the family, showed him proofs which were enough for him to make the father of the gal come to the sit-down (which he'd declined, because of who my friend was).
The old man called off the dogs, and personally drove over the hump to confirm the thing. As it turns out, his daughter was too drunk to know who did her, and was relying upon what others said happened. Had my friend not been four counties away at the time, with folks to back him, he'd have been sorely abused for something he didn't do, and he would have been hung with the rapist label and run out of town, if he lived that long...
THAT is why it is so important. People go off half-cocked, and shit happens that ought not.