Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Politicians and media people doing what comes naturally



Sebelius: The Clinton White House doubled down on 'abusive behavior' and it's fair to criticize Hillary Clinton   "As a wave of stories unfold about sexual harassment and assault by men in power, a senior Democratic leader says her party should reflect on how it handled such charges when they were leveled against former President Bill Clinton.

" 'Not only did people look the other way, but they went after the women who came forward and accused him," says Kathleen Sebelius, the former secretary of Health and Human Services and Kansas governor. "And so it doubled down on not only bad behavior but abusive behavior. And then people attacked the victims."
"Sebelius extended her criticism to Hillary Clinton, and the Clinton White House for what she called a strategy of dismissing and besmirching the women who stepped forward—a pattern she said is being repeated today by alleged perpetrators of sexual assault—saying that the criticism of the former first lady and Secretary of State was "absolutely" fair. Sebelius noted that the Clinton Administration's response was being imitated, adding that "you can watch that same pattern repeat, It needs to end. It needs to be over.' " . . .


Political Cartoons by Henry Payne

Ethics lawyer: Conyers summoned me to his office while wearing underwear  "Melanie Sloan, who formerly headed Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and worked for Conyers from 1995 to 1998, told The Washington Post on Wednesday that Conyers asked her to come to his Rayburn Building office at one point, where she found him in his underwear.
“ 'I was pretty taken aback to see my boss half-dressed,” she said. “I turned on my heel and I left.' ” . . .
Political media engulfed by sexual harassment crisis  . . . "Glenn Thrush of The New York Times, Charlie Rose of CBS, author Mark Halperin, NBC’s Matthew Zimmerman, NPR’s Michael Oreskes, Vox’s Lockhart Steele, The New Republic’s Hamilton Fish and The Atlantic’s Leon Wieseltier have all been suspended or fired in the last month over varying degrees of alleged harassment or assault." . . .

Groping’s Just Cool If You’re ‘For The Common Good’


Three CBS employees accuse Charlie Rose of sexual harassment  . . . "The three CBS employees spoke on condition of anonymity, reports CBS News correspondent Bianna Golodryga. One says she's not ready for details of her allegations to become public. The other two described unwanted encounters with Rose at work-related events. One claims he groped her rear. The other says he grabbed her inappropriately and whispered a sexual innuendo in her ear. Our CBS News communication office issued a statement saying: "This is new information. Beyond that, we have no comment at this time.' " . . .

Former Charlie Rose intern says he made her watch sex scene from a movie
. . . "A former intern says Charlie Rose made her watch an explicit sex scene from a movie while dropping mail at his home." . . .

. . . "In one video, Rose tells King she looks tan as he looks her up and down, to which she laughs and jokingly tugs at her bra strap.
" 'Can I see that one more time?" Rose asks with a laugh.
"On another occasion, Rose says he wouldn't think less of a woman who slept with him on a first date, and that he likes a girl wearing Victoria's Secret." . . .

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