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CentralMass

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15. There is a double standard here among the supporters of other candidates IMO.

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 02:09 PM

Jan 2019

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Hillary had her own campaign sexual harrasment issue in 2008 where she did not fire the top aid who had been accused of sexual harrassment. He went on to work for a group supporting uer in 2016 where he was fired after another sexual harrasment claim.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/us/politics/hillary-clinton-chose-to-shield-a-top-adviser-accused-of-harassment-in-2008.html

No one cared here when that surfaced.

Kamala Harris had a top aid while she was AG who was accused by his assistant of sexual harrasment back in 2016-2017. He became a senior adviser in her Sacramento Senate office. The case was settled by her succesor around the time she took office in the Senate. The accuser was awarded 400k by the state and the Senator, who claimed she was unaware of the charges, fired the man.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Kamala-Harris-aide-resigns-after-sex-harassment-13447386.php

How does a women that intelligent in that type of top level postion not know her top aid has been accused of sexual harrasment of his assistent ?

Would it be the right thing to do to have half a dozen different members post threads about it every day ?

Are the 3 cases that dissimilar ? Is it a matter of liking one candidate and not the other ?

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If you revisited the accusations made by the Obama and Clinton camps against each other in 2008 [View all] Tom Rinaldo Jan 2019 OP

This is exactly why, when a winner is clear, the loser needs to publicly support the winner, LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #1

Agree 100%...... Heartstrings Jan 2019 #2

True, but thst doesn't relieve our own responsibility Tom Rinaldo Jan 2019 #3

Agreed +1 /nt LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #4

I hate hardcore supporters of any candidate. Iggo Jan 2019 #25

I will never forgive the GWC58 Jan 2019 #32

All of them. BoBs, PUMAs. Iggo Jan 2019 #36

Primaries winnow out the chaff from the wheat and gives us the best Democrat. Autumn Jan 2019 #5

I too believe in primaries, for the same reasons Tom Rinaldo Jan 2019 #7

I agree. Politics has been called a blood sport, and it really is. We may not like the winner Autumn Jan 2019 #9

Post removed Post removed Jan 2019 #6

So women who work for a "progressive" can't be harassed? nycbos Jan 2019 #8

No woman should be harassed. If a progressive candidate didn't harass a woman Autumn Jan 2019 #10

They candidate himself shouldn't have to step down. nycbos Jan 2019 #11

He's addressed it already. If what he said isn't good enough for people who Autumn Jan 2019 #12

I'm glad he apologized, but the candidate is responsible for the culture of the campaign. nycbos Jan 2019 #13

Harassment can happen in any campaign. As for the rest I'm not interested in rehashing 2016. nt Autumn Jan 2019 #14

I prefer to think of it as reflecting. nycbos Jan 2019 #16

Think of it what you will, I'm not interested in rehashing the 2016 primary. Autumn Jan 2019 #17

So we ignore all that's come out in the past few days? ehrnst Jan 2019 #21

Very well said. eom guillaumeb Jan 2019 #30

Elizabeth Esty is no longer in the House because one of her staffers harassed a woman. George II Jan 2019 #20

Yes. Thank you! Absolutely correct. NurseJackie Jan 2019 #22

very Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #26

The valid role of so called "whataboutism" is to expose hypocracy. It is often abused as well Tom Rinaldo Jan 2019 #34

There is a double standard here among the supporters of other candidates IMO. CentralMass Jan 2019 #15

Only the harassment in Bernie's campaign is relevant. Autumn Jan 2019 #18

+1 CentralMass Jan 2019 #19

Since two other cases were brought up (why I don't know, except..........), those two were.... George II Jan 2019 #27

... NurseJackie Jan 2019 #28

Clinton addressed the issue. She consulted the victim and offered a solution.... George II Jan 2019 #24

This bears repeating. Loudly and in boldface! NurseJackie Jan 2019 #29

No, there's no "double standard".. but there is Cha Jan 2019 #35

I'm backing everyone! Iggo Jan 2019 #23

Now THAT is a good answer. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #31

Pretty thoughtful Tommy. Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #33