General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. who told Gilliibrand that he liked his girls chubby, was
the late Senator Inouye.
The senior senator who once told New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand not to lose "too much weight" because he liked his girls "chubby" was the late Hawaii Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, the New York Times reports.
In a memoir published earlier this month, Gillibrand revealed that some of her male colleagues in Congress felt free to comment about her weight.
Dont lose too much weight now," one "of my favorite older members of the Senate" told her, squeezing her waist. "I like my girls chubby!
The 47-year-old did not reveal the names of her boorish colleagues in the book, but the Times reports that particular exchange was with Inouye.
<snip>
http://news.yahoo.com/gillibrand-chubby-girls-senator-inouye-124025315.html
malthaussen
(17,204 posts)Since Senator Inouye is dead and Senator Gillibrand ain't talkin'?
-- Mal
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)It also says:
But in an all but forgotten chapter of his career, the senator had been accused of sexual misconduct: In 1992, his hairdresser said that Mr. Inouye had forced her to have sex with him.
Her accusations exploded into a campaign issue that year, and one Hawaii state senator announced that she had heard from nine other women who said they had been sexually harassed by Mr. Inouye. But the women did not want to go forward with their claims.
A spokesman for Ms. Gillibrand would neither confirm nor deny that Mr. Inouye was the unnamed senator in the incident. Ms. Gillibrand in her book described the senator only as one of my favorite older members of the Senate.
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/09/22/?entry=86
JI7
(89,252 posts)Seeking Serenity
(2,840 posts)If it had been a Republican, whether presently in office or out, I've no doubt it would have been leaked, this being a critical election year and all.
JI7
(89,252 posts)i think it happens in both parties. not really a partisan thing but more about culture among males in such places.
Seeking Serenity
(2,840 posts)it was probably thought that his being a sexist too couldn't do too terribly much more damage.
And Thurmond died back in 2003. I'm talking about this critical election year.
JI7
(89,252 posts)especially if the comment is meant as a compliment . as if the woman should just be happy that she is viewed as attractive because that is what matters.
harry reid did something similar when he introduced gillbrand and made some comment about her being attractive.
Seeking Serenity
(2,840 posts)boorishness and generally rude behavior knows no political stripe or gender boundaries.
Sometimes people are just jerks. And even otherwise good people can behave badly.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)one of my favorite older members of the Senate. So it was pretty obvious it wasn't going to be a republican.
Response to cali (Original post)
1000words This message was self-deleted by its author.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)boorish men to be found in all stripes. Some of them even post here on DU.
Response to Skidmore (Reply #5)
1000words This message was self-deleted by its author.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)Maybe she didn't mention Inouye because she didn't want to kick dirt on a dead man's grave.
panader0
(25,816 posts)He was a member of the 442nd Infantry in WWII, composed of almost all Japanese-Americans. A brave man who lost an arm in service to his country. When I was a kid in Hawaii, and he was a candidate, his ads said, "Not Daniel Inouye, Daniel in Every way!"
JI7
(89,252 posts)doesn't matter what the background of the person is.
as someone else posted up thread, she said the person who said that was someone she did very much like and respect and one of her favorites in the senate.
having an honorable background doesn't mean sexism doesn't get into that culture. after all the military is one of the places where we have the biggest problems when it comes to sexual abuse.
panader0
(25,816 posts)Still sad to me if it was Inouye.