Second woman accuses George H.W. Bush of groping

[yortsed snacilbuper]

Bush apologized through a spokesman in a statement earlier Wednesday. The statement said that "on occasion, he has patted women's rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner" and routinely tells a joke.

Deadspin reported that a source said the "joke" the statement refers to was Bush saying that his favorite magician was "David-Cop-A-Feel."

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/second-woman-accuses-george-hw-bush-of-groping/ar-AAu3OW0?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=ientp

[LuckyCharms]

1. This does not create a good vision in my head. n/t

[Skittles]

2. I had heard this about him before

[Purveyor]

3. So did I, not sure the point in dragging this out again... Fuck, we could be watching

his ceremonial funeral any day now.

[Angry Dragon]

4. I thought he just groped a woman a few days ago

[SunSeeker]

7. Per the article, apparently he does this "rountinely."

You'd think Barbara and family members would have learned to keep him away from women's butts.

[Skittles]

6. flashpoint

women are sick of this kind of perversion being "normalized"

[DURHAM D]

11. Hmmmh...

You seem uncomfortable.

[SunSeeker]

15. LOL

[SunSeeker]

5. Eeeeeeeuuwww

[VOX]

8. Poppy needs an attending nurse to watch his hands...

And keep him from doing this. Yes, old guys with cognitive problems do tend to paw at women. That he’s infirm does not make it okay, however; it’s still assault.

Poppy needs a (male, obviously) keeper with him at all times.

[Not Ruth]

9. That reeks of privilege

Maybe everyone that commits sexual assault just needs a male nurse to keep them on the straight and narrow. What a great solution for the mass incarceration issue.

[Kentonio]

12. It's not a privilege thing as much as a degenerative mental disease thing

Do we really want to fill the courts with senile seniors?

[Chemisse]

16. Yes. Every elderly male with dementia needs someone to help them curb their impulses.

Try to keep this in perspective. Of course sexual assault is very wrong. But clearly his faculties have degenerated.

My dad is like this now, via Alzheimer's. Thankfully there is no grabbing, but his comments can be very inappropriate.

[Not Ruth]

17. Not saying anything about your father, this is Bush 39s unfiltered true nature finally revealed

Judge him on that

[Chemisse]

20. I only hope I won't be judged on what I do at his age, if I've lost my faculties.

I tend to err on the side of giving people the benefit of the doubt, but i know it can be more satisfying to assume the worst, then slash them apart with criticism.

[DURHAM D]

10. H.W. is a creepy serial sexual harasser.

He nominated another serial sexual harasser to the Supreme Court.

Seems like it is time to hear from Anita Hill.

[SunSeeker]

13. Yes, we have H. W. Bush to thank for Claremce Thomas being on the Court.

[cwydro]

14. Ugh. nt

[Baitball Blogger]

18. One of the things my dad told me before he died questioned GHWB's place of birth.

I never researched the info to find out the validity, but I hope this latest info on GHWB will encourage some to do the research. He said that GHWB was born in France. Soon after the birth, they family flew back to the States where the birth papers were drawn up at the family compound. My dad was very matter of fact about it. Even said that everyone in the State Department knew about it.

What I found interesting about this information was that my dad said it more than a decade before the Obama and the birther issue became a thing. I just wonder, the way that Republicans tend to project their flaws on everyone else, if the GHWB rumor was the source of the idea.

If anyone researches it, they might want to begin by searching where GHWB's father was working at the time.

[HipChick]

19. Prince Philip has said much worst..

I wonder when his accusers will come out the woodwork?