Hillary Clinton Let Him Stay. Women Say His Harassment Continued.

[demmiblue]

Touching, inappropriate comments, and an untenable work environment: A woman who worked on Hillary Clinton’s campaign made those complaints about her boss, a faith and values adviser, in 2007. He was punished, but not fired, by Clinton. Six years later, still in her world, he landed the top job at a pro-Clinton super PAC as a well-connected operative close to “the boss lady.” There, former staffers say, his behavior wasn’t any different.

Source: BuzzFeed News

In 2007, while working for the candidate who hoped to be the first female president, a young woman filed a complaint against her boss — the campaign’s faith adviser. She described “five kisses on the head” and “excessive tracking” of her whereabouts, among other complaints of harassment, according to campaign documents from the time.

Senior aides on the campaign wanted to fire him, according to three officials with knowledge of the process, but Hillary Clinton decided against doing so.

Not only was the adviser, Burns Strider, not pushed out — he thrived after her campaign, landing a senior role at a super PAC preparing for her next presidential bid. In that job, he exhibited the same kinds of inappropriate behavior toward women who worked there, particularly two young female subordinates.

In at least three separate instances between 2007 and 2015, women who worked for the Clinton campaign or the pro-Clinton PAC said that Strider, 52, harassed them at work.

Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/hillary-clinton-let-him-stay-women-say-his-harassment


I am glad this creeper has been exposed (a man of faith... ugh). I hope is is permanently shunned from any formal involvement in Democratic politics.

[Voltaire2]

1. Careful. Just posting these articles can get you a hide.

[demmiblue]

2. The article is more about the creeper... I can't control the title of the piece.

It is very thorough and worth the read. We need to expose men like this.

[delisen]

11. Looks like a re-working of the NY times article.

Don't personally see how it's worth the read

I understand from another article that Stridor has his own consulting firm and does some contract work for the DNC.

I suppose that people concerned could contact the entities Stridor contracts with and request that his contracts be terminated.

I get a kick out of some of the comments however-full of the old H. Clinton should have left her husband and such. Sounds like Sarandon and right wing authoritarians.

I don't think we will ever be free of people who want to run our lives and order us about-authoritarians they will always be with us.

[Timewas]

3. Yup

Truth hurts sometimes....

[TheRealistRealist]

5. Totally agree ..

Some continue to view Hillary through rose colored lens. But in reality she was a deeply flawed candidate. From ropes corraling reporters to the personal server, she made a lot of bad decisions. Keeping this person on staff was probably the worst one yet.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

7. What I don't get is why won't Hillary simply admit she made a MISTAKE...

a BIG one, and move on! But, of course, she will continue to defend the indefensible. I just don't get it.

[delisen]

12. I don't see a Big mistake or anything indefensible yet.

The Clinton campaign attorneys issued a statement saying that Stridor received no special treatment in 2008 and that the organization's policies and procedures were followed in addressing the issue.

We know from reporting to date that Stridor was punished by about 3 months docking of pay and a apparently some readers today wanted him to have been fired in 2008.

If so, the next step is for a reporter is to follow up-get the handbook with the policy and procedures, ascertain whether Clinton did something improper in the organization's implementation of personnel procedures.

I believe in due process and have been open about the fact that I believed that Al Franken should not have been pressured to resign and forego his ethics investigation.

(I was glad to see that Sen Lynch, as a member of the Judiciary committee later regretted his call for Franken to resign).

I personally am more interested in what is happening today regarding Donald Trump's attacks on feminism but I do encourage people who care about Stridor's business dealings with Democratic organizations today to address their concerns with those organizations.

[radical noodle]

27. You do know that

this took place in 2008, do you not?

[MFM008]

32. Deeply flawed?

Worse than what we have now????

[murielm99]

34. Anything to show your Hillary hate.

The personal server, too?

[Skittles]

14. and some people cannot get over their hatred of Hillary

[TheRealistRealist]

36. That is a very ignorant and assumptive statement.

She was a deeply flawed candidate with a sense of entitlement. I have every right to say this. And if you see it as "hate", then that's your problem .

[marble falls]

6. Its not the title. Its what follows that might get someone hidden. Stay within the facts and watch..

the conjecture and it'll stay up.

Though how many more threads on this particular subject do we really need?

The guy messed up. He went through a process deemed adequate FOR THE TIMES, the victim went to another area away from his influence WITH NO OBJECTIONS. YEARS later at ANOTHER job repeated his actions and GOT FIRED.

Hindsight is 20/20. And standards changed and were tightened as society began to realize how endemic this behavior really was.

Why are we beating Hillary Clinton over this more than ten year old situation while the victim has stayed quiet about it? Why isn't this about the perpetrator????

[Skittles]

13. total bs

[Voltaire2]

16. I posted an article from slate

that was examining why there is a double standard wrt Democrats and Republicans and why this actually is a good thing for our party and the metoo movement. It got alerted on and hidden. So no, not bullshit. But thanks anyway for implying that I was lying.

[Skittles]

17. what was the reason given? did you contest?

post it here, now - go on

[Voltaire2]

23. Yes I appealed. The reason was dont bash democrats.

But if we can’t discuss current events here that is just nonsense. And no. I won’t repost the article. Thanks for the suggestion though. Are you always this helpful?

[Skittles]

25. ALWAYS

there's more to the story than "I posted an article"

Hillary is bashed here CONSTANTLY and always has been

[Voltaire2]

26. So in your opinion this latest event

should not be discussed here because discussing it would be “bashing” her?

[Skittles]

28. it HAS been discussed

why don't you reply to marble falls #6

marble falls NAILS it

*DONE HERE*

[demmiblue]

29. No, this is new. It discusses the women's accounts in far more detail.

I have no problem listening to their voices. In fact, I applaud hearing what they had to say regarding the creeper.

This is more about the creeper/"spiritual leader" than anything else.

[brush]

35. "Latest event"? It happened TEN YEARS AGO. It's hardly a latest event.

[Kogaratsu72]

4. Really?

Five kisses on thé head? Nothing is Black and white. In Europa, we kiss each other constantly. Get á life.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

9. That's a very odd view on sexual harassment: we've done it forever, get over it? Sorry, doesn't fly.

[Skittles]

15. nothing "flies" when Hillary Hatred is involved

[delisen]

22. We can't act in the past. We can act in real time

If people think Stridor is a clear and present danger they can contact the companies he contracts with.

I myself am focusing on the misogynist Trump,misogynist Republicans, and misogynist media outfits-including the NY Times

However I encourage those who post about Stridor to take the next step and complain to the companies he contracts with today. The Democratic-related companies may take action if they hear from you.

[snowybirdie]

8. Yet once again

an excuse to bash our standard bearer in the last election. Don'tcha think it's time to retire this rhetoric?

[Skittles]

18. it never fucking ends

it is just plain sickening

[shanny]

19. "last election"

doncha think it's time to retire the "standard bearer" defense?

[Skittles]

21. no

not while Trump is still "president"

[MFM008]

33. Because

The shit stain in the white house now humping the world is sssssssssoooooooooooo much better.

[democratisphere]

10. We heard it! We got it! Move on!

[Skittles]

30. they'll never move on

it is pathological

[demmiblue]

31. What do you think about these women's accounts, disregarding the HRC connection? n/t