Amy using her comb to eat salad shows great ingenuity to me. Use what you have to make it work.

[allgood33]

Asking someone to clean the comb ...depends on how that was done. I don't really know how it was asked so I can't ezpress an opinion on that.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. Nice spin... don't think Amy will ever "part" with that comb story.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!

[Jake Stern]

2. As a supervisor I would never ask a subordinate to wash my eating utensils or hair accessories

that's a rather dickish move from a boss of any gender.

[jodymarie aimee]

3. tru dat

makes me wince..

[USALiberal]

5. I 100% agree, she can easily deny that ever happened if it is not true. nt

[pnwmom]

12. What if you had the window seat and the whole reason you had to eat with your comb

was because of the goof-up of your staffer, who was seated in the aisle and closer to the bathroom?

I don't think this was an egregious error, but I'm not surprised the young man thought it was.

[Jake Stern]

15. Forgive and move on

Put the thing in her bag and wash it at her destination.

[pnwmom]

16. Or the staffer could forgive and move on -- instead of anonymously spreading his story years later.

[area51]

30. +1 n/t

[hlthe2b]

4. well, I honestly think washing ones hands and using them is probably preferable...

however gauche that might be.

Still, I am not happy about the obvious targeting of Klobuchar with the usual "liberal media" (yeah, right) pile-on.

[USALiberal]

6. She can easily deny these stories. Yet she just keeps saying she has high expectations. Weird. nt

[Awsi Dooger]

13. Amy understands she doesn't have to frantically deny everything

That's how you end up with an unnecessary DNA test, and making matters worse.

I'm not taking a crack at Elizabeth Warren. I'm taking a crack at the ridiculous notion that every charge has to be countered. Amy is verifying my faith in her by recognizing that she doesn't have to be twisted up into a ball every time a negative story appears.

Her restraint has been perfect. If Amy had responded in the fashion you prefer, then I would drop her down the list because it would mean her instincts were sub par. A lesser goof would be summoning current staff members to appear with her on televised stage, like Trump pathetically with the employees at his Doral golf course. "Tell them I'm a great boss. Go ahead...tell them."

Unfortunately in the Trump era that type of thing is tested repeatedly, the instincts on what to respond to and what to ignore, and how to respond if you do respond. Hillary actually did very well during fall 2016. I'd love for any of our 2020 candidates to manage day to day as well as Hillary did in 2016. Trump was so frustrated at the lack of daily combat he was chastising Hillary for not doing many events. I'm more than a bit worried our 2020 nominee will be sucked into it. You can't win if you are sucked into it, as Trump's primary opponents discovered.

Hillary's problems stemmed from low upside due to long time name recognition and not considered likable, plus obviously the email issue. If this were an email type situation for Amy then a quick strong response would be necessary. She has handicapped properly to recognize it is not necessary here. A few wow debate performances and it is long forgotten. However, the high number of debate candidates makes a wow performance more difficult. You really need to shine in those brief scattered responses.

[USALiberal]

14. I disagree it has been perfect, no denial at all, just BS about being demanding of herself and staff

[Jake Stern]

7. Problem is that she brings so much of this on herself.

From what I've read about her so far she reminds me of supervisors I've walked out on.

It's one thing to run a tight ship but it's a whole different thing to be a taskmaster.

Also if you proclaim yourself a champion of family and sick leave be sure to make your policy reflect that instead of changing it after it was exposed for being not-so-friendly.

[wcmagumba]

8. Kind of made me think of this...

a bit of a gross out...

[Hassin Bin Sober]

9. .

Now there’s a blast from the past

[Docreed2003]

10. I just think it's weird

The whole story is just weird to me. I don't see ingenuity with choosing to eat with a comb. It's just weird, which makes me wonder if there's even any truth to the story. It's certainly not a reason I would use not to vote for her.

[Kentonio]

25. Yeah it's super weird.

[4139]

11. Pencils/pens as chop sticks works for salad

[Retrograde]

23. I'd have gone with fingers

or improvised chopsticks - or if any bread-like substance was available using that to scoop up the salad.

On a scale from eating a corndog in a silly way to pussy-grabbing, I'd say this faux pas is on the corndog end - if that.

[bigtree]

17. it's just a large fork

...

[Shrek]

19. Apparently it doesn't work very well that way

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/02/amy-klobuchar-comb-salad-staff-mistreatment.html

[peggysue2]

29. Really??

Slate felt compelled to do an article about eating with combs, experimenting with combs and salad?

Going to be a great election cycle!

[CrossingTheRubicon]

18. Creative problem solving.

Plus 2 to Amy in my personal poll.

[jalan48]

20. SNL is going to have a field day with it. I hope Klobuchar has a sense of humor.

[question everything]

21. And you know this because?

All of a sudden all the anonymous reports.

Klobuchar has been in the Senate for 11 years. The ones who "suffered" no doubt have long left her and got new jobs. So why are they afraid to speak up, for the record?

Credit the school of Stone and others. You know why? Because of all of a sudden republican opinions,like George Will and the WSJ like her. So for the ones who are disillusioned with Trump but are scared by the Leftist Warren and Harris, supporting Klobuchar is a comfortable place to be. Of course, there are many of us, long time loyal Democrats who are scared of a President Harris or Warren, though I would love to see them continuing with their work in the Senate.

[madville]

32. I imagine several of them will wait to see if she gets any traction

Then if she climbs out of the lower-tier <5% basement candidates they can get more exposure for themselves with their story, handing over the emails, etc. They don't have much to gain identifying themselves publicly at this point, especially if they are still employed in DC, no point in bringing all that attention if she isn't even in contention.

[honest.abe]

22. Seems gross to me.

[betsuni]

24. How hard is it not to lose a fork?

I guess this is too much to ask, as is cleaning something -- don't want to get dish-pan hands!

If not a comb ("Amy has lettuce in her teeth" ) it would've been "Amy's low salad bar: eats with hands like a barbarian" or "Amy leans over salad, grazes like a horse after fork loss -- can her outrageous behavior to her staff be reined in?"

[50 Shades Of Blue]

26. How clean was the comb before she used it as a fork?

The whole thing sounds gross to me. It sounds like a child throwing a tantrum too - "I'll show YOU I can still eat my salad even if you're too useless to provide my special self with a fork!" I really hope this story is not true.

[Generic Brad]

27. Sounds like the staffer who gave her the salad caused the problem

As a senator she is on a tight schedule and has little time to take care of her physical needs - like eating. She relies on her staff to make sure that she is fed when she can grab a quick moment and also ensure she has utensils to eat with.

When we order fast food or get something delivered or picked up for us, sometimes someone in the chain forgets to include utensils, napkins, items that were paid for, etc. Shit happens. A competent staffer would ensure there were contingencies in place so that the senator they work for gets fed when she has a free moment and has utensils to eat with. That would eliminate the possibility of an "eating salad with a comb" story from ever happening.

There are no small, unimportant jobs. But there are a lot of people who view their jobs as small and unimportant and treat them as such.

[Politicub]

28. I love the comb story

It is equal parts midwestern practicality and innovation.

I would have wanted the comb cleaned before and after I ate the salad, though. But sometimes there's not enough time for that.

[Vinca]

31. Just wait. This is the crap the media is going to cover. Meanwhile, Trump gets a pass on a life's

worth of criminal activities and associations, bankruptcies and various legal and illegal sexual escapades.

[crazycatlady]

33. she could totally play this up

Here's an example of the other way around