First, there's Blake "Jabba the Hutt" Farenthold and his having had $84,000 in secret congressional slush fund money paid to settle sex harassment claims, and now comes US representative Ruben Kihuen of Nevada, who only took office last January. The leader of his House caucus, Nancy Pelosi, has called for him to resign following allegations by a former campaign finance director that he repeatedly sexually harassed her.
Unlike Michigan congressman John "PLAYAH!" Conyers, Kihuen isn't an "icon" or long, long, longtime member of the House of Representatives, and so Ms. Pelosi no doubt feels empowered to demand he resign posthaste and forthwith in order to spare the ailing institution known as "Congress" any additional embarrassment and blood loss. Hey: in a legislative body totaling 535 representatives and US senators you're bound to have 450 or 500 or so who just can't keep it in their pants, amirite? ;-)
Anyway, the former director of Kihuen's campaign finances, who naturally enough followed him to D.C., began experiencing the loving touch from Mr. Ruben sometime last February. She claims the 35-year-old newly minted US representative of the great state of Nevada began asking her out on dates and for sex despite her constant objections. The 25-year-old staffer says he went as far as touching her thighs on at least two occasions. Ah yes, the old slide-the-hand-up-the-thigh gag. Works every time. Not.
What's worse, the staffer -- who's being called "Samantha" to protect her identity -- alleges she went straight to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the DCCC, during Kihuen's primary:
"While Samantha was uncertain how she could report her experience, she said she spoke with a contact at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to explain why she was quitting so abruptly, and told the staffer that Kihuen had done things that made her uncomfortable.
“I didn’t know what they could do, but I felt like I had to let someone know,” she said.
The person she spoke with at the DCCC, a midlevel staffer who no longer works there, confirmed a conversation took place. He said he did not recall her telling him any specifics, only that she quit because she felt uncomfortable with Kihuen, and he did not believe that she wanted the DCCC to escalate it. He spoke only with a colleague — another midlevel staffer who is also no longer there — about the call.
Because the race was, at that point, still in the primaries, the DCCC had limited involvement in Kihuen’s campaign. But the second staffer informed Kihuen’s campaign manager, Dave Chase, of Samantha’s call after she had left the campaign. Chase confirmed to BuzzFeed News that someone at the DCCC called to say that the woman had quit because she felt “uncomfortable” around Kihuen, but he was not aware of the specifics of the allegations. He says he confronted Kihuen, who denied that anything improper had occurred."
Sounds like a lot of keister covering going right about now.
Say it with me, folks: All politicians are scumbags and we've given them too much power over our society. Taxes, basic rights, fluoride in our water ( ;-) ), sex harassment... you name it. They've got the power, baby. ;-)
She Says She Quit Her Campaign Job After He Harassed Her. Now He’s In Congress.
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."
Unlike Michigan congressman John "PLAYAH!" Conyers, Kihuen isn't an "icon" or long, long, longtime member of the House of Representatives, and so Ms. Pelosi no doubt feels empowered to demand he resign posthaste and forthwith in order to spare the ailing institution known as "Congress" any additional embarrassment and blood loss. Hey: in a legislative body totaling 535 representatives and US senators you're bound to have 450 or 500 or so who just can't keep it in their pants, amirite? ;-)
Anyway, the former director of Kihuen's campaign finances, who naturally enough followed him to D.C., began experiencing the loving touch from Mr. Ruben sometime last February. She claims the 35-year-old newly minted US representative of the great state of Nevada began asking her out on dates and for sex despite her constant objections. The 25-year-old staffer says he went as far as touching her thighs on at least two occasions. Ah yes, the old slide-the-hand-up-the-thigh gag. Works every time. Not.
What's worse, the staffer -- who's being called "Samantha" to protect her identity -- alleges she went straight to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the DCCC, during Kihuen's primary:
"While Samantha was uncertain how she could report her experience, she said she spoke with a contact at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to explain why she was quitting so abruptly, and told the staffer that Kihuen had done things that made her uncomfortable.
“I didn’t know what they could do, but I felt like I had to let someone know,” she said.
The person she spoke with at the DCCC, a midlevel staffer who no longer works there, confirmed a conversation took place. He said he did not recall her telling him any specifics, only that she quit because she felt uncomfortable with Kihuen, and he did not believe that she wanted the DCCC to escalate it. He spoke only with a colleague — another midlevel staffer who is also no longer there — about the call.
Because the race was, at that point, still in the primaries, the DCCC had limited involvement in Kihuen’s campaign. But the second staffer informed Kihuen’s campaign manager, Dave Chase, of Samantha’s call after she had left the campaign. Chase confirmed to BuzzFeed News that someone at the DCCC called to say that the woman had quit because she felt “uncomfortable” around Kihuen, but he was not aware of the specifics of the allegations. He says he confronted Kihuen, who denied that anything improper had occurred."
Sounds like a lot of keister covering going right about now.
Say it with me, folks: All politicians are scumbags and we've given them too much power over our society. Taxes, basic rights, fluoride in our water ( ;-) ), sex harassment... you name it. They've got the power, baby. ;-)
She Says She Quit Her Campaign Job After He Harassed Her. Now He’s In Congress.
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."