Comments on: Brownback Sexually Harassed Colleague

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:57:06 +0000

I think Brownback is an example of what is worst about the conservative movement, but this is where political correctness goes too far. He was making a silly joke to lighten the mood. He could have called her an evil left wing liberal, and that would be politics as usual. Getting upset over stupid stuff like this is why people are discouraged about our political system.

By: Matt Browner Hamlin

Matt Browner Hamlin — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:28:57 +0000

Well, Batman, what can I say. All I know is that people have been fired for this and companies have faced major lawsuits for actions like this.

I don’t advocate anything in this post, merely note that what Brownback did constitutes sexual harassment by any reasonable standard.

Taken at what I’ve actually included in this post, I think this is a very measured response.

By: Batman

Batman — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:46:16 +0000

Sometimes my side embarrases me. This is one of those times.

How petty and stupid this post is.

By: rhetoricus

rhetoricus — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:10:36 +0000

A better way to deliver this story would be: “How would the GOP have framed this if a Dem had said it? And yet THIS is our family values candidate?”

You’re right, the issue IS hypocrisy, but what Brownback did was not really criminal. It was boorish, inappropriate, and would certainly qualify as harassment if it were part of a larger pattern with that woman. Otherwise, it was just slimy of him.

By: Ana Casian Lakos

Ana Casian Lakos — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:37:09 +0000

That is nothing short of sexual harassment, and Senator Brownback should be ashamed of himself.

By: Angry One

Angry One — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:15:15 +0000

And Brownback wanted to lead the American Taliban...

By: Matt Browner Hamlin

Matt Browner Hamlin — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:54:21 +0000

ouch, even fellow libs are saying this site is lousey and hypocritical, hurts when reality comes smackin ya in the face huh orteeega.

not only do you give liberals a bad name, you give americans a bad name, showing your willingness to entrust our safety and security with the inexperienced and unproven obama and edwards, and the wildly radical polarizing clinton, when giuliani is by far the best candidate.

and if your going to keep up your silly attacks, then perhaps you would like to explain how new york would have been better off if dinkins was reelected, and invoking more failed liberal policies.

socialist/liberal gov’ts don’t work, snap out of it.

You’re certifiable.

How can you conceivably read “You’ve got a great site” and follow it by writing “even fellow libs are saying this site is lousey [sic] and hypocritical”? You have zero reading comprehension skills.

How many times do you need to be told this site is not about the Democratic primary. No author of this site has EVER expressed any preference for any Democratic candidate or advocated for their candidacy on this site. Moreover, no one has ever said NYC would have been better if Giuliani wasn’t elected in 1993. It’s a counterfactual. It’s not under discussion.

By: ronald sherman

ronald sherman — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:05:58 +0000

Brownback is obviously a jerk; his attempt at humor was lame, childish, uncool. But, really, no big deal, and frankly, what I would expect of an uptight, right wing Kansan. (I spent some time there.)

By: matt

matt — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:05:24 +0000

ouch, even fellow libs are saying this site is lousey and hypocritical, hurts when reality comes smackin ya in the face huh orteeega.

and if your going to keep up your silly attacks, then perhaps you would like to explain how new york would have been better off if dinkins was reelected, and invoking more failed liberal policies.

socialist/liberal gov’ts don’t work, snap out of it.

By: abd

abd — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:21:45 +0000

Matt – You’ve got a great site but c’mon, don’t be a knucklehead. It’s this kind of trivial nonsense that gives libs a bad name.