116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control

[St. Clown]

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This frustrates me. I'm pretty sure DC has laws against revenge porn (not sure where the video was leaked); its disgusting to see her resign over this.

Katie Hill contacted Capitol Hill Police once she was made aware of the video, stating such a law.

[Rover]

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Katie Hill contacted Capitol Hill Police once she was made aware of the video, stating such a law.

My rough understanding of the story based on the Daily Mail brouhaha is that her husband posted nude pics of her to some "bang my wife" website or something like that and the issue is if he did that with her consent or not. If she was okay with that its kind hard to sue for privacy now or some legal blah blah blah.

Look, my take is if she wants to take nude pictures with her friends and staff members that's her business, just like if she's banging people outside of her marriage. Doing your employees is poor judgement though and while not resignation worthy she really should have known better.

[Kepler]

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I wish she had decided to deal with the puritanical nonsense and run. My guess is the majority of people just do not give a sh-t anymore, and that women* in particular would have voted for her as a show of solidarity against the dirt bag revenge porn tactics used by the GOP here.

But of course that would make her life a living hell for the next year plus, just like the Republicans wanted it to be. It sucks that bullies and authoritarians can get away with stuff like this but as long as the population isn't grown up they will continue to.

* Obviously not the Christian fanatics, but f-ck them anyway.

[mookie1995]

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Isn’t the point being that maybe yer staff would like to say no, but feel they can’t? So they let you strip and brush your hair??

[Kepler]

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Isn’t the point being that maybe yer staff would like to say no, but feel they can’t? So they let you strip and brush your hair??

My understanding is this was a long-term relationship between the three. For all I know it predated the third's working on the campaign.

If she recruited the third partner from within staff then, yes, that would be inappropriate behavior, though again the third person is not the one complaining. This is the husband being a chud and then the GOP rubbing their hands with glee and spreading revenge porn. That's the violation, here.

I wish they would prosecute all the dirt bags who spread it from the husband to the Republican operatives, then have House Ethics investigate and censure her, and then have her run for re-election and let the voters decide if they care. If the third person campaigns with her that basically tells us this is a case of a bunch of as-sholes being misogynists and/or relying upon the public's misogyny to ruin this woman's life. That makes me want to vote for her THAT MUCH MORE and I doubt I am alone.

Stand up to bullies. Never even give them a centimeter.

But that's easy for me to say. I'm not the one whose life gets ruined by these predators. It's her choice and she made it. I wish her well.

[Rover]

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My understanding was this was a long-term relationship between the three. For all I know it predated the third's working on the campaign.

If she recruited the third partner from within staff then, yes, that would be inappropriate behavior, though again the third person is not the one complaining. This is the husband being a chud and then the GOP rubbing their hands with glee and spreading revenge porn. That's the violation, here.

I sympathize with the woman and haven't seen any allegations of harassment but again page 1 of the employee handbook is don't bang people who are reporting to you. Especially in this day and age. I suspect if it was just one staffer from her campaign that Hill was having an affair with she would have stuck around. I do hope she pursues the revenge porn angle if she does in fact have a case.

[SJHovey]

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Her statement is pretty disingenuous too (Deutsche posted it earlier).

She wrote, and I quote, "However, I know that as long as I am in Congress, we'll live fearful of what might come next and how much it will hurt. That's a feeling I know all too well. It's a feeling I decided to leave when I left my marriage, and one I will not tolerate being forced upon others."

She didn't leave her marriage. Her husband filed for divorce, accusing her of having an affair with a male staffer.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

When's the last time a Republican resigned over a sex scandal?

Was it mr Appalachian trail?

[Kepler]

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Her statement is pretty disingenuous too (Deutsche posted it earlier).

She wrote, and I quote, "However, I know that as long as I am in Congress, we'll live fearful of what might come next and how much it will hurt. That's a feeling I know all too well. It's a feeling I decided to leave when I left my marriage, and one I will not tolerate being forced upon others."

She didn't leave her marriage. Her husband filed for divorce, accusing her of having an affair with a male staffer.

We have no idea who left who. He filed first. She may have been "gone" long before. From her husband's behavior it sounds like he is exactly the sort of dude a woman gets the f-ck away from as quickly as possible and without trying to make waves. At least he "only" circulated revenge porn and destroyed her career with the help of some right wing lackeys, he didn't flat out beat her up -- the traditional conservative male act of heroism.

[Kepler]

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I suspect if it was just one staffer from her campaign that Hill was having an affair with she would have stuck around.

That tells me more about you than anything else.

[ticapnews]

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Was it mr Appalachian trail?

You answered too quickly. I was going to answer

It was Brett Kav...oh wait. No, it was Sniffles...no, wait. It was David Vitter...no, wait. It was Dennis Hast...no...

Patrick Meehan R-PA who denies there was ever sex involved but paid the victim anyway (using taxpayer money).

To find a case with actual sex, Tim Murphy R-PA (what do they put in the water?) who is anti-choice, paid for his mistress to have an abortion.

My favorite is Scott DesJarlais (R-TN). He admitted under oath to having six affairs, including two with patients. He ordered his ex-wife to have two abortions and tried to get his mistress/patient to have another. Oh yes, he's anti-choice as well. He is still serving in Congress.

[Rover]

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That tells me more about you than anything else.

If you're spending this much time thinking about me then you have way too much time on your hands.

[Kepler]

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If you're spending this much time thinking about me then you have way too much time on your hands.

You're the one who went out of your way to document your prejudice; I'm just reacting to it.

Be at peace, Rover. Outside of the occasional correction of one of your inanities I suspect nobody ever thinks about you.

[Rover]

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You're the one who went out of your way to document your prejudice; I'm just reacting to it.

Be at peace, Rover. Outside of the occasional correction of one of your inanities I suspect nobody ever thinks about you.

Your constant posting about me betrays you Kep! Hill did the right thing, not because her lifestyle is wrong or because she did anything criminal but because this is a huge distraction that can't possibly not interfere with her trying to do her job. Something she seems to realize better than you do. Why don't we support the woman in her decision, instead of you adopting your usual misogynist ways and deciding you know better than she does.

[ticapnews]

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You two bicker like Sam and Diane. Just **** already and get it over with.