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Title: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on March 14, 2019, 10:23:01 pm
Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
The Hill, Mar 14, 2019

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on Thursday slammed Vice President Pence for having said he would not dine alone with women, calling it “outrageous.”

In a brief interview with MSNBC, the 2020 presidential candidate was asked what she thought about Pence.

“I disagree with him when he suggests it’s not possible to have meetings with women alone by himself,” she said. “I think that’s ridiculous — the idea that you would deny a professional woman the opportunity to have a meeting with the vice president of the United States is outrageous.”

Harris was referring to comments Pence made to The Hill in 2002, in which he said he never eats alone with a woman other than his wife. The comments were later resurfaced by The Washington Post in 2017, sparking a furor.


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Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on March 14, 2019, 10:23:41 pm
Harris is making this a signature issue?   888mouth
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: skeeter on March 14, 2019, 10:28:37 pm
Harris is making this a signature issue?   888mouth

Yup. Heels-up Harris.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on March 14, 2019, 10:34:39 pm
Harris is making this a signature issue?   888mouth
Nah, it is to legalize prostitution instead.  More money to be made for her.

And she knows intimately the profession.  Selling the body for the payoff.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: roamer_1 on March 14, 2019, 10:56:39 pm
I think Pence's position to be admirable, and something to be encouraged.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: jafo2010 on March 14, 2019, 11:12:25 pm
There may be more reasons than one too for his saying that back in 2002.  His devotion to his wife is apparent, but a few women have proven dangerous to be around one on one.  If you are in politics, you find that out real quick.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on March 14, 2019, 11:23:16 pm
There may be more reasons than one too for his saying that back in 2002.  His devotion to his wife is apparent, but a few women have proven dangerous to be around one on one.  If you are in politics, you find that out real quick.
Believe me, one does not have to be in politics to have the same problem.

As a supervisor for a business, I would never go behind closed doors with any female one on one.  Too dangerous in today's accusatory environment.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Sanguine on March 14, 2019, 11:26:08 pm
I think Pence's position to be admirable, and something to be encouraged.

Me too.  If I was meeting with a man, I always made sure my blinds were pulled up so that anyone passing by my office could easily see into my office.  It's a tricky world, and some reasonable caution makes it less so.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: roamer_1 on March 15, 2019, 12:38:20 am
Me too.  If I was meeting with a man, I always made sure my blinds were pulled up so that anyone passing by my office could easily see into my office.  It's a tricky world, and some reasonable caution makes it less so.

Yes ma'am... Many's the time I sat out on the porch waiting for the old man of the house to get home. Just better not to even enter in, and avoid any temptation, but also avoid feeding fuel to waggin tongues...

If everyone was still doing what is proper, these gold diggers would not have a leg to stand on.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Smokin Joe on March 15, 2019, 01:52:26 am
Makes it a lot harder to slam someone with false allegations. Prudent in the current political environment, especially with the likes of Harris around.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: roamer_1 on March 15, 2019, 01:54:04 am
Makes it a lot harder to slam someone with false allegations. Prudent in the current political environment, especially with the likes of Harris around.

Prudent as a general rule in life.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Smokin Joe on March 15, 2019, 01:55:44 am
Prudent as a general rule in life.
Yep.  888high58888
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on March 15, 2019, 01:57:25 am
Makes it a lot harder to slam someone with false allegations. Prudent in the current political environment, especially with the likes of Harris around.
Isn't that one reason why people used to name one of their girls Prudence?
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Polly Ticks on March 15, 2019, 12:27:30 pm
I think Pence's position to be admirable, and something to be encouraged.

Absolutely.  My husband has the same policy. He always tells people, "If someone is going to be 'offended' by my actions, it isn't going to be my wife."
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on March 15, 2019, 01:01:24 pm
Absolutely.  My husband has the same policy. He always tells people, "If someone is going to be 'offended' by my actions, it isn't going to be my wife."

He sounds like a good man @Polly Ticks  And please thank him for giving us a succinct and powerful quote we should repeat often. happy77
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Polly Ticks on March 15, 2019, 01:03:58 pm
He sounds like a good man @Polly Ticks  And please thank him for giving us a succinct and powerful quote we should repeat often. happy77

@Right_in_Virginia
Thanks - he's definitely a keeper!
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Snarknado on March 15, 2019, 02:53:51 pm
This is pretty hilarious coming from someone who wouldn't be where she is if other men followed that policy...
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Sanguine on March 15, 2019, 02:59:04 pm
This is pretty hilarious coming from someone who wouldn't be where she is if other men followed that policy...

I guess she really knows what she is talking about.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Cyber Liberty on March 15, 2019, 04:18:47 pm
Absolutely.  My husband has the same policy. He always tells people, "If someone is going to be 'offended' by my actions, it isn't going to be my wife."

"Happy Wife" = "Happy Life."
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Cyber Liberty on March 15, 2019, 04:20:03 pm
I guess she really knows what she is talking about.

Horizontal Harris is exactly the type of female Pence was talking about avoiding.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Jazzhead on March 15, 2019, 04:21:42 pm
Yup. Heels-up Harris.

 :silly: :silly:
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: edpc on March 15, 2019, 05:26:42 pm
Ms. Harris is free to have her one-on-one meeting with Harvey Weinstein or Matt Lauer.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: GtHawk on March 15, 2019, 05:30:09 pm
Harris is making this a signature issue?   888mouth
Pence should just tell Harris that is because of women like her that he won't take meetings alone with women.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Sanguine on March 15, 2019, 05:33:44 pm
Pence should just tell Harris that is because of women like her that he won't take meetings alone with women.

He seems to be a gentleman so he wouldn't.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Hoodat on March 15, 2019, 06:20:51 pm
Harris is making this a signature issue?   888mouth

Apparently, what's good for Willie Brown should be good for Pence as well.
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Jazzhead on March 15, 2019, 06:31:42 pm
Apparently, what's good for Willie Brown should be good for Pence as well.

I'm sure it WAS good for Willie Brown.   Her politics may be cringeworthy,  but she no doubt rocked his world.   
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: Cyber Liberty on March 15, 2019, 06:48:56 pm
I'm sure it WAS good for Willie Brown.   Her politics may be cringeworthy,  but she no doubt rocked his world.

 888high58888
Title: Re: Harris slams Pence for saying he won't have meetings alone with women
Post by: berdie on March 15, 2019, 10:08:39 pm
In today's world, why would he meet in private with anyone?