Former US president George HW Bush apologises after actress claims he 'sexually assaulted' her from his WHEELCHAIR in this photograph ...

[Emjay]

I am sooo proud of her for having the courage to protest this atrocity.

[Silver Pines]

@CatherineofAragon

Yes, "our" Barbara was a double for the real one and they met and had that picture taken.

I was with W on numerous occasions when he was our governor - he was just George to us.  He is a fine man, gentle with people.  After 911, I didn't know how he managed to keep himself together at so many funerals he went to.  That attack broke his heart.  It was never about him, as it is with chaos Trump.  Bush would never attack others just to attack them as Trump does.  W still works with veterans' groups without publicity of him doing it.

@Victoria33

Oh, that's right, I wasn't even thinking about his time as governor.   .  Of course you would have met him.

[dfwgator]

And that's why we ditched Bush Republicans in favor of Trump.  Always apologizing to the Left and never standing up for themselves.

[INVAR]

The zeitgeist continues.

I smell horseshit on this one however. If he didn't just brush his hand on her ass during the photoshoot, it's a good probability that old-man senility kicked in in full force some time ago.

This Hollywood Leftist sounds just like your typical elitist SJW.

[Emjay]

They're lining up now.  I would like to say that I have never been harassed by a President.  Neither has Nancy Pelosi.  But, everybody else,  I guess.

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[Frank Cannon]

And that's why we ditched Bush Republicans in favor of Trump.  Always apologizing to the Left and never standing up for themselves.

The best part is GHWB's apology is that is didn't go far enough for their buds on the Left.

They're calling for his impeachment now.

[Emjay]

And that's why we ditched Bush Republicans in favor of Trump.  Always apologizing to the Left and never standing up for themselves.

I would love for it to be a world where men can be gentlemen like George H. W. Bush but look what happened.

He apologized for absolutely BS incident and she took advantage of it.

So, yeah. 

[Emjay]

The best part is GHWB's apology is that is didn't go far enough for their buds on the Left.

They're calling for his impeachment now.

He should definitely be impeached.  Just sorry it took so long.

[Frank Cannon]

@RoosGirl

Sex Machine gets action from all of them, even the octogenarians.

Leave it to the chicks on the forum to drag this thread into the gutter. I am appalled.

[XenaLee]

George H. W. Bush has apologized to an actress who accused him of sexually assaulting her while they posed for a photograph together four years ago.

The actress, Heather Lind, wrote in a now-deleted Instagram post that she was standing next to the former president when he “touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side.” Lind also alleges Bush told her a “dirty joke.”

The thing is that I too can use my power, which isn’t so different from a President really,” she added. “I can enact positive change. I can actually help people. I can be a symbol of my democracy. I can refuse to call him President, and call out other abuses of power when I see them.

See more at https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/george-h-w-bush-apologizes-055154853.html

Well.... in Herbert's defense (never ever trust a guy named Herbert, btw).... at least he didn't grab her by the p***y.

That's something, I guess.   

[Silver Pines]

Leave it to the chicks on the forum to drag this thread into the gutter. I am appalled.

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@Frank Cannon

I'm telling you, they're trash.

Uh, wait...

[RoosGirl]

Leave it to the chicks on the forum to drag this thread into the gutter. I am appalled.

You're just appalled that the term Sex Machine was not used in reference to you.

[Victoria33]

You're welcome.  ^-^

And then, why did he apologize, if he did?

@Suppressed

His apology said it was done in jest and he was sorry if she took it another way.
He faced this head on and dealt with it - Trump would have starting attacking her and wouldn't stop for 20 years.

Something else the elder Bush said a year or longer ago, before he was completely wheel chair bound:
He was falling all the time, and said, "When I am walking, I look for the softest place to fall."  He was up front with his falling, telling the truth about it in humor.

[MOD4]

Threads merged.

[Suppressed]

@Suppressed

His apology said it was done in jest and he was sorry if she took it another way.
He faced this head on and dealt with it - Trump would have starting attacking her and wouldn't stop for 20 years.

Something else the elder Bush said a year or longer ago, before he was completely wheel chair bound:
He was falling all the time, and said, "When I am walking, I look for the softest place to fall."  He was up front with his falling, telling the truth about it in humor.

@Victoria33 Thank you for explaining that!  It really didn't seem to be the type of thing he'd do, and it confused me.

I've really liked the elder Bush, even if I wasn't in love with all of his policies.  I'll forever kick myself for declining the invitation to lunch with him...I just shook his hand and thanked him (!) and got back to my newspaper to make deadline and run a special edition to support his re-election effort.   

But I got to the Oval Office with W, and I'm glad for that.  I'm not big on all he did, either, but I was eyes-open on his "open-border" stuff because I knew of him from Texas.  It's not like he ever hid that, but I think many non-Texans were caught by surprise. 

Neither was a choir boy, and both father and son are politicians, but they are also decent men, too, IMO.

[Frank Cannon]

Threads merged.

That sounds dirty. I'm reporting you to the Mods.

[TomSea]

It was his property.  He wanted to go swimming like that.  He should be able to.  The SS should assign appropriate personnel -- ones who won't leer and be offended.

and at the vice president’s official residence in Washington, D.C., according to “The First Family Detail” by Ronald Kessler.
https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2014/08/01/biden-swims-naked-upsetting-female-secret-service-agents-book-claims

I thought the vice president's official residence was the US's property.

@Suppressed

[Suppressed]

I thought the vice president's official residence was the US's property.

@Suppressed

Okay, so it wasn't just on his property...it was also his residence.

BTW, I've heard that Trump undresses for the shower in the White House   >GASP!<

[stephen50right]

Well there doesn't seem to be any proof that Bush touched her.

Now if Bill Clinton did it, there would have been a bruise, perhaps a bite mark.

[TomSea]

@CatherineofAragon

Yes, "our" Barbara was a double for the real one and they met and had that picture taken.

I was with W on numerous occasions when he was our governor - he was just George to us.  He is a fine man, gentle with people.  After 911, I didn't know how he managed to keep himself together at so many funerals he went to.  That attack broke his heart.  It was never about him, as it is with chaos Trump.  Bush would never attack others just to attack them as Trump does.  W still works with veterans' groups without publicity of him doing it.

Yes, and Babs called Clinton a fine man too.

I'm not aware of President Trump being associated with burn pits, starting two shooting wars,  sectarian violence especially against Christians arising under his stewardship. You seem to be going off topic and that should be answered.

[TomSea]

Well there doesn't seem to be any proof that Bush touched her.

Now if Bill Clinton did it, there would have been a bruise, perhaps a bite mark.

Actually, I'm hearing their may be evidence of a similar thing happening before.

Also, per the article, Bush's security guard was saying, she should not have stood so close to him in the photo.  Allegation is, it happened two times. Perhaps the joke can not be denied but that is all it is, a tasteless joke.

[Emjay]

That sounds dirty. I'm reporting you to the Mods.

Really.  That's sick and I am personally offended.

[Silver Pines]

You're just appalled that the term Sex Machine was not used in reference to you.

@RoosGirl

Undeniable fact.

[Victoria33]

Yes, and Babs called Clinton a fine man too.  I'm not aware of President Trump being associated with burn pits, starting two shooting wars,  sectarian violence especially against Christians arising under his stewardship. You seem to be going off topic and that should be answered.

I answered a question by @CatherineofAragon about whether I knew Bush.  End of story.

[stephen50right]

All i know is I'd like to hear that joke.