Discussion: Rep. Farenthold Issues Formal Response To Sexual Harassment Allegations

system1 · February 13, 2015, 7:38pm

Discussion for article #233256

braxtonbraggart · February 13, 2015, 7:59pm

This guy, acting like a pig around women? That’s unpossible!

doremus_jessup · February 13, 2015, 7:59pm

She was promoted on a trial basis but since she wouldn’t sleep with the boss her performance reviews made clear she wasn’t right for the job.

doremus_jessup · February 13, 2015, 8:00pm

I wonder what that girl’s performance reviews look like?

chuck_voellinger · February 13, 2015, 8:02pm

Damnit. I can’t unsee that pic.

mantan · February 13, 2015, 8:14pm

a lobbyist once propositioned him to have a “threesome.”

Impossible. Blake, alone, is a threesome…

inlabsitrust · February 13, 2015, 8:18pm

Such an attractive man as this, why wouldn’t women be throwing themselves at him?

mantan · February 13, 2015, 8:20pm

inlabsitrust · February 13, 2015, 8:30pm

No wonder this Texan supports open carry as well as whatever he can conceal in his pants.

13bigdaddy13 · February 13, 2015, 8:44pm

Be more like whatever he can find in his pants.

thunderclapnewman · February 13, 2015, 8:57pm

It’s got to be tiny—not much grows in the shade.

darcy · February 13, 2015, 9:13pm

Yeah, but it’s probably cute.

ottnott · February 13, 2015, 9:24pm

Farenthold’s response denied that he once communicated to Greene that she “could show her nipples whenever she wanted to” but admits that after Greene became communications director “there was an occasion in which Plaintiff reported to work in a shirt and bra that were made of such flimsy fabric that Plaintiff’s nipples were visible, and that such attire was inappropriate for the Communications Director for a Member of Congress.”

Not sure what that does for your legal case, but you just blew your case with the public.

footballbat · February 13, 2015, 9:31pm

Mother of God. I’m not surprised that he would have to bully a woman to get sex. She is a brave woman to stand up to this putz. She had to know he would try to drag her down in the eyes of the public. He is a pig in every sense.

stephen_maturin · February 13, 2015, 9:31pm

I didn’t know Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman had a child.

roma_victor · February 13, 2015, 9:32pm

Nice. I was always going with Flounder from Animal House, but I think you nailed it.

avattoir · February 13, 2015, 9:42pm

Toadily.

A jury will treat this just as if the claim was made against, George Clooney or Bill Cosby. They’ll look at all the evidence, including videos and pictures like this, their digestive tracts will void at both ends, and immediately thereafter they’ll arrive at a rational decision.

slbinva · February 13, 2015, 9:45pm

…"there was an occasion in which Plaintiff reported to work in a shirt and bra that were made of such flimsy fabric that Plaintiff’s nipples were visible…

Trust me, the fabric does not have to be especially flimsy for that to happen. In fact, it takes a pretty thick bra cup to prevent it.

I remember a story that Oprah Winfrey related once about being on the air and hearing one of her producers off-camera telling her through her earphone that her nipples were showing. As I recall the story, she explained to the audience (both the studio audience and the broadcast audience) what she had just been told, and responded out loud to the producer, “Just what do you expect me to do about it?”

chammy · February 13, 2015, 9:49pm

OMG. I howled at that one.!! BTW I love your nick. I love labs too

rudesan · February 13, 2015, 10:05pm

And it’s not like Blake wouldn’t have the same problem if he wore a flimsy shirt.