Memo Rips GOP Hopeful for 'Lewd' Actions

[maddezmom]

By KEN GUGGENHEIM, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - A potential Republican candidate for the Senate seat from Illinois — where the party's nominee withdrew over sex club allegations — engaged in "lewd and abusive behavior" while she served as a top official in the White House drug policy office, an internal inquiry found last year.



In front of her staff, Andrea Grubb Barthwell made repeated comments about the sexual orientation of a staff member and used a kaleidoscope to make sexually offensive gestures, according to the findings of a March 19, 2003, "hostile workplace memorandum" prepared by drug policy office staff. The Associated Press obtained the memorandum.


In an interview Wednesday with the AP, Barthwell said the memorandum overstates what happened, but she said she was wrong for participating in "inappropriate banter" at a staff birthday party.


"As the senior person there it was my job to stop it before it got started and I didn't. I in fact joined in," she said.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=1278&e=8&u=/ap/20040715/ap_on_re_us/illinois_senate_harassment

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[chelsea0011]

1. An apology and coming clean.....not Republican material

She needs to point the finger elsewhere and offer no apologies if she wants to be part of Crime Inc.

[Richardo]

3. I agree - a true Republican would have blamed the pervasive

...debauchery and permissiveness of the Clinton penis administration for her actions.

[snippy]

12. True, but there was this statement

The report says her staff ... almost uniformly stated their fear and discomfort with what they consider to be unusual behavior patterns and displays of temper."

The "unusual behavior patterns and displays of temper" is quite descriptive of both Bush and Cheney. In fact, it should be on one of their bumper stickers.

[k in IA]

2. OK - what is it - a curse, a hex, bad Karma returns? What is it that is

nailing the IL Repubs? We need to bottle it and send it to a few more states.

[Walt Starr]

8. The Illinois GOP may well end up as the third party in the state

At this rate, another party could easily steal away the number 2 spot!

[hatrack]

13. I'll tell you what's plaguing Illinois Republicans - the power of . . .

CLENIS!!

[Cocoa]

4. where do they get these people?

This is the type of person that rises to the top of GOP bureacracy?

"Dr. Barthwell made reference to this staff member sitting on men's laps. A kaleidoscope pointed upward was placed on a chair by Dr. Barthwell as the staff member was about to sit down," it said.


"Dr. Barthwell suggested that the staff member would want to cut the cake available for the gathering because the knife was 'long and hard' and he might 'enjoy handling it.' When the cake was cut, Dr. Barthwell referred to the pieces as 'most' or 'beefy' and she said to the staff member, 'I know you like it big and meaty.'"

[tnlefty]

7. Maybe she dated Clarence Thomas?

Long d*^g Silver - away!

[merh]

5. Sometimes, life is just a kaliescope!

You just have to be careful what you do with your kaliescope and who is watching you do what with your kaliescope, especially if you and your party judge others because of how they chose to handle their kaliescopes!

[TrogL]

6. that should be

Sometimes a kaliedescope is just a kaliedescope.

[merh]

11. That is the neat thing about a kaliedescope

what you see with it depends on how you turn it!

On Edit: You know that the GOP loves to spin things their way!

[bushisanidiot]

9. Tsk, tsk, tsk.. More Repuke Family Values on display. What hypocrites

n/t

[Trajan]

10. Damn, if this stuff keeps up ....

I just MAY become a Republican: they are simply having more fun lately ...

[Bandit]

14. But Whoopi needs to be crucified ~ Maybe it's because she is black

I know they can't be saying she shocked their sensibilities. They live in the gutter and try and bring others down to their level.