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SandyZ

(186 posts)
Mon Nov 13, 2017, 01:43 PM Nov 2017

George H. W. Bush accused of groping 16-year-old during 2003 photo op

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/george-h-w-bush-accused-groping-16-year-old-photo-article-1.3629467?utm_content=bufferfe421&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Roslyn Corrigan, the daughter of a CIA employee based in Texas, told TIME magazine that the 41st president grabbed her behind when he visited her father’s office and took a photo with her family in November 2003.

“As soon as the picture was being snapped on the one-two-three he dropped his hands from my waist down to my buttocks and gave it a nice, ripe squeeze, which would account for the fact that in the photograph my mouth is hanging wide open,” she said.

Corrigan says that she was 16 years old and “a child” at the time.


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George H. W. Bush accused of groping 16-year-old during 2003 photo op (Original Post) SandyZ Nov 2017 OP
No pic?... lame54 Nov 2017 #1
... handmade34 Nov 2017 #4
If that's the pic... lame54 Nov 2017 #6
The position of his tongue looks creepy... AJT Nov 2017 #7
I was expecting her giving a... lame54 Nov 2017 #8
Did you believe her without the photo? WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2017 #13
I completely believe her... lame54 Nov 2017 #14
it is... handmade34 Nov 2017 #9
His last excuse. cannabis_flower Nov 2017 #2
omfg Not Ruth Nov 2017 #3
In 1981, when I was 17 MontanaMama Nov 2017 #5
... lame54 Nov 2017 #10
I wish everyone MontanaMama Nov 2017 #11
It's great that... lame54 Nov 2017 #12
There were many rumors rusty fender Nov 2017 #15

lame54

(39,321 posts)
14. I completely believe her...
Mon Nov 13, 2017, 02:42 PM
Nov 2017

Based on the description of the photo

I was expecting ito look different

If there was no description of the photo i would not have questioned

But I am not questioning her story

handmade34

(23,955 posts)
9. it is...
Mon Nov 13, 2017, 02:20 PM
Nov 2017
Corrigan said the incident happened while she was being photographed standing next to Bush. Five other women have made similar claims against Bush in recent weeks. Seven people, including family members and friends, confirmed to TIME that they had been told about alleged groping by Bush of Corrigan prior to the other recent allegations...


Her mother, Sari, said Corrigan told her about the encounter as soon as Bush stepped away.

“When he left, my daughter Rozi said, ‘He grabbed me on the rear end.’ And I said, ‘What, what?'” Sari said. “And she said, ‘Yes, he grabbed me when they were taking the picture. He grabbed me on my butt.’ And I was like, ‘Oh my god, are you kidding me?’
“I was really, really upset — she was very upset, she was really, really mad,” she added. Sari said she would have tried to take action “had it been just some Joe Blow or something. I’d probably chase him down and yell at him.”
“But, you know, it’s the president. What are you supposed to do?” she said in a Oct. 28 interview. “And you’ve got your husband’s job that could be in jeopardy. I mean, you just didn’t then. You should—you should have always spoken up, always—but we didn’t.”

MontanaMama

(24,646 posts)
5. In 1981, when I was 17
Mon Nov 13, 2017, 02:14 PM
Nov 2017

I worked part time as a waitress at a family restaurant. One night, at the end of my shift, my boss smacked my rear end, telling me I had good hustle and was an asset to the crew. I was completely mortified. I drove home and told my dad who was waiting up for me. I'd only ever seen that look on my dad's face once or twice in my life. He loaded me up in the car and we drove back to the restaurant at 11pm. My dad went after my boss, backed him up against a wall and asked him if he thought he had the right to touch someones child. My boss laughed and said "she's 17, she's not a child". My dad said "she is MY child and what you did is criminal." Dad then told my employer that he would wait while he wrote my final check and that he expected a glowing letter of reference for me in the mail within a week. We left after that and I never went back. I actually got the reference letter from that slime bag.

Thanks Dad.

 

rusty fender

(3,428 posts)
15. There were many rumors
Mon Nov 13, 2017, 02:50 PM
Nov 2017

about GHW Bush's womanizing when he was president. We didn't have the internet then to hash it all out so it didn't quite get the coverage it probably would have if, it happened today

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