Women Employed by Lawmaker Describe Sexually Hostile Office

New York Times ^ | August 29, 2012 | SAM DOLNICK and DANNY HAKIM

[ConservativeStatement]

Five women who worked for Vito J. Lopez, the assemblyman at the center of a growing sexual harassment scandal, described in interviews an atmosphere of sexual pressure and crude language in his office, with frequent unwanted advances by him and others, requests for provocative dress, personal questions about their boyfriends and fears of reprisals if they complained.

[ConservativeStatement]

There appears to be a "War on Women" in this Dem's office.

[Doogle]

...this net is wide and gathering.....

[piytar]

I dont want to give the slimes the hit. How far was it into the article before they mentioned his party (demscum)?

[Chode]

and the RATS, take another one in the.........HA ha!!!

[Paladin2]

Unlike the DHS’s war on men.

[ConservativeStatement]

First sentence of the second paragraph:

By their accounts, Mr. Lopez, 71, a Brooklyn Democrat, told some

[xrmusn]

How far was it into the article before they mentioned his party (demscum)?
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Hmmm... Actually it is (was) kind of obvious because it wasn’t used as the 4th word of the headline.

[Emperor Palpatine]

Since they don’t mention his party I assume Ol’ Vito is a Democrat.

[GreatRoad]

Yup. Brooklyn Democrat per HufPo.

[Jim from C-Town]

Since the party affiliation is not mentioned seven times in the first paragraph, I must conclude that this is a Democrat.

[gr8eman]

They didn’t have to. The fact that they didn’t mention his party in the first sentence or title indicated which party he is in!

[xrmusn]

“How to read a NYT 101.
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I completely understand that.
The question ABOVE the = = = = = =was by Piytar.
the answer below the = = = = = = was by me, saying if it wasn’t mentioned in the headline, the guy wasn’t an “R” - or words to that effect.