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George H.W. Bush Apologizes to Actress After She Claims He Sexually Assaulted Her in 2014
US Magazine ^ | 10/25/2017 | Nicholas Hautman

Posted on 10/25/2017 8:01:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

George H.W. Bush apologized to actress Heather Lind after she claimed in a since-deleted Instagram post that he sexually assaulted her at an event in 2014.

Presidential First Children Through the Years “President Bush would never — under any circumstance — intentionally cause anyone distress, and he most sincerely apologizes if his attempt at humor offended Ms. Lind,” the former president’s spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement to Us Weekly on Wednesday, October 25.

Lind, 34, alleged on Instagram on Tuesday, October 24, that Bush, 93, “sexually assaulted” her during a photo op at a private screening of her AMC series Turn: Washington’s Spies in Houston in 2014. “He didn’t shake my hand. He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side,” she claimed in the caption of her post. “He told me a dirty joke. And then, all the while being photographed, touched me again. Barbara rolled her eyes as if to say ‘not again.’ His security guard told me that I shouldn’t have stood next to him for the photo.”

Stars Speak Out Against Harvey Weinstein Amid Sexual Misconduct Scandal The Demolition actress continued, “We were instructed to call him Mr. President. It seems to me a President’s power is in his or her capacity to enact positive change, actually help people, and serve as a symbol of our democracy. He relinquished that power when he used it against me. … What comforts me is that I too can use my power, which isn’t so different from a President really. 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. I can vote for a President, in part, by the nature of his or her character, knowing that his or her political decisions must necessarily stem from that character.”

Lind concluded her post by explaining that she turned to her costars and producers for support after the alleged encounter, adding, “I do not respect [Bush].”

The accusation came after a number of women, including A-listers Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow, came forward with sexual harassment and assault claims against Harvey Weinstein. The 65-year-old producer’s spokesperson previously told Us that he denies “any allegations of non-consensual sex.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; barbarabush; bush41; georgehwbush; metoo; sexualharrasment
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To: chris37; IronJack

IronJack was referring to President George H.W. Bush as a douchebag...NOT you.
You then responded by insulting him/her directly. Totally uncool.

Enable him? President Bush #41 will likely be deceased inside of two years.
This actress is almost assuredly laughing about this right now. She needed a bit of media attention / magazine ink and found a way to do it.


141 posted on 10/25/2017 7:31:45 PM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Blue Jays

I don’t read it that way. Maybe you do, but I don’t.

He just forgot his comma, and “the” is a misplaced word.. He has no reason to call Bush a douchebag, he’s defending him while arguing with me, and losing.

And I don’t care if he’s going to be deceased in the next 5 minutes. That isn’t relevant to his admitted commission of this crime.

Go ahead and read the article.

He did it. He’s a perv.


142 posted on 10/25/2017 7:39:44 PM PDT by chris37 (Take a week off racist >;-)
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To: chris37

I do not like ANY of the members of the Bush family. Both of the Georges were unremarkable commanders in chief.
Jeb! would have been a complete disaster as POTUS as well.
At the same time, GHWB is a fossil that drools into his oatmeal.
There are times when police do not need to be summoned into EVERY “touchy” situation.


143 posted on 10/25/2017 7:55:35 PM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: af_vet_1981

lol....You are going to equate getting goosed by George Bush with what Clintoon and Weinstein have done for years?


144 posted on 10/25/2017 8:06:06 PM PDT by dennisw (Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it is enemy action.)
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To: Blue Jays

I will readily admit that I do not like any of them either. No like, no respect.

However, in this matter, that is not my angle.

I’m just looking at what she said, and weighing in my mind is he the type of guy that might do this sort of think as a matter of course believing that he will get away with it because of who he is.

And my gut instinct tells me that he is.

I don’t know who she is, never heard of her before, but I see no reason that she should accept this behavior because is gonna be dead soon.

He wronged her, he did it on purpose, he should be held to account.

I’m sick and goddamned tired of these elitists getting a damn pass.

I’M SICK OF IT!


145 posted on 10/25/2017 10:14:31 PM PDT by chris37 (Take a week off racist >;-)
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To: Hulka

You are calling me a leftist?!

Whoever you are you need to experience the world more and see what a real leftist looks like.....

Good mercy


146 posted on 10/26/2017 4:03:08 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: dennisw
You wrote : "Retard “actress” should have kept her mouth shut. Many times in life it is better to say nothing. And the Bush family should have said nothing, not acknowledged this publicity hound."

Any unwanted sexual touching or harassment is wrong. It is equally wrong whether done by Bush, Clinton, or Weinstein.
147 posted on 10/26/2017 5:10:03 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: BeadCounter; Tennessee Conservative; dennisw
Well, well, well,

what do we have here ?

Bush apologized through a spokesman in a statement earlier Wednesday. The statement said that “on occasion, he has patted women’s rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner” and routinely tells a joke.

Deadspin reported that a source said the “joke” the statement refers to was Bush saying that his favorite magician was “David-Cop-A-Feel.”

Also,

Five women accuse journalist Mark Halperin of sexual harassment...

MSNBC Suspends...
148 posted on 10/26/2017 5:24:27 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: Guenevere

never called you one.

“Only a leftist would feel an actor on screen, playing a role in some movie/TV show you like, is the same person off-screen, and who decides to give credibility to someone just because they act?”

Unless you are supporting her because you like her acting and feel she is the same person off-screen that she acts on-screen, that would be a leftist approach.

You are not supporting her because she is an actor, right?


149 posted on 10/26/2017 6:46:33 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Responsibility2nd

It would appear that every nobody in sight is claiming harassment to claim at least five minutes of fame.

First it was being assaulted at a young age to today’s harassment charges. Sorry I don’t believe half of them.


150 posted on 10/26/2017 6:55:52 AM PDT by JayAr36 (Just watching the demise of America.)
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To: Mr Rogers

Notice: Hand on buttock.

151 posted on 10/26/2017 7:07:35 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs, RINOs...same thing)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

If that’s sexual then every baseball coach in the country sexually harasses his team.


152 posted on 10/26/2017 7:10:07 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa

Amazing how it distracts from serious stuff like Weinstein making sex bribery a requirement for employment though...


153 posted on 10/26/2017 7:12:35 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa
If that’s sexual then every baseball coach in the country sexually harasses his team.

No, only if it makes them uncomfortable. No self-respecting jock would admit that.

You're thinking of Sandusky and other sports queers.

154 posted on 10/26/2017 7:23:28 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs, RINOs...same thing)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

OMG! A guy in a wheelchair is touching someone on the buttock! Sexual assault! He touched a woman in public! How disgusting! How...CRIMINAL!

< / sarcasm >


155 posted on 10/26/2017 9:44:55 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bush should have hired a whore. Hitting on innocent women is trashy...


156 posted on 10/26/2017 9:51:59 AM PDT by GOPJ (Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is intentional..)
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine

I’ve seen elderly dementia sufferers do things like that, some things even worse like one old man exposing himself.


157 posted on 10/26/2017 6:47:40 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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