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Laura Fink's campaign role with Todd Gloria
Would you come forward and say that the mayor slobbered on you? That he hit on you? That he groped your backside, patted your rear or cornered you in order to make a crude pass? If true, these are deeply humiliating and disturbing incidents. If you're a guy, I bet you would not come forward if a powerful man suddenly did this to you. Especially if you did not speak up, if you did not punch him out, if you did not do the right thing, whatever it was. Especially if you have children. And a wife. And a career. And you think maybe you imagined it or misinterpreted it. Especially if reporting it publicly would guarantee that this would make it into the first paragraph of your obituary. Even the first sentence, as it almost certainly will for Irene McCormack Jackson. And, of course, anyone who comes forward will become an instant target of both legitimate credibility questions and vicious smears. Why didn't you fight back? Why didn't you report it? Are you after money? Political revenge? What were you wearing? Are you attractive? Are you young or old? You're 72? Nobody harasses a 72 year old. Are you a Republican? Are you a DINO? Were you bought off? Where's your evidence?— July 26, 2013 12:34 a.m.
Questions about McCormack Jackson suit
I've seen no reporting that says Weiner is anything but a man who sent intimate photos to women who wanted to see them. I've seen no reporting that suggests he did anything legally wrong or morally offensive to anyone other than his wife and child. I don't know if the allegations against the mayor are true. But if they are, they show a pattern of abuse of power, of humiliation, of discrimination based on gender, and of generally horrific behavior. These are serious allegations. You cannot see that, and that's remains shocking and deeply disturbing.— July 25, 2013 10:33 p.m.
Laura Fink's campaign role with Todd Gloria
Honestly, I think there is no woman alive that any of you skeptics would find credible. That's because every woman alive will have a connection that will look suspicious to you.— July 25, 2013 10:27 p.m.
Laura Fink's campaign role with Todd Gloria
So she worked for Gloria's council campaign and then went back in time to create a 2005 incident involving Filner AND an email complaint about it? My God, Don, this conspiracy is bigger than any of us!— July 25, 2013 3 p.m.
Questions about McCormack Jackson suit
Jeez. If you treat people you "enormously respect" this way -- she got screwed up by being a victim! OMG! -- I hate to imagine how you deal with the people you DON'T respect. I seriously am starting to believe that you are a plant sent to discredit Filner opponents, some of whom have valid concerns about what's going on. Did you undergo brainwashing in your many years at the U-T?— July 24, 2013 10:49 p.m.
Questions about McCormack Jackson suit
shh. you've said too much.— July 24, 2013 10:11 p.m.
Questions about McCormack Jackson suit
Clearly you are unaware of what the U-T thinks of me and what I think of it. It's all public. I do, however, believe Craig Gustafson's work is trustworthy and the product of a reliable, good reporter.— July 24, 2013 10:03 p.m.
Filner may be the winner in last two accusations
Again, it's the issue of consensual versus (alleged) non-consensual behavior. There is a giant difference that has nothing to do with generations (nor with how you somehow think hugging between friends has become verboten). It has to do with the appropriate and legal way to treat other human beings.— July 24, 2013 9:31 p.m.
Questions about McCormack Jackson suit
Yes. They're all in on the conspiracy. Along with the media, even including the lefties at CityBeat, except for the Reader (which is immune). Also in on it: The accusers, their lawyers, the entire city power structure, and anyone who's ever worked for the U-T for any significant period of time. (That includes, of course, Mr. Bauder, who's clearly a plant among the Filner supporters.) Plus Lee Harvey Oswald and the Illuminati and the Cigarette Smoking Man. And, of course, Don Draper.— July 24, 2013 9:07 p.m.
Filner may be the winner in last two accusations
She has email evidence from 2005. If the evidence is genuine, that outweighs any conflict. (Not that we know whom she represents.)— July 24, 2013 8:54 p.m.