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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Joe Biden in 2000: No man has the right to touch a woman without her consent

Vice President Joe Biden has made news — again — with his surprisingly intimate embrace of a woman not his wife in a public setting. The incident occurred Tuesday at the Washington swearing-in of new Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter. As Carter spoke, Biden, standing behind Carter's wife Stephanie, put his hands on her shoulders for an extended period of time and briefly buried his face in her hair.

Some critics noted that such behavior might earn a sexual harassment complaint if it were in a business setting. And it turns out Biden himself, in his many years as a senator, supported legislation to get tough on men who touch women in inappropriate ways.

"There is no circumstance under which a man has a right to touch a woman without her consent other than self-defense," Biden said in October 2000 in relation to the Violence Against Women Act. "We are changing the attitudes of America about what constitutes appropriate behavior on the part of a man with a woman."

A few years earlier, in May 1993, Biden said, "No man has a right to touch a woman without her consent, and that's what we've got to get across."

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27 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did her hair smell really good? C'mon, man, you can tell us.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if Jill after seeing that had something waiting for him at home.

Anonymous said...

Maybe it's just me (I'm female) but I would not be offended and scream "sexual harrassment" every time a man touched my shoulder and whispered something in my ear. The question here should be, what exactly did Biden whisper in Mrs. Carter's ear? That would determine the "crime" here.

Anonymous said...

He's creepy!

Anonymous said...

Joe is not malicious, he's just dumber than a stump.

Anonymous said...

Action speaks louder than words -- do as I say, not as I do. He's a typical Democrat!

Anonymous said...

Sleazeball, he needs to practice what he preaches and keep his hands to himself.

Anonymous said...

The whole admin is sick and perverse.

Anonymous said...

Looks like an erotic scene from a movie.

Anonymous said...

She should have reached back and quietly grabbed his testicles. That would have given his hands something else to do.

Anonymous said...

Her husband was at the podium,she should have turned around and confronted him.Biden proves once again what an idiot he is.

Anonymous said...

The guy just keeps thinking that nobody's watching.

Anonymous said...

sicko

Anonymous said...

Always the old white guys who think they can pull this crap off. Especially with younger women/girls. Just creepy.

Anonymous said...

The look on her face says she liked it.

Anonymous said...

HORNEY old guy!

Anonymous said...

Obama put his arm around the deserters mother. Obama always kisses the women. He is the Pres so why can't the Vice-Pres do the same?
Last I noticed Obama was not an old "white" guy.

Anonymous said...

ITS SELF DEFENSE.

Anonymous said...

All we need is a little Barry white music.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Always the old white guys who think they can pull this crap off. Especially with younger women/girls. Just creepy.

February 21, 2015 at 10:23 AM

Have you forgotten about Bill Cosby already? IDIOT!!

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Obama put his arm around the deserters mother. Obama always kisses the women. He is the Pres so why can't the Vice-Pres do the same?
Last I noticed Obama was not an old "white" guy.

February 21, 2015 at 11:55 AM

Then what is he? An old "white" guy or and old "black" guy? Another idiot.

You morons keep calling him black when he is just as much white as he is black. Must be some more of your common core math!

Anonymous said...

Her husband is overseas this weekend -- where's Joe???

Anonymous said...

The touch on the shoulder and whatever he whispered couldn't have been that bad. She IS smiling in response to it.

Anonymous said...

From the looks of it this ain't their first rodeo.

Anonymous said...

Just a creepy old guy pervert!!

Anonymous said...

it must be good to be the VP!

Anonymous said...

I've always said that the aneurysm messed him up a lot worse than it was reported at the time. If he had half a brain left, it would explain a lot. Runs in the family....