Author Topic: Trouser snake proposition to a 17 yr. old from state Dem lawmaker.  (Read 1469 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline thundley4

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 40571
  • Reputation: +2224/-127
Quote
alp227 (18,951 posts) Fri Mar 1, 2013, 05:35 PM

Lawmaker Makes Lewd Comment To 17 Year-Old Girl: ‘I Got A Snake Sitting Under My Desk Here’

State Rep. Ernest Hewett (D-CT) was stripped of his leadership position as Deputy Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives this week after he was caught on tape making an inappropriate remark to a high school student testifying before a legislative committee.

The 17 year-old student was at the hearing to ask the committee to continue a funding to the Connecticut Science Center, where she said she was “usually a very shy person” but the Center’s program enabled her to teach “children about certain things like snakes.”

When she was done testifying, Hewett told the teen "(i)f you’re bashful I got a snake sitting under my desk here."

full: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/03/01/1660811/lawmaker-makes-lewd-comment-to-17-year-old-girl-i-got-a-snake-sitting-under-my-desk-here/

See also Hartford Courant: "Legislator Accused Of Lewd Remark Loses His Deputy Speaker's Post"

Who should replace him, Neville Flynn?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022447460

Quote
Enrique (21,981 posts)
4. he can't have meant it like it sounds

it was at a public hearing, that would be inconceivable. Right?

Quote
slackmaster (59,587 posts)
13. I'm not sure about this, but I think it's possible the guy might be a dumbass

Quote
0rganism (16,808 posts)
8. the only possible out is if he actually does bring his pet python to work

How does someone smart enough to get elected make a comment so amazingly mind-bogglingly stupid?

Biden does it every day.

Quote
dawg (5,082 posts)
9. Maybe he was just trying to tease the girl about her fear of snakes ...

and did so horribly and awkwardly

Quote
demwing (10,278 posts)
10. Perv, Moran, or both?


Is it possible the man was just stupidly ignorant of the street meaning of his words?

Maybe he was just being childish "Hey Susie, wanna see a BUG?

And then maybe he's just a perv?

They know he was being perverted by saying this to a young girl, but they still try and make excuses.

Offline BattleHymn

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8758
  • Reputation: +981/-63
  • Not right, but not left, either.
Re: Trouser snake proposition to a 17 yr. old from state Dem lawmaker.
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2013, 05:29:18 PM »
Quote
Enrique (21,981 posts)
4. he can't have meant it like it sounds

it was at a public hearing, that would be inconceivable. Right?

He's a pervert agent provocateur! 

Offline ChuckJ

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4796
  • Reputation: +534/-37
Re: Trouser snake proposition to a 17 yr. old from state Dem lawmaker.
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2013, 05:39:27 PM »
Does he have a DU name?
“Don’t vote for the person who tells you you deserve something. Just don’t do it if it’s something other than life, liberty, or the pursuit of possible happiness. If everyone is telling you you deserve something, vote for the one who is promising you the least. Be suspicious of the man or woman who tell you deserve everything. Because you don’t.” ---Mike Rowe

Offline GOBUCKS

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 24186
  • Reputation: +1812/-339
  • All in all, not bad, not bad at all
Re: Trouser snake proposition to a 17 yr. old from state Dem lawmaker.
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2013, 06:41:53 PM »
Does he have a DU name?
earnestnumbers

Offline Delmar

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5295
  • Reputation: +592/-41
Re: Trouser snake proposition to a 17 yr. old from state Dem lawmaker.
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2013, 06:46:07 PM »
Quote
demwing (10,278 posts)
10. Perv, Moran, or both?

Perv, Moran, Democrat.  But I repeat myself.
We will make America strong again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And we will make America great again.

Donald Trump

Offline Maxiest

  • Chief Interruptor Officer
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2471
  • Reputation: +156/-101
  • IT Guru - Social Media Wizard - Recovery Advocate
Re: Trouser snake proposition to a 17 yr. old from state Dem lawmaker.
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2013, 11:27:03 AM »
Quote
0rganism (16,808 posts)
8. the only possible out is if he actually does bring his pet python to work

How does someone smart enough to get elected make a comment so amazingly mind-bogglingly stupid?

Are you freaking serious right now?

Tip of the ice burg I know but Shelia Lee Jackson, Hank Johnson, and Maxine Waters just to name a few.

All DEMOCRATS!!
"The society that puts equality before freedom will end up with neither; the society that puts freedom before equality will end up with a great measure of both."

"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program."

"We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork."

-Milton Friedman

Offline ColonelCarrots

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1471
  • Reputation: +168/-60
Re: Trouser snake proposition to a 17 yr. old from state Dem lawmaker.
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2013, 11:34:00 AM »
if a republican said it it would be a whole different story.

Offline Maxiest

  • Chief Interruptor Officer
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2471
  • Reputation: +156/-101
  • IT Guru - Social Media Wizard - Recovery Advocate
Re: Trouser snake proposition to a 17 yr. old from state Dem lawmaker.
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2013, 11:40:41 AM »
if a republican said it it would be a whole different story.

Na, it would be the same story except it would be repeated on every major media network until he resigned from office.
"The society that puts equality before freedom will end up with neither; the society that puts freedom before equality will end up with a great measure of both."

"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program."

"We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork."

-Milton Friedman

Offline thundley4

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 40571
  • Reputation: +2224/-127
Re: Trouser snake proposition to a 17 yr. old from state Dem lawmaker.
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2013, 11:41:30 AM »
Quote
After hearing an audiotape of the incident, which occurred Feb. 21, Sharkey stripped Hewett of his deputy speaker title Wednesday. With the removal of the title goes $6,446 in extra pay above the rank-and-file rate of $28,000.
"After I first heard about it, I thought maybe in the broader sense maybe he was misunderstood and it may not be that big a deal," Sharkey said in an interview.
"But based on the audio, it's hard to interpret it that way. It's hard for anyone who heard the audio or was there to think it was anything other than a sexual innuendo.


Read more: http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Politician-stripped-of-title-after-lewd-snake-4317889.php#ixzz2MPCIt3fJ

If he was a Rethuglican there would be calls for him to resign.

Offline GOBUCKS

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 24186
  • Reputation: +1812/-339
  • All in all, not bad, not bad at all
Re: Trouser snake proposition to a 17 yr. old from state Dem lawmaker.
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2013, 12:36:17 PM »
Are you freaking serious right now?

Tip of the ice burg I know but Shelia Lee Jackson, Hank Johnson, and Maxine Waters just to name a few.

All DEMOCRATS!!
Slow Joe Biden is dumber than Johnson or Waters.

And don't forget Congressman Major Owens who explained the migration patterns of Atlantic Ocean sharks.