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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWoman Says George H.W. Bush Groped Her When She Was 16
Woman Says George H.W. Bush Groped Her When She Was 16: 'I Was a Child'
By Aric Jenkins 6:00 AM EST
Roslyn Corrigan was sixteen years old when she got a chance to meet George H.W. Bush, excited to be introduced to a former president having grown up dreaming of going into politics.
But Corrigan was crushed by her encounter: Bush, then 79 years old, groped her buttocks at a November 2003 event in The Woodlands, Texas, office of the Central Intelligence Agency where Corrigans father gathered with fellow intelligence officers and family members to meet Bush, Corrigan said. Corrigan is the sixth woman since Oct. 24 to accuse Bush publicly of grabbing her buttocks without consent.
My initial reaction was absolute horror. I was really, really confused, Corrigan told TIME, speaking publicly for the first time about the encounter. The first thing I did was look at my mom and, while he was still standing there, I didnt say anything. What does a teenager say to the ex-president of the United States? Like, Hey dude, you shouldnt have touched me like that?
http://time.com/5019182/george-hw-bush-groping-allegation/
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Woman Says George H.W. Bush Groped Her When She Was 16 (Original Post)
procon
Nov 2017
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Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)1. Can he be retroactively impeached?
I would like to see this investigated and justice served
Calista241
(5,586 posts)2. He could literally drop dead any second.
And no, he cannot be retroactively impeached.
No justice will be served. His people will claim the man was bound in a wheelchair and doesnt have full control of his limbs, which will be easy enough to establish.
Anything that took place before then will be ignored, and if a reporter presses them on it, theyll claim that it never happened and theres no proof.
marybourg
(12,635 posts)3. RI heard on NPR this noon
that he apologized, thereby implicitly acknowledging the act.