(12-05-2017 05:59 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(12-05-2017 04:42 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(12-05-2017 10:57 AM)GrayBeard Wrote:  The guy was exonerated....How does that make him a pervert?

Just what i was thinking.

If he settled to avoid the embarrassment and was later exonerated, then he shouldn't even be thinking about paying it back and it's a great statement that he would try.

If however he was simply not found guilty (some clear evidence, but not enough to convict) then I think his offer is at best, appropriate.

If he was actually exonerated, I wish there were some way to make the accuser, or perhaps better, his political opponents or media whores who tried to benefit from it pay it back. I realize this is perhaps impossible to do, but it would be good if there were a way.

Or that it was swept under the rug. This guy and Conyers were on the list that should be outed and shamed. Why settled with the victim like Conyers' did? unless he felt guilty that he have done it?

Sexual harassment is wrong. So is sexual assault. They're not the same. Sexual assault is worse. Farenthold was accused of sexual harassment, and was later exonerated of the charge regardless of the suit's settlement. Therefore, no need for him to resign.

/thread.