GOPer Wonders If Gillibrand Shielding Harassers Because They’re Dems

Republican pollster Frank Luntz entertains a largely conservative Mississippi business crowd in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, with politically incorrect jokes about John McCain's age and speaking style. Ho... Republican pollster Frank Luntz entertains a largely conservative Mississippi business crowd in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, with politically incorrect jokes about John McCain's age and speaking style. However, he told the largely McCain-friendly audience that he does not see at this point any way GOP presidential candidate could win, noting McCain has failed to connect with young voters and that, "Stevie Wonder reads a teleprompter better than John McCain." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) MORE LESS
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Republican pollster Frank Luntz on Thursday suggested that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has not named the male members of Congress who have sexually harassed her because they are members of the same party.

GOP consultant Rick Wilson also suggested that Gillibrand has only kept quiet about the names of her harassers because they are Democrats.

Gillibrand recounted multiple instances in which male colleagues have made inappropriate comments about her appearance during a recent interview with People Magazine. She said she has been called “porky,” “fat” and “chubby.”

Since Gillibrand shared the anecdotes, some have cast doubt on her stories and argued that she has a “responsibility” to name the lawmakers that harassed her.

H/t Mediaite

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  1. That’s just silly

  2. The clock is on you, Luntz, in my “Bucket of Boiling Acid Challenge.”

  3. So good to see that Frank Luntz has gotten over his existential crisis over his having wasted his life trivializing serious matters and hiding evil behind fatuous buzzwords and gotten back to the serious business of trivializing serious matters and hiding evil behind fatuous buzzwords.

  4. Really? Frank Luntz? Has he recovered from his break down? The man is a putz.

  5. I thought Luntz was quitting politics and joining sports as a pastime?

    Things might be worse for the GOP than we are led to believe.

    Frank should be tried for sedition along with W, Cheney, Goebbailes and Rove.

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