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Florida Democratic Party chair apologizes after 6 women complain of 'demeaning' behavior
Politico ^ | 11/16/2017 | MATT DIXON and MARC CAPUTO

Posted on 11/17/2017 7:23:13 AM PST by Leaning Right

Six former Florida Democratic Party staffers and consultants say that current party Chairman Stephen Bittel has created an unprofessional workplace environment for women that includes persistent inappropriate comments, leering at young women and even inviting them on his private jet.

The women, who were reached independently by POLITICO and insisted on anonymity out of fear for their jobs, said Bittel never inappropriately touched or threatened them. But he made them feel so uneasy that they didn’t want to be alone with him due to his body language, suggestive remarks and even the breast-shaped stress squeeze-ball he has been known to keep on his desk.

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TOPICS: Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: bittel; florida; stephenbittel
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Another Democrat who cannot control himself.
1 posted on 11/17/2017 7:23:13 AM PST by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

A breast shaped squeeze ball kept on his desk?
Sounds like that song “Squezze Box” by Roger Daltry & The Who.


2 posted on 11/17/2017 7:27:32 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Leaning Right

“and even the breast-shaped stress squeeze-ball he has been known to keep on his desk.”

That’ll get you fired anywhere in the corporate world.

L


3 posted on 11/17/2017 7:28:06 AM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Leaning Right

“…the breast-shaped squeeze ball” on his desk was a pretty good indicator to keep the office door open!


4 posted on 11/17/2017 7:31:58 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: Leaning Right

Shelia Jackson Lee engages in demeaning behavior.

Her staff rank her as the worst congress critter to have to work for.

PS LBJ demeaned his secret service detail by deliberately pering in their shoes and making them watch over him while he was repeatedly in the nude.


5 posted on 11/17/2017 7:33:59 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: Leaning Right

Really? They felt uneasy?

What a bunch of stupidity.

This is nothing more than a power play to oust any man for women to take over.

Its disgusting. Fake outrage always is...


6 posted on 11/17/2017 7:45:06 AM PST by Adder (Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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To: Leaning Right
On the other hand....I had three girls in the 20s working for me. There was a handsome client. Once, after he left, I told XXXXXX to wipe the drool up off the floor.

Remember an old saying.....he chases her until she catches him.

7 posted on 11/17/2017 7:45:25 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Leaning Right

Stephen Bittel was a superdelegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention from Florida supporting Hillary Clinton. May have thought to be trying for the Florida Governor race in 2018 as current GOP Gov. Rick Scott is term limited. Founder (1981) & President of very large S.Florida real estate firm, Terranova, and a multimillionaire from its success.


8 posted on 11/17/2017 7:49:10 AM PST by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: Leaning Right

I think the dems have decided the black and brown vote will note be enough to push the over the top and that they will need a larger share of the woman vote. That’s all this is.


9 posted on 11/17/2017 7:49:57 AM PST by McCarthysGhost
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To: Leaning Right

This is becoming comical.

It is getting to the point where men are apologizing for being male.

And I suspect that is the goal.


10 posted on 11/17/2017 7:51:18 AM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: Leaning Right

Democrat women are trash to start with.....


11 posted on 11/17/2017 7:53:01 AM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
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To: Lurker
“and even the breast-shaped stress squeeze-ball he has been known to keep on his desk.” That’ll get you fired anywhere in the corporate world.

How about wearing a pink hat designed to resemble a woman's external genitalia?

Would that get you fired?

Regards,

12 posted on 11/17/2017 7:53:29 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Leaning Right

Rapeycrats...

The arrogance of power causes this, with full knowledge that they can get away with, because no one in the media that wants a future career is going to dare call them out on it.


13 posted on 11/17/2017 7:54:40 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: Lurker
Did he have one of these too?


14 posted on 11/17/2017 7:55:32 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: Leaning Right
In a written statement, a spokesman for Bittel didn’t dispute the women’s accounts and acknowledged he had the breast-shaped stress balls. But, he said, they were a gift “from a former female general counsel of his company years ago as a joke for his birthday.(Emphasis added.)

Is anybody complaining about the "inappropriateness" of a woman doing this?

“He makes comments about what women wear, about how they look,” she said.

And women don't?

15 posted on 11/17/2017 8:04:13 AM PST by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: Leaning Right

Made them dress as Slave Girls ?


16 posted on 11/17/2017 8:07:38 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Leaning Right

didn’t see where he resigned.


17 posted on 11/17/2017 8:13:01 AM PST by stylin19a (Best.Election.Ever.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
In 2020, the Demwit nominee isn't going to be Hitlery (I'd be surprised if she lives that long); it seems likely that Brainless Joe Biden will grope his way to the nomination, picking a female running mate. By that time, the great middle of the country, along with various ethnic minorities, will have realized that the end of the world didn't happen, that American life under President Trump is pretty great, and that the Demagogic Party is, well, demagogic, and delivers nothing while smearing others for their own misdeeds. Thanks Leaning Right.

18 posted on 11/17/2017 8:23:33 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Leaning Right

Is Bittel a “comedian” too?


19 posted on 11/17/2017 8:25:28 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (2017 - The year the liberals' "sexual revolution" strikes back!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

ALL DIMs/LIBs are “comedians”. They are only worth a laugh.


20 posted on 11/17/2017 8:32:57 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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