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Meet Alcee Hastings' Accuser
Broward-Palm Beach New Times ^ | 3-7-2011 | Bob Norman

Posted on 03/08/2011 1:45:01 PM PST by smoothsailing

Meet Alcee Hastings' Accuser



by Bob Norman

March 7, 2011

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Winsome Packer with friends.
Congressman Alcee Hastings has been hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a conservative group called Judicial Watch. 

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Hastings
​The merits of the case aren't known, but the plaintiff is quite a serious person. Her name is Winsome Packer, a Republican who was a policy adviser on the Helsinki Commission when Hastings chaired it. 

A Jamaican-American, Packer is also the author of a novel titled A Personal Agenda, about the "alienation, hostility and impropriety she experienced as a newcomer to Capitol Hill," and she served as George W. Bush's appointee to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. And she's proficient in Portuguese too. Read about her here

The 74-year-old Hastings calls the case ludicrous. 

"I have never sexually harassed anyone," he said in a written statement. "In fact, I am insulted that these ludicrous allegations are being made against me. When all the facts are known in this case, the prevailing sentiment will be, 'How bizarre!' I will win this lawsuit. That is a certainty. In a race with a lie, the truth always wins. And when the truth comes to light and the personal agendas of my accusers are exposed, I will be vindicated." 

Nice touch incorporating the book title. Inside, see what Packer is alleging...

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.browardpalmbeach.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
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1 posted on 03/08/2011 1:45:05 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

“In a race with a lie, the truth always wins.”

You mean, like, in your impeachment trial when you were removed from the Federal bench? I guess that makes you an expert on the subject, then.


2 posted on 03/08/2011 1:47:26 PM PST by henkster (Before we make any more "investments" we ought to be shown the prospectus.)
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To: smoothsailing

Why is this story not getting ANY media attention?


3 posted on 03/08/2011 1:55:45 PM PST by woweeitsme
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To: woweeitsme

(d)


4 posted on 03/08/2011 2:00:53 PM PST by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the constitution"-Obama official)
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To: woweeitsme
Why is this story not getting ANY media attention?

My guess, the Media fears the Congressional Black Caucus...

The press sissies are terrified that Sheila Jackson Lee and Maxine Waters will scream at them and make them cry...

5 posted on 03/08/2011 2:01:34 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

The outrage will not rise to the level it would against a Republican.


6 posted on 03/08/2011 2:08:25 PM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Liberalism is against human nature. Practicing liberalism is detrimental to your mental stability.)
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To: smoothsailing

Sheila Jackson Lee and Maxine Waters would scare Godzilla.


7 posted on 03/08/2011 2:16:34 PM PST by Ronin ("Dismantle the TSA and send the screeners back to Wal-Mart.")
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To: smoothsailing
‘Packer had been a Republican staffer on Capitol Hill, but lost her job after Democrats took control of Congress in the 2006 election. Her suit claimed that Hastings, who knew her through a friend of hers who worked in his office, invited her to apply to the commission but soon after her hiring made it clear he wanted a personal relationship.’

This certainly is a commonplace activity by senior members of Congress. Some that you wouldn't suspect such as Sen Inoye of Hawaii.So her charges are by no means incredible. Most women just stuff if they don't want to participate in the policy couch and know public denunciation renders them unemployable on the Hill.

8 posted on 03/08/2011 2:35:18 PM PST by robowombat
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To: Ronin; Godzilla
"Sheila Jackson Lee and Maxine Waters would scare Godzilla."

Is this true G?

9 posted on 03/08/2011 2:37:38 PM PST by SZonian (July 27, 2010. Life begins anew.)
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To: robowombat; henkster
This certainly is a commonplace activity by senior members of Congress.

"There ain't no rules here, we're trying to accomplish something...All this talk about rules...When the deal goes down...we make 'em up as we go along."-Alcee Hastings-Constitution, Schmonstitution — The Law Is What I Say It Is

10 posted on 03/08/2011 2:46:07 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: SZonian; Lazamataz

Laz would do them

(.... or maybe not.....)


11 posted on 03/08/2011 2:51:45 PM PST by MindBender26 (Fighting the "con" in Conservatism on FR since 1998.)
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To: MindBender26; Lazamataz
"Laz would do them

(.... or maybe not.....)"

I don't know that there's enough booze in the world to convince anyone to hit them unless it was with a 2x4.

12 posted on 03/08/2011 2:58:45 PM PST by SZonian (July 27, 2010. Life begins anew.)
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To: smoothsailing

Yeah, we know what an upstanding person the, IMPEACHED former Judge, Alcee Hastings is!


13 posted on 03/08/2011 3:02:41 PM PST by kcvl
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To: smoothsailing

Er, um, ... which one is Winsome Packer?


14 posted on 03/08/2011 3:17:50 PM PST by JohnG45
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