David Brooks: A Republican senator put ‘his hand on my inner thigh’ for a ‘whole’ dinner party.

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David Brooks: A Republican senator put ‘his hand on my inner thigh’ for a ‘whole’ dinner party.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/10/brooks-republican-senator-thigh/

By Matt Corley on Jul 10th, 2009 at 3:45 pm

Earlier this week, New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote about how “the dignity code” has been “completely obliterated” in Washington, DC. Discussing the concept on MSNBC today, Brooks recalled how he “sat next to a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh the whole time”:

BROOKS: You know, all three of us spend a lot of time covering politicians and I don’t know about you guys, but in my view, they’re all emotional freaks of one sort or another. They’re guaranteed to invade your personal space, touch you. I sat next to a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh the whole time. I was like, ehh, get me out of here.

HARWOOD: What?

[tabatha]

1. What?

I would have removed it.

[malaise]

6. I mean

there is no way that hand was remaining on my thigh. I'd have slapped him in public and made a big noise.

[Buzz Clik]

2. Brooks, try this: "Get your hand off my thigh."

[kenny blankenship]

8. Or maybe "Make a plaster cast of it, Senator--it'll last longer!"

[grantcart]

3. poor David seems traumatized.

[kenny blankenship]

4. Soup to nuts?

[lisa58]

5. That....and so much more....is what they....

...the press corp is willing to put up with to get access....

ugly....

So who was it?

[Parker CA]

16. That's an interesting take on it, and I'd bet you're 100% correct. Calling the senator out

would likely guarantee his banishment from future events. I'd be curious to know who it is, but that info too will never come out.

[ThomWV]

7. I'd have said something long before the soup and nuts were served.

[LisaL]

9. For the whole dinner? And he just sat there and did nothing?

Why didn't he ask the senator to remove the hand?

[IntravenousDemilo]

10. Yes, it was right next to his boner. n/m

[DefenseLawyer]

11. Well I mean sure

who among us hasn't been fondled by a Republican senator?

[aquart]

12. Craig?

[madaboutharry]

13. I also wondered why he allowed it to remain there.

n/t

[Arkana]

14. What. The. Fuck.

Two things:

1. If this is true, why didn't Brooks mention the name of the Republican senator?

2. Why didn't he ask said Republican senator to remove his hand?

[Ian David]

15. I always confuse David Brooks with THIS guy..

[Libertyfirst]

17. I would have stabbed his hand with the sharpest thing within reach,

even if it was just a fork. I would have produced blood. Once had to ask a woman to remove her hand and when she didn't, I pinched it so hard it bled. Not nice, but effective.

[spanone]

18. dear mr brooks, if you are comfortable with a man's hand on your thigh, sit there & say nothing