...[Sherrod Brown] “There’s a war on women’s rights in Ohio and across the country by some who don’t want women to be in charge of their own health care decisions. I remain committed to ensuring that the voices of Ohio’s women are always heard in the United States Senate.”[...]
...But perhaps Brown isn’t the best person to lead off the Obama campaign – particularly not if the “war on women” is to remain one of Obama’s key campaign themes. Divorce records from Brown’s first marriage, obtained by Breitbart News, show that during the contentious proceedings, his wife accused him of “extreme cruelty” and “harassment”; she said she was “in fear for the safety … of myself and our children,” and accused Sherrod of “physical violence.” In fact, she said, Brown had “struck and bullied me on several different occasions.” The allegations apparently first became fodder for campaigning during Brown’s race for Congress in 1992.
In May 1986, Larke Brown filed for divorce from her husband, then Ohio Secretary of State Sherrod Brown (who, in court filings, called himself S. Campbell Brown). In her divorce complaint, she alleged that Sherrod had been guilty of “extreme cruelty toward her.” [...]
That's like tax cheats running for Secretary of the Treasury. Yuk!
ReplyDeleteI like to think of Sherrod Brown as the Alan Grayson of the Senate. Both are sleazy scum buckets.
ReplyDeleteWhile I applaud calling any politician on their potential hypocrisy, perhaps more research is needed, such as the fact that Brown currently has a very positive relationship with Larke and her current husband and that there's a lot more to this story than attention-grabbing sound bites meant to distract people from the realities of politicians who don't support a woman's right to safety and freedom. But, it's probably too much to ask that people - both journalists and readers - actually do the research before finding fault and judgment.
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