Fried cited in Press Herald article on Bush’s legacy following groping allegations
Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Portland Press Herald article, “George H.W. Bush’s legacy likely to survive several groping allegations.” Recently, 10 women have come forward alleging the former president groped them, according to the article. Through a spokesman, he has apologized for some of the incidents and hasn’t denied any of them. But presuming no more serious allegations come forward, presidential scholars say the revelations are unlikely to have a lasting impact on Bush’s legacy, in part because they have been drowned out in a flood of more explosive allegations against others, the article states. “At this point, based on what’s known, it’s a blot but not necessarily a huge blot, because most of it is post-presidential,” Fried said. “I don’t hear many people talking about it or see it take up much space in the news.”