IL Dem Rep. is Fostering the War on Women
Did you see the latest fundraising email from Congressman Bill Foster? Looks like Mr. Foster isn’t too happy that a woman candidate has stepped up to the plate to run for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District because he is now accusing Darlene Senger, a woman, of being anti-woman…
Thanks to Mr. Foster’s outrageous claims that a woman could be anti-woman, it looked like a perfect time to revisit Bill’s own anti-woman past which involves a history of abuse with his ex-wife.
Congressman Bill Foster is faced with a woman opponent and the first thing he does is try to bully her and accuse her of being anti-woman. It is truly troubling that Congressman Foster has learned nothing from his abusive past with women and continues to be inappropriate with any woman that opposes him.
Fostering the War on Women
Dem candidate accused of ‘physical abuse’ against ex-wife
BY: Andrew Stiles
October 3, 2012
Bill Foster, a former Democratic House member seeking a return ticket to Congress next year, has a checkered history with women.
Illinois court records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon reveal that Foster’s now ex-wife accused him of physical and emotional abuse prior to the couple’s divorce in 1996.
A March 1996 court filing contends that Foster “pushed, shoved, and caused physical abuse and emotional harm” to his then-wife, who had asked Foster repeatedly to leave the family home because his presence was “upsetting” to their two young children.
Foster’s wife’s attorney requested a temporary restraining order against Foster from “calling, harassing, or touching” his client, the records show.
A divorce settlement agreement, citing “irreconcilable difficulties and differences,” was finalized on Oct. 24, 1996.
The settlement includes a “miscellaneous provision” under which Mr. Foster sought to prevent his former wife from moving outside a certain school district by imposing a $50,000 penalty for doing so.
A circuit court judge questioned the unusual provision in a later court filing, saying he doubted its “enforceability.”
“It almost sounds, on the initial surface, as if you are holding someone hostage to stay within any school district, which is not the law of the State of Illinois,” Judge Keith Brown told Foster’s attorney on Nov. 22, 1996.”
Fundraising email from Congressman Foster:
Anthony,
Early yesterday, the NRCC got its wish when Republican State Rep. Darlene Senger formally announced her plans to challenge me in next year’s election.
Senger is anti-choice, anti-environment, anti-women, and a darling of the NRA – exactly the profile that the national Republicans have been after to activate their hard-core base in an off-year election. Republicans started pouring dollars into attack ads against me before I was even sworn in to office.
And now the real fight begins.
Can you contribute $3 today to help me take on Senger and her right-wing backers?
Thank you so much for your support,
–Bill
P.O. Box 9104
Aurora, IL 60598