The Lying Rapist and the Courageous Survivor
(The next morning)
Why is an angry man believable? (An angry woman is "hysterical".) Why do so many men (in particular) believe Kavanaugh? Are we scared of a world where we (may) no longer control?
I'm sickened at the insane way - too many people and more importantly Republican senators may have found a world where Brett Kavanaugh is "right" - despite what seemed to me a horrible, defensive outpouring of gibberish yesterday.
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I watched the entire Christine Blasey Ford – Kavanaugh hearings over most of today.
Why is an angry man believable? (An angry woman is "hysterical".) Why do so many men (in particular) believe Kavanaugh? Are we scared of a world where we (may) no longer control?
I'm sickened at the insane way - too many people and more importantly Republican senators may have found a world where Brett Kavanaugh is "right" - despite what seemed to me a horrible, defensive outpouring of gibberish yesterday.
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I watched the entire Christine Blasey Ford – Kavanaugh hearings over most of today.
Blasey Ford
was incredible! She was obviously
sincere and totally honest in her responses to questions. The Republicans use of a prosecutor to speak
for each senator seemed very lame and stupid.
While the questioner was outwardly polite, the questions were endlessly drab,
limited, seemingly looking for an opening to criticize the witness, while never
finding anything.
The Democrats
asked decent questions – allowing Ms. Ford to become known and understood. Blasey Ford – came across as a “normal”,
down-to-earth woman who was doing her best under very difficult circumstances.
I don’t recall
ever hearing something where one side so obviously dominated the other side. As the questioning continued, Blasey Ford
seemed more and more confident and relaxed.
The Republicans seemed obviously discouraged.
Brett
Kavanaugh came out swinging from the beginning! He appeared aggressive and pitiful, being
(in his estimation) the victim of a leftist, Clinton – witch hunt. From
the beginning he didn’t answer questions posed by Democrats. He interrupted them repeatedly. He twisted questions he was asked and tried
to waste their time repeating similar messages over and over and over again.
Kavanaugh
looked uncomfortable and certainly didn’t seem to show any sincerity, though to
supporters of him – he obviously said the right things. As the afternoon went on, the Republicans
seemed to come to life in support of their candidate.
It is
unclear what the Republican Party will do now with the nomination. It appears that they will ever ram it through
if they stick together – quickly and efficiently. IF – they lack the votes for passage, it
will be over until after the elections.
IF Kavanaugh
is voted onto the Supreme Court it will be a bitter loss for the Battered
Women/Rape Survivor Community. It will
further prove to survivors – that speaking up and confronting violence will not
work. We must hope that a few
Republicans will have some wholesomeness and that a crazy situation will have a
decent – deserved conclusion.
I naively
thought that we’d moved beyond the White Male Primacy – that was so evident
this afternoon. Hopefully – the Supreme
Court will be saved from this Angry White Man – and people will support
Democrats most strongly in 5-6 weeks when the elections take place. Thanks!
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