These are valid points. There is definitely a double standard. To me he came across as a guy trying to defend his family. He was very angry. Had HRC defended her family similarly, she would have been considered “unhinged,” at best. I thought Dr. Ford was awesome. Took a lot of courage to do what she did. I imagine that this moment had already defined much of her internal life, now it will certainly define her external life too. That’s a hell of a burden. She’s remarkable. It’s easy to forget that this is a job interview. It’s clear he didn’t pass. Can’t we find a better candidate?
It would mean the world to me if we could. By no fault of your own, you have no idea how much this vote means to women across this world. It’s just, when people don’t understand why a woman acted the way she did it makes me believe her more. Why do they have such a hard time understanding something I see so clearly ? Every since metoo I’ve seen women act in the same way I did and men/women not understand why. They didn’t go through it so they don’t understand but I do and so do many women/ men. I have shed tears over how this vote could go. I have been optimistic and I’ve been pessimistic. I’m choosing to believe things will change for the better because I know if this happened during bush nobody would have come forward. When I joined his website nobody talked about this stuff, I know because it’s why I joined. It was an escape. Now I don’t need an escape and I see an amazing group of men who are open to hearing the other side. This is an incredible group of people. That’s enough for me right now. Thanks for that.