How about the fact that she kept her last name...wellllll before it was a norm and before there was any political reason for her to do so.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention - I didn’t know anything about her. Ganbatte, Tim and Anne!

I WANT THEM AS MY MOM AND DAD!! (No offense to my actual parents, but neither one of them can clog, so it isn't really a contest).

Here you go!

There is a good reason they are beloved here in the Old Dominion.

And I don’t doubt that, if she had just been raped by Bill Clinton, she would interpret any contact from Hillary Clinton to be threatening and intimidating. Why wouldn’t she? It’s a reasonable reaction to having been assaulted.

This is such an important point. I believe Broaddrick.

It’s especially unfortunate that the way she has been taken advantage of by a whole series of people with their own agendas has made the kernel of her story less and less meaningful.

Yeah, I mean if all Hillary did was shake her hand a little too hard, according to her perception, I am not buying the whole “intimidation” bullshit. Say what you will about Bill, but this sounds like someone who hates Hillary with a passion and is doing her best to blame Hillary for what is potentially a crime…

I agree with everything you say. I don’t really know what else to say. The piece by Katie is really well done and very even-handed. The whole thing really is troubling. But so is the obvious appropriation of Broaddrick’s story by right-wing conservatives who ordinarily go out of their way to discredit rape survivors.

All I know is I will NOT be voting for Bill Clinton this November.

LOL

It’s also very hard to explain to men the sort of awkward social position this sort of request puts women in. When I complained about something similar to my boyfriend he asked why I let it happen and I just can’t even explain it. I literally feel guilty when I say no to “innocent” actions like this even though it…

This is probably very late in the day but can’t let this go. You are not a weirdo and do not have to change anything except lightbulbs. And pants.

Those kinds of people are the worst! From now on I’m going to use “I’m a puncher” as a reply and see if they still want a hug. Just don’t touch strangers, man. Ugh.

Conventions have definitely descended into fisticuff before, yes? Why is there not a policy for that?

Yes, it seems like a bigger oversight than just specifically excluding any sort of protections for sexual assault.

HA! Awesome! My next reply to I’m a hugger: “Great! I’m a biter!”

I wish reporters would call him more on that. I just want them repeating two sentences over and over to him until it gets through to people:

the GOP let the horse out of the barn a long time ago but only now is closing the doors. Except it wasn’t really a horse, but a mangy goat covered in rotten marmalade who thinks he’s a unicorn.