It makes me shiver thinking about when his nomination was first announced. He presented himself in such a meek, humbled manner. Watching his demeanor slowly unravel reminds me that the worst people in the world are sometimes those who society wants us to believe are the fittest. Imagine if none of this came to light.…

My question to my husband last night was, “If Kavanaugh could see into the future, do you think he would have not allowed himself to be nominated?” And he responded “No way, I know guys like him and they can’t imagine a world where past indiscretions would hinder future opportunities.” Made me realize how true that…

He knows he will get confirmed if he doesn’t withdraw. He doesn’t care what this does to his family, his friends, his victims or the country. His ambition is not bound by the tiniest bit of decency.

From the NBC article:

It is important to note that he said, “I drank beer with my friends. Almost everyone did. Sometimes I had too many beers. Sometimes others did. I liked beer. I still like beer. But I did not drink beer to the point of blacking out.”

Anyone with a smidgen less entitlement would have withdrawn their name by now. This guys a fucking sociopath. A raging drunk sociopath. 

This guy needs to go to rehab. And then not sit on the Supreme Court.

My reading of this is it applies to both. The difficulty is that same-sex partners may not be able to get married.

I no longer speak to the few relatives who say anything good, ever, about any Republican.

This seems very appropriate right now. First the Muslims...

My Dad’s cousin still maintains that Trump is an ally to gay people because he held that rainbow flag (upside down) once.

Because women have been groomed to take the insults and not walk away.  If we walk away, then we’re cowards and “can’t take the heat” or “can’t take a joke.”  Even if we win by staying, we still lose.   

THEN TEACH YOUR SONS TO NOT BE RAPISTS! IT’S THAT FUCKING SIMPLE!

“I am so frightened that my sons might not be granted the immense privileges, free rein, and total lack of accountability that I believe is their white male birthright... as it was mine, and my father before me, and his father before him...”

After this, and what he said about women needing to stay out of the workplace if they can’t “handle it”, AND basically his entire history...I’m scared for his daughters.

It’s true that survivors have to be willing to report for there to be any hope of accountability (even though that hope is slim). But so many things could be done here to either corroborate Ford’s testimony or help exonerate Kavanaugh, and none of that was done. No FBI investigation, no process of interviewing other…

You’re right, assaults cannot really be dealt with unless a victim is willing to report. However, we should be putting pressure on people (let’s not kid ourselves, I mostly mean men) in positions of power to create a system in which victims feel safe coming forward. Because whatever this is, it’s not that.

This made me cry. Thank you for writing it. I’m just shaking with fury, grief, desolation, then fury again. This is not right. I can’t even type my story. I can’t imagine if he was up for Judge on the supreme court and I had to do this. I do not think I could. This is just so fucked up.

I’m am Australian. I have no horse in this race. But Dr Blasey Ford is a motherfucking rockstar. I'm in awe of her strength and resilience at this godawful time, and I'm rooting for all of my American sisters and brothers that are being triggered and reliving the painful pages in their own books. I see you. I hear…