The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    Do You Believe Her?

    By barefooted on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 10:24pm |

    You know the "her" - Christine Blasey Ford. 

    I find myself unable to express more than that - do you believe her?  I find myself unable to ask more than that - do you believe her?  I find myself unable to require more than that - do you believe her?

    I do.

    Not because she's a woman in the #MeToo spotlight who has yet another story to tell.  Not because he's soon to assume a powerful position and she's trying to prevent his ascension without due consideration.  Not because she has a girl's voice and an accommodating attitude.  And not just because she's telling her truth - the truth.

    I believe her because it's real.

    Comments

    uncomfortable

    touch my hand, but don't linger

    i just can't be sure.

       please, please, maybe i'm sorry

      Then Again Maybe I'm Not. 

     

     

     


    by barefooted on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 11:17pm

    Barefooted, just saw this.  Nice work.


    by Oxy Mora on Sat, 09/29/2018 - 2:59pm

    Yes.  I absolutely do.


    by AmericanDreamer on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 11:25pm

    Thank you, on her behalf.


    by barefooted on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 11:32pm

    Oh and this was not something asked but I also respect and admire what she did.  And I thank her, as a husband and as the father of a daughter and a son.  Her courage  and integrity have raised the bar and we so need that.  

    In solidarity with all of the  women and girls in our country and around the world who seek nothing more than the equal dignity and respect that should be their birthright.

    Thank you for posting.


    by AmericanDreamer on Sat, 09/29/2018 - 12:07am

    I believe her.


    by moat on Sat, 09/29/2018 - 8:23am

    I am just thinking of Dr. Ford's face, before she began, shining and terrible with what she chose to do.


    by moat on Sat, 09/29/2018 - 9:37pm

    ...shining and terrible ...

    Wow.  Strikes me that maybe, sometimes, that's what the truth is.


    by barefooted on Sun, 09/30/2018 - 12:12am

    Yes,


    by Flavius on Sat, 09/29/2018 - 10:11pm

    Bruce MacKinnon's editorial cartoon for Sept. 29, 2018.

     

    Bruce MacKinnon, Cartoonist 


    by barefooted on Sun, 09/30/2018 - 11:45pm

    Ann Telneas, WaPo Cartoonist, Pulitzer Prize winner.


    by barefooted on Wed, 10/03/2018 - 2:17pm