Worse than reported...

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[MontanaMama]

1. Dr. Ford's got nothing to gain

by coming forward. She will be drug through the most vile swamp we’ve seen. I cannot imagine what is going through her mind and heart. She is a hero to me.

[MoonRiver]

11. Yes, she is a hero.

[demigoddess]

15. She will be dragged through the most vile swamp ever.

[LakeSuperiorView]

23. Um, she gains not having an asshole on the Supreme Court,

Definitely she is paying a much larger price for that, but we all gain if Kavanaugh is kicked to the curb.

I think "very, very, very little to gain" would be more accurate than "nothing", absolutes are seldom true.

[MontanaMama]

24. Sigh. You're welcome to parse my words

if you like, but you are not receiving death threats and are forced to move out of your home with your children. Dr. Ford has a hard road ahead regardless of what happens to Kavanaugh. She continues to be assaulted.

[LakeSuperiorView]

25. Sigh. You're welcome to parse my words too.

Where did I say that she isn't paying a price?

Or do you believe that Kavanaugh sitting on the Supreme Court is neutral/beneficial to all of us and Dr. Ford? Because that is what you are arguing when you claim she has nothing to gain.

[honest.abe]

26. She has nothing personal to gain.

I think her motive is simply to do the right thing and stop a creep from becoming a member of the Supreme Court. I guess you could say she "benefits" from that in that it benefits all of us as Democrats but that would not accurately be defined as a personal gain.. imo.

[LakeSuperiorView]

27. So you choose to define her gain as nothing...

[honest.abe]

28. Nothing "personal" to gain is what I wrote.

Like money, a book deal, a job, vengence, etc. She would only gain, as we all would in a general sense, for the greater good of the country... and I admire her for that in that she is losing alot personally.

[LakeSuperiorView]

29. The person I responded to said nothing. I said she had very little to gain.

Seems like the person you should have responded is the person I responded to, as nothing personal is still something, rather than nothing. I too, admire what she is doing, the price she was willing to pay.

[targetpractice]

2. Is "medical treatment" her psychotherapy?

Or,something contemporaneous with the attempted rape? That's a new bit I hadn't read about before.

[smirkymonkey]

3. God, how awful.

I hope this bastard gets what is coming to him. I never once fell for the "kindly basketball dad" bullshit. He skeezed me out from the first moment that I saw and heard him.

[ProudLib72]

6. What's coming to him is a REDACTED

Sorry, but I would be instantly banned if I wrote what I really believe would be justice.

And now MAGA Mushroom is going on about how sorry he is for poor wittle Bretty Poo. It makes me sick!

[smirkymonkey]

9. Yes, I just saw Mushroom Nob on television dripping with pity for Kavanaugh.

It was revolting. They both make me physically ill.

[Farmer-Rick]

13. OMG, he kept saying he feels, he can't feel anything, we All Know He Has No Feelings.

I kept screaming...you have no feelings, at the radio when anus mouth started his diarrhea. He has some kind of sensation over Kavanaugh but couldn't give a shit about Kavanaugh's victim. What a perfect piece of crap Trump is.

[smirkymonkey]

19. Agree completely.

He has no feelings for anyone but himself. The only reason he cares about Kavanaugh is because he thinks he will keep him out of prison.

[barbtries]

22. Kavanaugh is Trump's way out of the Mueller trap

and the only way. Trump could not care less about him. Trump is not capable of giving a flying fuck about anyone or anything but himself.

by the way, great nicknames in this thread.

[flibbitygiblets]

20. Mushroom Nob. Lol.

I hope that one sticks

[Taraman]

4. I think she should file charges

against Kavanaugh in Maryland court for attempted rape -- tomorrow.

[rso]

5. Ford

Maryland has no statute of limitations for felony sexual assault, so Dr. Ford can definitely file.

[SDJay]

7. This Poor Woman

has is getting death threats from the deplorables, has gone into hiding and is hiring private security to protect her and her family.

My goodness gracious. This POS in the WH has really scraped the bottom of the barrel for support. I hope every one of these threats is tracked down and every piece of scum who sent them is jailed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/us/politics/christine-blasey-ford-kavanaugh-senate-hearing.html

And no, she's got absolutely nothing to gain. She's already paid a steep price for this.

[warmfeet]

8. I am glad that she got away. NT

[Jarqui]

10. I admire her sense of duty and courage to do try to do something

I fear for her in that she is up against what seems insurmountable odds - because the outcome will not be based on what is true - it will be based on whether the GOP can get away with ramming this deceitful man onto the Supreme Court - regardless of what she has to say about him.

I've been following these appointments for a long time. I've never seen one like Kavanaugh so questionable in all my years.

[Amimnoch]

12. Really.. never thought I'd long for the days of simple unqualified cronyism..

Harriet Miers seems downright immaculate as a nomination choice these days.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. protest!

Call the senators:
"CANCEL KAVANUAGH, call, write, march, donate."
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10112543

[zentrum]

14. She's receiving death threats.

Has moved out of her house. Has teenage children and is very worried about them.

Some rich supporter of #MeToo should pay for round the clock security for her and her family. Neither the FBI nor the police are protecting her as far as I can tell.

[joshcryer]

16. This piece of shit ruined that poor womans life.

And it's just boys will be boys stuff.

Imagine your first sexual encounter being one where you're abused, I know a lot of DUers have had terrible experiences like that, but just imagine, from the viewpoint of someone who hasn't had that experience. Young, first sexual experience being molested and held down, how do you even move on from that? It would take years of therapy.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

18. Seriously affecting her life TWICE now.

The horrible event when she was younger almost certainly changed her and her life's direction. Now, she gets a double-whammy after her life is somewhat settled.

All over one seriously misbehaving youngster at a drunken party. And Republicans expect that to just be forgotten as if it was something like a broken finger.

..........

[smirkymonkey]

21. I so hate these motherfuckers.

It's llke they sit around and plot how to mess up women's lives. They are absolutely evil.

[Pacifist Patriot]

30. I shared my story yesterday.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11149374

This has been a tough week for me with the media reminders and the few similarities to my experience. If I am feeling like this, I cannot begin to fathom how Professor Ford is faring with the media scrutiny/attacks and the personal threats. I feel like screaming 24x7.

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31. If it offers any comfort

The entire country/world is screaming with you

[Pacifist Patriot]

32. Thanks!