Make no mistake: The drama in the Senate today was about power. On one side, the power of men who harass or abuse women and get away with it, the power of privileged white men to entrench their power on the Court, the power of men to take away a woman’s control of her own body.
On the other side of today's drama was the power of women with the courage to tell what has happened to them, to demand an end to white male privilege, and to preserve and enlarge their constitutional rights.
Dr. Ford was poised, articulate, clear and convincing. No one who witnessed her testimony and her responses today can conclude that she failed to tell the truth. More than that: She radiated self-assured power.
Brett Kavanaugh showed himself to be a vicious partisan – a Trump-like figure who suspects left-wing plots against him, who refuses to take responsibility for his actions, who uses emotional bullying and intimidation to get his way.
I hope today’s hearings convince a critical mass of American women to do what must be done November 6, to give themselves a firm and clear voice to empower themselves at a time when the President, the majority of Congress, and a majority on the Court intend to disempower them.
