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SecularMotion

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20. Quite the contrary
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 09:50 AM
Jan 2017
Hill’s accusations that then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her when she worked as his aide cost her greatly. She came away from testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee humiliated, her reputation in tatters, while Thomas was confirmed. But her testimony before the all-male committee galvanized millions of women across America.

One of them was a state lawmaker in Washington who found that Hill’s humiliation was all that women wanted to talk about at an event that evening.

“It was so stark, watching these men grill this woman in these big chairs and looking down at her,” Democratic Senator Patty Murray told me for my book, Broad Influence: How Women Are Changing the Way America Works. “And I just said, I am going run for [U.S.] Senate,” she recalled. “Because they need somebody there who is going to say what I would say if I was there,” which would’ve been to defend Hill and question Thomas instead.

http://time.com/4280829/anita-hill-hbo-drama-clarence-thomas-congress-women/


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Bernie,, stay far, far away from this dude.. life.. REALLY. REALLY faaaar. pangaia Jan 2017 #1
Rich-guy DNC types drove the bus over the cliff- Should we keep them at the wheel? mpcamb Jan 2017 #18
I wouldn't trust this guy temporary311 Jan 2017 #2
I know him personally and I do trust him... brooklynite Jan 2017 #7
Might we see a similar apology from Jeff Weaver, Tad Devine, and Jane Sanders? George II Jan 2017 #3
For? Feeling the Bern Jan 2017 #11
Good for him. tenorly Jan 2017 #4
Here is the link to his 4-page letter to Sen. Sanders Dreamer3 Jan 2017 #5
Fuck you, sideways, Brock. Still In Wisconsin Jan 2017 #6
Brock zentrum Jan 2017 #8
What you said. n/t demmiblue Jan 2017 #9
This fucker is, was, and always will be, a flag. The wind blew Republican so he wrote a hit piece Feeling the Bern Jan 2017 #10
It's heartening to know which way the wind is blowing though... PassingFair Jan 2017 #21
As my dad used to say, "He's anybody's dog that'll hunt with him." QC Jan 2017 #12
Just go away Brock! Raine Jan 2017 #13
FU in the Front and Sideways... LovingA2andMI Jan 2017 #14
This shithead kicked off the impeachment saga melman Jan 2017 #15
David Brock is the worst kind of establishment political player. aikoaiko Jan 2017 #16
I don't trust anyone who hates on David Brock SecularMotion Jan 2017 #17
Brock destroyed Anita Hill and probably caused quite a few women not to come NWCorona Jan 2017 #19
Quite the contrary SecularMotion Jan 2017 #20
I agree. Cha Jan 2017 #23
Scratch the surface of any David Brock hate SecularMotion Jan 2017 #24
Unless he gets specific about the ways he created dishonest discourse around Sanders and his JCanete Jan 2017 #22
POSUCS pintobean Jan 2017 #25
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