I am frustrated, angry - no make that enraged, and despite the last two years - incredulous. Our country needs leadership right now. We need leadership that will build bridges to peace, not further the already historic divide in our once great nation. The past two weeks what I have seen makes me sick. My heart is breaking tonight for our country's women, children and all marginalized people. The game of which party is bigger, better, or more deserving isn't serve any common interests, only self-interest. I'm so tired of the fighting, the adversity and the inability to see the big picture over the bickering between all of you. Shame on you! The Democrats used Dr. Ford the same way Norma McCorvey was used by the Pro-Choicers. A means to an end. Has anyone checked on her this week? Do you know how she is managing? Do you even care?
And Republicans, including and especially Donald Trump - you have used power over others yet again to get your way. This is not just about gender - it's about abuse of power. I am sick and tired or your platitudes on the value of life. If you valued women, we'd have access to insurance that covered birth control and equal pay to that of men. Do you know how many sexual assault victims commit suicide? According to Rainn, 33% of rape victims contemplate suicide, 13% actually attempt it. Do you understand the permanence of that trauma to a person's psyche or do you just not care? Please help me understand how your inability to address the epidemic of sexual abuse is valuing life.
This is a pivotal moment in our country's history. We need leaders who can listen - not just to words, but to what actions are behind the words. Intonation. Respectfulness. Intent. Motive. Empathy.
We need leaders who can step back from the war between the Republicans and Democrats, the left and the right, the conservatives and the liberals, men and women, whites and non-whites and open the lines of communication. We don't need more leadership that shuts down and uses power over others to get their way. This country has lost all its humanity for the taking of winning. America has lost it's soul.
I fear for my children. If we can't count on our nation's leaders to be a voice of reason, to evaluate and educate and listen to each other, we are truly rudderless. Judge Brett Kavanaugh demonstrated an inability to listen. He showed his bias against Democrats and liberals in a clear and angry fashion. Whether or not you believe Dr. Ford is no longer the main issue. If Judge Kavanaugh had any tenderness for his family or his country, he would step aside. He is not thinking of anyone but himself as he fights for his "right" to be a supreme Court Justice and he is certainly not acting in the best interests of our country with his paranoia about the left being out to get him. He is not capable of listening, of answering a question or showing respect. He is certainly not capable of being impartial. How can we ever expect him to be part of the solution to heal our wounded and disenfranchised people?
I hope you're proud of yourselves. I am disgusted. I thought we'd elected leadership for all the people. - leadership that recognizes the crisis we are in and wants to work to fix it. We need you to find a candidate who can facilitate that, not make it worse. You can do better. Our children deserve better. May the God you worship every Sunday have mercy on you when you meet your Maker. You're going to need it.
Sincerely,
Christina Haas
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