Letter to Christine Blasey Ford from friends: ‘We have your back’

PALO ALTO — A growing group of “Peninsula moms” is circulating a “Dear Christine” letter to the woman at the center of explosive allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying “we have your back.”

The letter to Christine Blsasey Ford, drafted by some of her closest friends whose children have attended Palo Alto public schools together, promises to help her with whatever is needed as she faces an onslaught of publicity and scrutiny and decides whether to appear next week before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“We will bake you cookies, bring over dinner, lend a hand with your kids, help with your pets, protest in front of City Hall, sign petitions, run for office,” according to the letter, which started its email and Facebook journey Tuesday.

Ever since Blasey Ford, a psychology professor at Palo Alto University, went public in the Washington Post on Sunday accusing Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during a high school party, media have parked out front hoping for an interview. She and her husband and two teenage sons have left the house and are staying elsewhere for now. A friend picked up the family dog Sunday afternoon.

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The only way for this to become a teachable moment, and not a he said, she said predictable political dance, is for U.S. Senators to admit, and bring up, the prevalent sexism in the culture and emphasize how slow progress has been to eradicate it in a meaningful way. Hard to believe this can happen.