"You Only Get One Shot..."

"Do not miss your your chance and blow
this opportunity comes once in a lifetime..."

Overlapping Cultures
Think old-school Eminem advising Christine Blasey Ford on whether she should show up Monday, publicly or privately, to a Congressional hearing invite, where after 35 years, she can open her mouth and speak:

Yo
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin'
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's chokin', how, everybody's jokin' now
The clocks run out, times up, over, blaow!
Snap back to reality, oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that easy? No
He won't have it, he knows his whole back city's ropes
It don't matter,
He's dope, he knows that, but he's broke
He's so stacked that he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again yo, this whole rhapsody
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him...

I hope after what the first lawyer said, the accuser shows up and speaks.  Not for entertainment purposes -- she can go on the record without it being televised on CNN -- but because if she doesn't, the backlash will be longlasting...

You're not helping if: 1) you don't work to seize the opportunities available, no matter how difficult or how much you fear choking, or 2) if you misrepresent your memories for political gain. It's fair to say, "I don't know" or "I don't remember" too, and still be judged as honest...

It's not fair* to withdraw when your time comes, simply for fear of being judged. #RealLife101
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* To yourself, to the nominee, to other women, even to your own sons and other people's daughters...

  Again, the backlash will be brutal.