War of words rages over groping allegation against Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

Thought it was a friendly hello to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at the CJPAC Action Party tonight until he suggested I should have been in Florida with him last week because his wife wasn't there. Seriously wanted to punch him in the face. Happy International Women's Day!

Early this morning, false allegations were made regarding a number of disgusting actions. I am shocked, dismayed and surprised. I can say without hesitation that they are absolutely, completely false. What is more surprising is that a woman who has aspired to be a civic leader would cry wolf on a day where we should be celebrating women across the globe.

So, I turn over to see what they're talking about, and Sarah [Thomson] says, 'We need to go upstairs. We need to get a picture with Rob Ford's hand near your butt. It would be good for a campaign.

Obviously he's not in his right self, and he has issues that he needs to deal with. But for the mayor of the city to be treating someone like me that way, it's so wrong on so many levels.

And if he treats me that way and I don't say anything, he could treat someone else that way. It may make me look bad in some way, but I really believe that you have to stand up for what's right.

The only thing he drank when he was there was about four glasses of water that I brought him and a bottle of water that the staff had. It was hot and so he drank a lot of water.

I would like to take a lie-detector test and prove to people he said it to me. I'd like him to come down with me, let's go down to the police station, let's get a lie-detector test and see who is telling the truth here.

I don’t screw around (and) I never have. You can accuse me of all kinds of things but never accuse me of stealing or screwing around.

Amid the sea of voices were some fretting that Ms. Thomson was being re-victimized by having the inconsistencies in her story questioned, but when you attempt to try a man in the court of public opinion, you reap what you sow.

I’ve always said, I don’t know if she’s playing with a full deck from the first time I met her. And I told her that that night…. When people, you know, want to make up stories, that’s their prerogative.

He must be discouraged from over indulging to the point where he is groping or making lewd comments, and women should not put up with it when it happens. The Mayor was outrageous, he acted horribly, and I won't be intimidated by the whitewashing he has tried so hard to generate.

Decades ago powerful men who sexually assaulted women would call them "hysterical," or "crazy" to debase their credibility. It pushed many assaulted women into silence. Today Mayor Ford stated that hewondered if I was "playing with a full deck" try to discredit me. He will not push me into silence and I hope his accusations do not re-ignite the old fears that once silenced women.