Clarence Thomas. What a piece of work! The repubs. spotted him long ago and decided, "That's our fellow." I believe it was during Bush Sr.'s administration when they put him on the Supreme Court. Anita Hill spoke up about him. He had asked her over for dinner and to watch a porn film ("Long Dong Silver"). Yet, she's the one who got raked…
Clarence Thomas. What a piece of work! The repubs. spotted him long ago and decided, "That's our fellow." I believe it was during Bush Sr.'s administration when they put him on the Supreme Court. Anita Hill spoke up about him. He had asked her over for dinner and to watch a porn film ("Long Dong Silver"). Yet, she's the one who got raked over the coals about it. To start with, Clarence was a lawyer for Monsanto when he got the call. That's probably when they offered him the job of a lifetime. He also was invited and attended big Koch Brothers luxurious gatherings in Arizona. Has he even written any court summaries? I don't think so. He was/is known for rubberstamping his repub. sc colleagues. He should have recused himself in multiple cases, but his wealthy puppeteers wouldn't go for any of that. He was/is simply bought and paid for. And don't get me started on Ginni. And so it goes....
Heydon Buchanan, thank you for your words! I remember well when we witnessed Thomas during his Supreme Court hearing and his shocking Senate confirmation (by a slim margin, 52-48)! I felt betrayed, not only by the Democrat Senators, but by the Republicans. How on earth could this person ever be confirmed, his obvious shortcomings so apparent! But he was, and subsequently has proved to be an obvious "mistake." I wonder where he would be without his wife Ginni. (Let us both not get started on her!)
I remember his cynical, furious (staged?) words about the Hearings being a "high tech lynching". I believed then that those words ensured his confirmation. What we saw was a rare episode of reverse racism.
Clarence Thomas. What a piece of work! The repubs. spotted him long ago and decided, "That's our fellow." I believe it was during Bush Sr.'s administration when they put him on the Supreme Court. Anita Hill spoke up about him. He had asked her over for dinner and to watch a porn film ("Long Dong Silver"). Yet, she's the one who got raked over the coals about it. To start with, Clarence was a lawyer for Monsanto when he got the call. That's probably when they offered him the job of a lifetime. He also was invited and attended big Koch Brothers luxurious gatherings in Arizona. Has he even written any court summaries? I don't think so. He was/is known for rubberstamping his repub. sc colleagues. He should have recused himself in multiple cases, but his wealthy puppeteers wouldn't go for any of that. He was/is simply bought and paid for. And don't get me started on Ginni. And so it goes....
Heydon Buchanan, thank you for your words! I remember well when we witnessed Thomas during his Supreme Court hearing and his shocking Senate confirmation (by a slim margin, 52-48)! I felt betrayed, not only by the Democrat Senators, but by the Republicans. How on earth could this person ever be confirmed, his obvious shortcomings so apparent! But he was, and subsequently has proved to be an obvious "mistake." I wonder where he would be without his wife Ginni. (Let us both not get started on her!)
I remember his cynical, furious (staged?) words about the Hearings being a "high tech lynching". I believed then that those words ensured his confirmation. What we saw was a rare episode of reverse racism.
Exactly.
P. S. This is an
interesting read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Thomas_Supreme_Court_nomination