Remove Clarence Thomas
Today is Friday, 22 October 2010.
I don’t wish to speculate on what pathologies in the relationship of the Thomas Twins led Virginia recently to phone Anita Hill and demand an apology on behalf of Clarence. Mental illness? Substance abuse? Self-flagellation? Embarrassing Clarence?
Suffice it to say: what has been clear for many years, nay, for those open to fact and truth, since the beginning, is that Clarence Thomas sexually harassed and abused many women, including Anita Hill, and thus was unqualified for any kind of public service employment, let alone appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States. (If one has any doubts, read the article cited below.)
There are degrees of sexual harassment, and that perpetrated by Clarence Thomas is among the worst. He repeatedly used his government position to pressure female subordinates to date him, and I’m certain “date” wasn’t all that was on his porn-teeming mind. Such use of power to extort sexual acts is a species of attempted rape.
Shame forever resides on Ronald Reagan, who failed to withdraw the nomination of a sex criminal to the Supreme Court. Shame forever resides on the 41 Republicans and 11 Democrats who voted to put a sex criminal on the Supreme Court. But then, what’s a few abused bitches, when one has the opportunity to replace Mr. Justice Thurgood Marshall with a far-right oreo, whose originalist interpretation of the Constitution would, if actually put into practice, result in his own enslavement?
Abusing bitches, far-right originalism, and irony. Priceless.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-21/clarence-thomas-s-wife-dialed-the-wrong-number-commentary-by-ann-woolner.html
I don’t wish to speculate on what pathologies in the relationship of the Thomas Twins led Virginia recently to phone Anita Hill and demand an apology on behalf of Clarence. Mental illness? Substance abuse? Self-flagellation? Embarrassing Clarence?
Suffice it to say: what has been clear for many years, nay, for those open to fact and truth, since the beginning, is that Clarence Thomas sexually harassed and abused many women, including Anita Hill, and thus was unqualified for any kind of public service employment, let alone appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States. (If one has any doubts, read the article cited below.)
There are degrees of sexual harassment, and that perpetrated by Clarence Thomas is among the worst. He repeatedly used his government position to pressure female subordinates to date him, and I’m certain “date” wasn’t all that was on his porn-teeming mind. Such use of power to extort sexual acts is a species of attempted rape.
Shame forever resides on Ronald Reagan, who failed to withdraw the nomination of a sex criminal to the Supreme Court. Shame forever resides on the 41 Republicans and 11 Democrats who voted to put a sex criminal on the Supreme Court. But then, what’s a few abused bitches, when one has the opportunity to replace Mr. Justice Thurgood Marshall with a far-right oreo, whose originalist interpretation of the Constitution would, if actually put into practice, result in his own enslavement?
Abusing bitches, far-right originalism, and irony. Priceless.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-21/clarence-thomas-s-wife-dialed-the-wrong-number-commentary-by-ann-woolner.html
posted by HH at 10:40 AM
4 Comments:
Clarence Thomas was nominated (7/1/91) by George H.W. Bush to fill Thurgood Marshall's seat on the Supreme Court. After the Anita Hill/confirmation hearings, he was ultimately confirmed by a vote of 52-48.
Many thanks; I must have had Bork on the brain. Shame for Thomas resides with H.W. Bush; Reagan has plenty of shame for many other things.
Many thanks; I must have had Bork on the brain. Shame for Thomas resides with H.W. Bush; Reagan has plenty of shame for many other things.
I'm sure you will recall that Clarence Thomas had the audacity to call the accusations against him in his confirmation hearing a lynching. Shame on him.
Priceless: Clarence playing the martyred black man when clearly the only thing that recommended him to the position of Supreme Court Justice was the color of his skin. He certainly was not qualified in any other way, and his nomination was an embarrassment before Anita Hill stepped forward.
I love your point, HH, that his interpretation of the Constitution would actually enslave him if put into practice.
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