Is it time for Justice, Clarence Thomas?

[Miigwech]

Now that Bill Cosby and Jian (from the CBC) are getting called out for their despicable past ........... don't you think it is about time someone in the media does a comprehensive report on Justice Clarence Thomas? He lied to Congress to get his job on the Supreme Court ... Anita Hill was telling the truth .... and more women have come forward to say the same things as Anita Hill. Sound familiar ?Thomas is the most pathetic judge on the Supreme Court, never asks any questions and votes with Scalia every time. He needs to be brought up on perjury charges at the least. A great summary below for all of you who were not old enough to watch what happened. BTW, I watched the hearing and thought that Joe Biden was running a clown show.

[link:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/anita-hill-clarence-thomas/|

[Mike Nelson]

1. He didn't only lie about that...

...he said he had no opinion on Roe v Wade. Blatant lie and not really challenged by Biden and the committee Dems.

[elehhhhna]

16. he's lied for YEARS on disclosure forms - forgot his wifes' huge salary

from some rightwing creep org's.

[Fred Sanders]

17. Yes, forgetting to report his wife's huge tea party salary for doing nothing more than being his

wife. The man has no ethics whatsoever. And his work ethic is as absent.

Reliable fundie vote though, that was the reason he was nominated.mshould never have been confirmed, this toady of Scalia.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

3. Absolutely not, this man is a nightmare, yes I am all for a minority replacing him

but donald duck would be preferred to him and the same goes for scalia

[noiretextatique]

5. that is a very odd post

the one you responded to.

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. I'm with you on that.

Treading cautiously there.

[Scootaloo]

12. Question...

Clarence Thomas has a prett severe history of anti-black positions. Most of the time, he simply follows whatever Scalia says; and the few times those two men disagree on an issue, it's always been Thomas that is in the wrong.

Surely we ought to expect more than just "looking diverse in a photo" here, right?

[Socal31]

32. Enough has been reiterated about Thomas...

So I'll leave that alone.

I may be misinterpreting your post, but are you suggesting there is a right and wrong way for a Justice to vote depending on your skin color? That sounds dangerous to me.

[Scootaloo]

33. Not what I'm saying at all

Rather moot point though, since the poster I was replying to seems to have gotten a skid out on their butt...

[noiretextatique]

4. i will never forget that confirmation hearing

and how COWARDLY democrats were. and the rethuglicons were just despicable.

[Miigwech]

7. Yes!

It seems that Democrats are still just as weak and ineffective today as they were during that hearing. I was so disappointed when Pres. Obama picked Biden as his VP running mate.

[noiretextatique]

14. I like Biden, but he was ineffective in that hearing

it was an all-boys club ganging up and the women. very disappointed in the democrats....the rethuglicans were just disgusting pigs. that asshole specter makes my skin crawl every time i see his ugly mug. same with alan simpson...a disgusting PIG.

[jillan]

29. I think the Biden of that time was uncomfortable with the whole thing. The wackos were

calling him a racist non-stop for going after Thomas.

Funny how things have changed. Now when we call them racist for going after Obama, they call us race baiters

Anyway - I read Joe's autobiography and remember reading how he felt like he was between a rock and hard place running those hearings.

I am a huge Biden fan, but that was definitely the low point in his career imho.

[Brother Buzz]

6. Monsanto vehemently disagrees

[Miigwech]

8. The Proof HE lied

This is the best report by Steve Kornacki at Salon:

[link:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/anita-hill-clarence-thomas/|

[hifiguy]

9. Uncle Ruckus will stay on the SCOTUS bench

until he is fitted for a toe tag. He has no shame.

[Miigwech]

10. Sorry, wrong link to The PROOF HE LIED

By Steve Kornacki

[link:http://www.salon.com/2010/10/27/anita_hill_clarence_thomas/|

[BootinUp]

13. I just remember being outraged that after Ms. Hills testimony

they still confirmed that jerk.

[Hekate]

30. Also that they all called her "Miss Hill" instead of "Professor" or "Doctor Hill"

But for good old Clarence it was "Judge Thomas" this and "Judge Thomas" that. That entire committee behaved like jerks and should be ashamed.

[olddots]

15. I remember Joe Biden's grin

Unforgivable how he voted like a puppet .

[reddread]

21. he voted NOT to confirm

while making it possible.
against all interests but white power and anti-equality extremists.

[noiretextatique]

18. he only harassed young, attractive black women

that's how i knew the bastard was guilty. and all the his female defenders were women he would not harass, given his preferences. and i think his wife knows he did it too: that explains that bizarre phone call to Hill.

[reddread]

19. Clarence Thomas is a DEALBREAKER WHO VIOLATES THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

thats all there is to it for me.

[BlueMTexpat]

20. It's LONG, long past time for this truly

despicable man to get the medicine he deserves.

But he is not the only one who should.

[ReRe]

22. That really was X-rated kabuki theater...

... that I will never ever forget. "Long-dong silver" and "pubic hair on a coke can"... comes to mind. GHWBush chose him to replace Thurgood Marshall, because of the color of his skin. The whole thing was a farce. I watched every minute of it, called in to my Senator (a DINO who called himself a Democrat, yes, Richard Shelby.) I called back and gave his staff hell when he voted for him for confirmation, too.

[Hekate]

31. I watched it too. It was infuriating from start to finish. nt

[20score]

23. I hope this makes traction and that SOB is thrown off the court.

What he did to Anita Hill and others is inexcusable. And to pretend he's qualified for the Supreme Court is laughable.

[mountain grammy]

24. Roberts lied, Scalia lied, Alito lied

and, yes, Thomas lied. They all lied in confirmation hearings. They are corporate tools, bought and paid for. There's no justice until each and every one of them is gone, and since that won't happen in my lifetime, we may not survive this corrupt Supreme Court.

[Miigwech]

25. And remember this ...

[link:http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2001/jul/010702.brock.html|

David Brook's book about how innocent Clarence Thomas was .... well ... from NPR interview:

"July 2, 2001 -- Journalist David Brock, whose 1993 book attacked the credibility of law professor Anita Hill, now says he printed lies about Hill following her testimony against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. In an exclusive interview, NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg talks to Brock about the confession, detailed in a forthcoming book.


Brock now says that, when he was writing for the conservative magazine The American Spectator and researching his book The Real Anita Hill, he was a tool of right wing activists who fed him false information about Hill. At the time, Brock tells Totenberg, he accepted the truthfulness of the information without checking. But he since has learned he helped spread lies, he says, and is trying to set the record straight in a memoir due out next month. Brock tells Totenberg he even tried to contact Hill in 1998 to apologize, but ultimately "didn't have the guts" to talk to her."

[Miigwech]

26. Here is the link to interview

[link:http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2001/jul/010702.brock.html|

[mountain grammy]

28. Yes, thank you. I never doubted her for a second.

[Mike Nelson]

27. It's time for big name Democrats to...

...alert the "media" (mindless as they are).