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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs there validity to this story that Joe Biden rushed through the Anita Hill testimony?
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/joe-biden-made-a-locker-room-promise-to-make-sure-anita-hills-testimony-was-very-quick/enough
(13,259 posts)Also, read Ms. Hill's description in the article of the way Chairman Biden ran the hearings. I watched and listened to those hearings at the time. Her description matches what I saw and heard.
VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)Without backroom knowledge, it certainly fits that description on its face.
I really like Biden, but I'm never going to forgive him for Clarence Thomas.
yellerpup
(12,253 posts)I watched the hearings and Anita Hill's treatment was reprehensible. It took Joe a long time to win me back.
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)I love Joe. We all have bad days but I'd feel better if he owned his actions.
still_one
(92,204 posts)him
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)out there.
Big Blue Marble
(5,091 posts)If you want the real narrative of what happened in CT hearings, read "Strange Justice." It is well documented
account of the facts behind the scenes.
dlk
(11,566 posts)Pulling the rug out from under women--a time-honored tactic.
still_one
(92,204 posts)even have Anita Hill appear at the hearings if they were not going to protect her
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Scalia's took 2 days, Stevens' and Kennedy's took 3, Rhenquist's and most others took 4. Powell's took 5.
https://www.senate.gov/reference/Supreme_Court_Nomination_Hearings.htm
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lastlib
(23,239 posts)FUCK YOU, MITCH MCCONNELL!!! BURN IN HELL!!
cally
(21,594 posts)I dont think his apology to Hill was enough