I think a lot of people have forgotten the context of the Hill/Thomas hearings.

[pnwmom]

When Clarence was nominated, he was supremely unqualified for the position of Supreme Court Justice. The only thing he had going for him was the perception that he was a man of CHARACTER. Anita Hill's accusations -- that the head of the EEOC was sexually harassing his own employees -- went to the heart of the issue of character. That's why the Rethugs had to destroy her. If she wasn't destroyed, Thomas would have lost the nomination because he clearly wasn't qualified for the position.

[Mira]

1. Yes. And we have had 19 damn years of proof n/t

[LiberalAndProud]

2. I think his sexist shenanigans disqualifies him for the position in and of itself.

Even had he a stellar background to qualify in every other respect, he should not have been confirmed. There should be no place for misogynists on the Supreme Court.

[Mira]

4. If we had true cojones in the Judicial Branch of Government

he would be under investigation and suspended at this point for being finally exposed, and proof is on the table, about that he lied to Congress.

[pnwmom]

5. I agree, but the Senate then would not have.

As it is, they let Specter et al tear her apart.

[Hissyspit]

3. He almost lost the nomination. He got it because many

asinine Senators DIDN'T CARE about his character or that she was telling the truth.

[pnwmom]

6. I think many of them swallowed the story that Danforth, the Episcopalian

minister, and others were pushing. That Thomas was wrongfully accused and she was mentally disturbed.

[Sal Minella]

7. I bet Ginny is really, really sorry she made that call to Prof. Hill.

Talk about the law of unintended consequences!

[MadMaddie]

8. I remember

I thought it was a horrible way to treat Anita Hill. If the Republicans supported him I knew something was wrong with him. We were all right he has done nothing of significance except vote the way his master Scalia does.

[rosesaylavee]

9. Before Professor Hill even showed up, he was not doing well in the hearings.

The NAACP wasn't endorsing him as he was clearing lying when he said that he had never at any time talked about Brown v Board of Education. How a black man, head of the EEOC, in this day and age had never discussed that court case... unimaginable. And yet, we all were supposed to believe it.

This was the case that turned me from moderate Republican to a reluctant 'conservative' Democrat. (And of course now I am tilting far to the left of Gandhi on that online testing site. So at least a small thanks to you Clarence you lying sack'o'***t!) So. I remember this very well as it was a watershed moment in my adult life. I began to realize my role as a citizen and that I had been woefully under-informed for too too long. I woke up.

And many many MANY thanks to NPR and Nina Tottenberg who broadcast the entire hearing. Not just the highlights. The. Entire. Hearing. I was in a rural area without cable and was glued to the radio from start to finish.

[pnwmom]

11. I watched the whole thing, too. It was riveting. We all got to see what happened

when an uppity woman challenged a powerful man. They attempted to destroy her -- but all they really did was reveal themselves.

[rosesaylavee]

13. Was very gratified that the Republican Senator from IL lost his seat

because of that vote. That election Illinois voted in Durbin and what a gift that has been for my state.

Professor Hill will always have my respect. She not only stood for what she thought was right, she helped define a behavior that many of us women had been tolerating (just) for way too long. That hearing gave sexual harassment the glieg lights it deserved.

[pnwmom]

14. You're right. She helped to define workplace harassment

and that benefited millions of women.

[charlie]

15. Hadn't thought much about Roe v Wade, either

Another whopper. Hire me because the only thing ever on my mind is lunch.

We Borked Bork, then rolled for this clown, whatta farce.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. The repukes were also still pissed about Bork

I remembered that the other day. And sometimes I wonder just how much worse Bork would have been than Thomas.

[ProudDad]

12. Indeed - he got the lowest non-recommendation that the ABA ever gave

to a SCOTUS nominee -- unqualified...

[Vickers]

16. There are two problems with your OP...first, , the ONLY reason

he was nominated by George "I'll Ditch My Plane and Crew in World War Two!" Aitch Dubyuh Boosh is because Thomas was black, and Boosh thought that was a good idea because Thomas was replacing Thurgood Marshall, but in a tragic turn of events, Thomas is a complete fucking conservapuke dumbass and Marshall was NOT a complete fucking conservapuke dumbass, and so the "trade" did not work out.

I can't remember the second reason, but I bet it's good, too.

[pnwmom]

17. He was promoted as a black man of character, which of course he was not.