Who is David Brock? The pos who admitted he lied about Anita Hill

[cali]

in an attempt to destroy her so as to aid Clarence Thomas. He's as slimy a political operative as can be found in American politics.

That he's in Hillary's inner circle speaks volumes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Anita_Hill
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brock

[last1standing]

1. And Team Weathervane wants him and Hillary in the Whitehouse.

They don't care what has to be done to get them there.

[cali]

3. He hasn't changed a bit.

[last1standing]

6. Nope. The slimeball who learned at Lee Atwater's knee is still the same snake.

David Brock is Hillary's Dick Morris. The Clinton's always need a republican dirty-trickster by their side.

[Cassiopeia]

14. They're called good close personal friends.

They shall be known by the company they keep.

[KittyWampus]

2. And you ignore his shift to the Left in yet another post. And gee- poor poor Bernie

My problem is Hillary's attacks are so lame. Not that she's attacking Sanders.

Sanders has never had to deal with a national heavy-duty campaign.

[cali]

4. He's the same.slimy piece of dog shit he always was.

[noamnety]

68. I'm with you on this.

I understand that a person can change their political views, and I understand that people can feel remorse for an action or a few actions that they've taken.

But I have a very hard time believing that a person can change the entirety of their nature, acting with no ethics whatsoever, to being someone I could trust.

It's one of those things ... like Bill Cosby could publicly repent and apologize and give his entire fortune to a women's shelter - but I sure the hell am not going to go up to his hotel room for a drink afterwards.

[Duval]

21. Our newspaper today carried an editorial

highly critical of Hillary (even mentioned Chelsea) regarding her lie about Bernie's health care proposal. It also mentioned that polls show Trump would beat her, but not Bernie. More food for thought.

[KittyWampus]

33. LOL! He's had zero negative coverage by Republicans.

[beam me up scottie]

5. Book Author Says He Lied in His Attacks on Anita Hill

Book Author Says He Lied in His Attacks on Anita Hill in Bid to Aid Justice Thomas
By ALEX KUCZYNSKI and WILLIAM GLABERSON
Published: June 27, 2001

The author of a best-selling book that attacked the credibility of Anita F. Hill has disavowed its premise, and now says that he lied in print to protect the reputation of Justice Clarence Thomas.

David Brock, the author of the book, ''The Real Anita Hill'' (Free Press, 1993), has also suggested, in a magazine article to be published this week, that Justice Thomas used an intermediary to provide Mr. Brock with damaging information about a woman who had come forward to provide support for Ms. Hill's accusations of harassment by Justice Thomas. Ms. Hill's accusations became the focus of Senate hearings into Justice Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court in 1991.

Mr. Brock reported that he then used the information to force the woman to retract her statements about Justice Thomas. The article, in the August issue of Talk magazine, is excerpted from Mr. Brock's new book, ''Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex Conservative'' (Crown Publishers), which is scheduled to be published in September.

Describing an article he wrote for The American Spectator, a conservative magazine, in 1992, which became the basis for his book on Ms. Hill, he said he did everything he could to ''ruin Hill's credibility,'' using ''virtually every derogatory and often contradictory allegation I had collected on Hill into the vituperative mix.''

''I demonized Democratic senators, their staffs, and Hill's feminist supporters without ever interviewing any of them,'' he continued.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/27/us/book-author-says-he-lied-his-attacks-anita-hill-bid-aid-justice-thomas.html

Anyone who would do that is a misogynist.

[cali]

7. Fuck that asswipe

[leftofcool]

19. Poutrage! Poutrage!

[beam me up scottie]

23. Wow. Someone on DU is referring to anger over what happened to Anita Hill as "poutrage"?

The only people I know who weren't outraged were right wing nut jobs and misogynists.

Unbelievable the things I'm reading on what used to be a liberal website.

[Laffy Kat]

54. Sexist, sexist comment!

BTW, I support Bernie.

[AllyCat]

41. What a POS.

[beam me up scottie]

42. And he's being defended here while we're attacked for calling him out.

Makes you wonder what website you're on.

[AllyCat]

44. I'd like a link to Anita Hill's reaction to his apology.

Perhaps it is out there.

[beam me up scottie]

47. She was probably more gracious than I am.

I'll never forget watching those hearings, it was excruciating, humiliating, cruel beyond belief.

What a courageous woman she was, she knew what they would do to her.

[senz]

48. Yes, to this day, she's gracious.

Brock et.al. tried and almost succeeded in ruining her reputation for good, all for being the object of a licentious man's rude remarks and come-ons.

And for what? For Clarence Thomas, the epitome of resentment, permanently ensconced in smug, silent bitterness. Who adds nothing to the Court but a Scalia rubber stamp.

Meanwhile, Anita Hill remains cheerful, kind, and has moved on with her life.

[beam me up scottie]

50. Exactly - we have Brock to thank for Thomas.

But he's just misunderstood, he's repented, he's not like that anymore...

Too fucking late, the damage was done, a woman's reputation was destroyed and a right wing stooge was put on the SCOTUS for life.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

58. I've never understood how people can respect themselves and accept being lied to.

I detest liars.

[beam me up scottie]

62. The fact that he switched teams doesn't make him a golden boy.

Especially since he's employing the same tactics against a Democratic candidate.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

63. Once you've been caught lying, it's kind of over, no matter which team you're on. nt

[SwankyXomb]

59. I've found

that there is no right-wing position or action, no matter how extreme, that doesn't have it's defenders here.

[beam me up scottie]

64. Never ceases to amaze me.

This man is sliming a Democrat not a Republican.

[certainot]

79. his work probably wouldn't have done much on its own, just like a lot of

the junk writing they shit out of their think tanks.

what did the trick was the fact that they had hundreds of radio stations selling what he wrote, with limbaugh as point man.

it worked because they had a talk radio psyops going full speed in the early 90s, and that coincides with the rise of ALEC and the begining of a historical record partisanship. and mostly it worked because the left ignored it.

rw talk radio still basically gets a free speech free ride- a very big mistake going into yet another election year.

if the left/dems weren't ignoring rw talk radio then and we had gotten anita hill's back and done what flushrush and stoprush did for sandra fluke, limbaugh wouldn't have gotten thomas through. and with his invisibility cloak off and rw radio on the media radar we could have avoided two decades of disastrous rw dominated politics.

and it looks like nothing has changed. the only positive development is that the party of lincoln is now the party of limbaugh and limbaugh and sons teabag/talk radio candidates are killing the establishment GOP and their PAC money.

but while it may hamper their chances to keep it close enough to steal, there are thousands of other elections they will be close enough on, or even win, because of ignoring rw radio. and as long as it is ignored bernie and hillary supporters will not collectively be able to truthfully say they're getting their candidate's back.

one way to end that shit is to push the 90+ universities that broadcast sports on more than 260 limbaugh stations to end that self-destructive idiocy - and without it the right's most important political weapon would fall apart.

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. "Blinded by the Right" - read it. Brock was a Rabid RW operative during Whitewater, Gennifer Flowers

Paula Jones, Juanita Broaddrick, Monica Lewinsky scandals - he spent YEARS digging up dirt on the Clintons. So, of course, they hire him to work on HRH's campaign.

Makes all the sense in the world!

He's EVIL.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[MADem]

9. And who apologized and confessed all in his book BLINDED BY THE RIGHT.

He was also a gay man in the closet, living a lie and trying, desperately, to please a father to whom he was a constant disappointment.

I don't consider David Brock a "POS." I consider him a brave man who had the courage to face HIMSELF and admit that he was on the wrong path, and change.

Without Brock, there is so much we wouldn't know about the Republicans and the way they acquired and consolidated power.

He also apologized to Anita Hill. I haven't heard HER call him a "POS" -- and I really think her opinion is the one that matters.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=121534&page=1

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/27/us/book-author-says-he-lied-his-attacks-anita-hill-bid-aid-justice-thomas.html

[cali]

10. That hardly exculpates the pos.

He's no different or better and bullshit to the claim that we should be thankful to that slimy piece of shit.

[MADem]

11. Unbelievable. All I can suggest is that you read the book. It will open your eyes.

Nice of you to denigrate a gay man who was constantly under the gun and running scared for the first few decades of his life, though--real compassionate of you.

"Slimy piece of shit" eh?

You do realize he also had to recant for trashing the Clintons during his Spectator career?

I get the strong impression that you really don't know much about this man at all.

I don't think Anita Hill shares your view--and she's the one that counts.

Say--are you as angry at JOE BIDEN as you are at David Brock? All things being equal, you should be....

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/biden-anita-hill-women-senate-clarence-thomas-213864

[cali]

12. I read it when it came out and didn't buy it

His behavior is disgusting.

[MADem]

20. You might want to check it out of the library and read it again.

And then, review JOE BIDEN's conduct in the entire Anita Hill affair, too.

If you don't want to do the research, Kerry Washington will be starring in HBO's CONFIRMATION, soon--and that will give you a good look at what avuncular then - Senator Biden, and Scooter Libby's wife (who worked for Joe), were up to when it came to putting Ms. Hill through the wringer.

That movie is a not-unimportant part of the reason why Biden chose to not run. It brings up an unsavory aspect of his career.

[cali]

13. Oh, and his sexuality has nothing to do with his being an unethical pos

So save your disgraceful inference that I'm being homophobic

[MADem]

22. Again, you need to re-read the book. His sexuality was CENTRAL to his right-winged

championing.

It's not about YOUR supposed "homophobia," it's about his own training from childhood to be "self-loathing."

What's disgraceful is that you claim to have read the book and completely missed that key take-away.

[Punkingal]

15. I read it...and he only came to regret his actions when his RW friends kicked him to the curb.

he will do his dirty work for whichever side will have him.

[MADem]

30. I think you need to re-read, too. nt

[m-lekktor]

17. so you think his being gay exempts him from criticism?

jesus christ! I think he is a SLIMY PIECE OF SHIT AS WELL and i am gay. oh and I read all his garbage in the early 90's when he was writing for American Specatator and I read his book later.

[MADem]

24. Wow--y'all are something else!

Do you share the same disdain for Joe Biden?

[cali]

25. No, that would be you. Defending that creep. Still a hitman

[MADem]

28. Look at you! Wow, it's rather obvious that you're feeling a bit piqued....

He's not a creep. He's a guy who made mistakes as a young man, who confessed and atoned for them.

You're still avoiding that Biden question, I see.

In a bit deep, I should say.....

[MADem]

81. You read his book? Read it again.

His orientation is a central theme. It informs his life. As one might expect, particularly when he was raised by an unforgiving father from whom he sought approval and affection.

Why were you reading "all his garbage" in the Spectator? Who read that utter crap back then, save people who were in those circles?

Do you criticize Biden as robustly? I've never noticed you trashing him up on these boards. After all, he was the guy who did the public take-down on Anita Hill--and he had help...from Scooter Libby's wife.

[MADem]

75. Mmmm hmmmm.

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Do you feel the same way about Joe Biden?

EDIT:

FWIW....I saw your comments (above and below) before you deleted them.

That was probably a good move on your part.

[ellenfl]

61. thank you. i have been away for a while. when did this place start sounding rw? wtf!?

i'm seeing the same discord on fb. when did dems start eating their own?

[MADem]

73. Only in the past six to ten months, I'm afraid.

Hopefully it will quiet down soon.

A lot of people have left. Some newcomers don't seem to have that 2001 spirit that united us.

It's a far less courteous environment, I'm sorry to say. The worst I've seen here--and 2007/8 was pretty doggone ugly.

On the bright side, when it gets particularly toxic it incentivizes one to get on up and go do something useful in the real world~!

[brooklynite]

16. In the meantime, he's been knocking off Republicans...

...through his AMERICAN BRIDGE SuperPAC (the only one I give money to).

Nb - I've gotten to know him and his organization, so I'll discount the behind-the-keyboard anonymous outrage.

[MADem]

27. Really!!!!

David Brock has apologized and more than atoned for his conduct in the past. He's been key to understanding how the GOP runs their shit, how they think, and what they're willing to do.

He really ripped the scab off their whole enterprise--he was key in turning the tables on them with that book, and for that, I am eternally grateful. So are a lot of other Democrats who are glad to know how the GOP ran their schemes.

[leftofcool]

18. Oh piss! Isn't there a new "Hillary is in bed with Wall Street" article you can find and post?

[hrmjustin]

26. He repented.

[underpants]

29. "Blinded by the Right" is a great read.

It exposes the creation of the RW press and columnist choir from the inside. As with many things in the Reagan and post era it was initially funded by Rev. Moon.

[MADem]

43. It revealed SO MUCH. It explained the inner workings of the GOP 'satanic mills!' nt

[cali]

31. And he never changed. He's just a hitman

[hrmjustin]

32. Thats politics.

Sanders campaign manager is no peacemaker.

[cali]

34. Weaver is nothing like Brock

[hrmjustin]

36. I beg to differ.

But that is his job.

[cali]

39. And you are not familiar with him. I am.

[hrmjustin]

40. True but from what I see my point still stands.

[MADem]

46. You're obviously not as "familiar" with him as you insist, since you missed one of the key themes of

his book.

[cali]

65. We're talking about weaver. And Brock is still vile. It's just now he's scum for Hillary

[MADem]

70. The comic book salesman? He certainly comes off as a "Hitman." nt

[beam me up scottie]

37. He didn't help publicly destroy a black woman who was a victim.

What happened to Anita Hill during those hearings was so reprehensible there are no words.

That you can compare it to anything Weaver has done is unbelievable.

[hrmjustin]

38. Thats a fair point.

I noticed you edited after my response. Interesting.

[MADem]

45. You mean like Joe Biden did? nt

[hrmjustin]

49. Another fair point.

[Iggo]

71. So what. He did it. The damage is done.

Fuck his apologies.

[JRLeft]

35. He wants more Wall Street looting.

[hfojvt]

51. ah well, politics

I could have sworn that three years ago, Brock was an ally of the left. Isn't he the guy who started Media Matters?

But apparently anybody now on the wrong side needs to be Berned.

You are either with us or you are with the terrorists, er I mean banksters.

[uberblonde]

55. Yeah, same guy.

He also wrote a nasty hit piece on Bill Clinton when he still worked for the American Spectator.

[Zen Democrat]

52. He started Media Matters which has done major work exposing the right-wing liars.

[jwirr]

53. Don't you know he is a feminist supporter of Hillary.

[joeybee12]

56. pathetic

You hatred is ridiculous

[Gore1FL]

66. He came clean about it and then wrote a book exposing it.

There are a lot of things to criticize Clinton for. This isn't one of them.

Go Bernie!

[Gman]

67. He founded Media Matters

WTH are you talking about?

[Capt.Rocky300]

72. Yup he did..........

I heard him interviewed years ago (it may have been on Air America) and he stated he'd changed his ways from being a right wing instigator and wanted to expose the right for what it was and that would be through Media Matters. Pretty disappointing, eh?

[Gman]

74. This from the same people that turned on Planned Parenthood.

Even if Sanders were to get elected. People here are going to be so disillusioned.

[Cowpunk]

69. Brock's "The Republican Noise Machine" should be required reading.

This book was a major influence on my move to the left as I became politically aware. He blew the whistle on the vast network of right wing smear merchants and con artists and those who back them financially. I still view him with some suspicion because of his previous life's work and his close ties to the Clinton machine and the DNC, but there is no doubt that he has been a major thorn in the side of the right wing for many years.

[MisterP]

78. the problem is, it IS a playbook, and now he's easily switched to being a thorn in the side

of the *left*--heck, a thorn in the side of anyone without a plus bank account

[wilt the stilt]

77. I've in general been watching this back and forth from the sidelines

and my observation is your hatred of people is bordering on insanity. Many of you are no different than Trump supporters and other right wing supporters. The vitriolic nature of your comments are unhinged. Go look in the mirror and ask yourself if you are proud of your conduct.

[dreamnightwind]

80. Wow, I think the OP is spot on

Brock and his relationship to Clinton says a lot about what is wrong with the corporate wing of our party. YMMV, but that doesn't make it hatred or insanity, we care about who our party associates with and what tactics they are employing.

[Babel_17]

84. Same here, but I don't have a degree in psychology

[DisgustipatedinCA]

82. The POS who just took the fall for Clinton's trial balloon.

[Babel_17]

83. Brock is a consumate operative

Anyone got links to the DU threads reporting how a journalist refused to along with some sleazy operation of his? It was several months ago. There was an incriminating email IIRC.

The point here is that he doesn't deserve to be allowed three strikes in this election cycle. He deserves to be asked tough questions, and by several journalists.