Wife of Clarence Thomas Reaches Out to Anita Hill Over 1991 Episode

[gaspee]

Source: NYT

Virginia Thomas, the wife of Associate Justice Clarence
Thomas of the Supreme Court, left a message last weekend on
the voice mail of Anita Hill, who accused her husband of
sexual harassment during his confirmation hearings, a
spokeswoman for Ms. Thomas confirmed on Tuesday.

In a message left at the office of Ms. Hill, who is now a
professor at Brandeis University, Ms. Thomas apparently
brought up Ms. Hill's accusations against her husband during
the 1991 hearings.

Andrew Gully, senior vice president of the Brandeis
University communications office, confirmed that Ms. Hill had
received the message and that she had turned it over to the
campus department of public safety. That office, in turn,
passed it on to the F.B.I.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/us/politics/20thomas.html?emc=na

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I don't get this story...

[Bitwit1234]

1. Maybe she thinks the photocopy he showed around the

office where he worked with Anita Hill proved it was big enough for both of them. I mean Thomas was proud of the size.

[pnwmom]

2. "Reaches out"??? Yeah, with a slap to the face.

That woman has gall.

[gaspee]

4. In the article

It turns out this is what she actually said to her...

“Good morning, Anita Hill, it's Ginny Thomas,” it quoted from the voicemail. “I just wanted to reach across the airwaves and the years and ask you to consider something. I would love you to consider an apology sometime and some full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. So give it some thought and certainly pray about this and come to understand why you did what you did. Okay have a good day.”

[msanthrope]

24. Maybe they can work this out over a shared can of Coke? n/t

[lumpy]

85. LOL I got it.

This is really weird; this certainly won't help Clarence Thomases reputation, which is shakey at least. I believe Mrs. Thomas wants to get more coverage in the news to promote her tea potty career.

[AlbertCat]

32. would love you to consider an apology sometime and some full explanation

Yeah, an apology from Clarence and an explanation of why he always votes with Massa Scalia and why he's the most ineffective justice up there.

[Bo]

89. WACKJOB TEABAGGER IS AT IT AGAIN

Are country is now officially a JOKE.....

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[iverglas]

101. here we go again

A woman does something worthy of contempt, and she's "a bitch".

Can someone not find a new hymn book to sing from?

The Little Book of Common Misogynist Chants can be consigned to the rubbish heap, surely.

[Catherine Vincent]

44. WTF?

How self-righteous!

[defendandprotect]

52. Holy crap--!! Mrs. Pervert is delusional .... was she drunk when she left this message?

Something's bugging her --

"what she did WITH her husband" ... ???

Odd way of putting her husband's sexual harassment of Prof. Hill--!!

This woman is "more to the right than Atilla the Hun" -- as others have described her.

And, evidently, another "god" freak!

Perhaps it's guilt gnawing at Mr. & Mrs. Pervert?

[leftynyc]

72. An apology?!!

How about "I'm sorry your husband is such a pig and I pray he decides he'd like to retire early"?

[No Elephants]

66. More like "lashes out." The NYT gets more disgusting and transparent by the day.

[Dulcinea]

78. Ms. Hill was certainly more polite than I would have been.

I would have told Ms. Thomas to go to hell!

[beac]

91. SO does the NYT for using that horribly misleading headline.

:puke:

[BootinUp]

3. Thats not an olive branch, its fucking harassment!

Good morning, Anita Hill, it's Ginny Thomas,” it quoted from the voicemail. “I just wanted to reach across the airwaves and the years and ask you to consider something. I would love you to consider an apology sometime and some full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. So give it some thought and certainly pray about this and come to understand why you did what you did. Okay have a good day.”

[aquart]

5. And we thought she was nuts when she went tea party.

This woman is seriously tipping over the edge.

[BootinUp]

6. She's a real piece of work

I like the way Anita handled it. Total class.

[aquart]

14. Always was.

It was listening to our senators insist that if she had really been harassed she wouldn't have stayed on the job that made me realize a) they hadn't a clue about working women and b) I had no representation in Congress.

[defendandprotect]

54. +1000% ... yes -- that must be said ... Prof. Hill has always been "Total Class" -- !!

[hamsterjill]

71. I did, too!

Immediately turned it over to the authorities, and made it public. Best way to deal with it!

[SpiralHawk]

31. + 1

Twisted sister - how could Ginny Thomas not know this would bring the whole stinking Republicon Family Pharisees Values thingy back up out of the cess pool to splash all over her troglodyte fascist corporate hack FAIL freak hubby?

[hlthe2b]

8. Exactly.. .She's as sick as her scummy husband.

I'm glad Hill is taking this as seriously as she is. That she is harassing her at this time, shows she is totally unhinged and given her supporters are likewise, I too take this as a threat.

[Dappleganger]

15. It sure is.

Even his wife is a sick fucker.

[closeupready]

83. Almost stalking, was my first thought.

Apparently Ms. Hill's, as well, since she forwarded it to the FBI.

[Downwinder]

7. The wrong person got the seat.

[Le Taz Hot]

65. The fact that he replaced

the Great Thurgood Marshall makes me sick.

[No Elephants]

67. +1

[Manifestor_of_Light]

9. What a self righteous jerk Ginny is.

Anita Hill told the TRUTH to the Senate, and was vilified and dragged through the mud.

She has NOTHING to apologize for.

On the other hand, Clarence Thomas LIED, committed flat-out perjury in front of the Senate, and got confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice.

Fortunately, before he died, Thurgood Marshall told Clarence Thomas, "You are not fit to shine my shoes." That was a fitting evaluation.

[BootinUp]

13. I don't remember hearing that quote

it just made my night.

[No Elephants]

76. Don't want to harsh your high, but I'd seek verification first.

Anything's possible, but this does not sound like Marshall.

[Canuckistanian]

17. Thurgood Marshall said that?

What was the context?

I've never heard that before.

[defendandprotect]

56. Thurgood Marshall told Clarence Thomas, "You are not fit to shine my shoes."

Thank you! Hadn't heard of that quote before ....

and well deserved on part of Clarence the clown --

Thurgood Marshall as he announced his retirement was asked by reporters immediately

if he thought Poppy Bush would honor his seat as a "black" seat.

Thurgood Marshall said in reply . . .

"It is not the color of a snake that is important. It is whether or not it bites!"


Clarence Thomas is a snake that bites -- and has been called a "Judas" by his own people!

Only the Bush's could have succeeded in orchestrating putting a pervert on the Supreme Court!

[No Elephants]

69. Please see Reply 68.

[defendandprotect]

100. Thank you -- you are probably correct: "not like Thurmond" ... but I enjoyed it--!!!

:evilgrin:


However -- My quote re Marshall is accurate -- and I actually watched him say it!!

[No Elephants]

68. Source? I googled and could not find anything like that.

[ProudDad]

95. If there is an afterlife (which I seriously doubt)

Marshall's probably said it a hundred thousand times now that he can be candid...

Anyone who compares Marshall to that execrable piece of shit Thomas would HAVE to say it though,

"clarence thomas isn't fit to LICK Marshall's shoes!"

[my2sense]

10. That was a DEMAND not an

olive branch.

She has some nerve accusing Anita Hill of lying about her sick husband.

[bigworld]

11. She has the spelling of a teabagger as well

“I did place a call to Ms. Hill at her office extending an olive branch to her after all these years, in hopes that we could ultimately get passed what happened so long ago,” Ms. Thomas said in a statement provided to The New York Times.

Passed?

[defendandprotect]

57. Obviously, it hasn't "passed" in the mind of Mrs. Pervert ... it's bugging her ....

[ixion]

12. uh, "reaches out"? I don't think so..

If I were Anita Hill, I'd be thinking harassment lawsuit.

[Canuckistanian]

16. She asked for an APOLOGY?

:wow:

[msanthrope]

23. Yes. Yes, She did.

You and I may not agree on much, but the puke-worthiness of this moment.

[Canuckistanian]

26. Indeed, it will do as an emetic

But I'm confused - do we "not agree on much"?

Was it something I said?

[msanthrope]

33. Like a flat can of coke, eh?

I don't think we agree on the education threads...

[Canuckistanian]

36. OK

See you around, then.

?

[msanthrope]

38. Dude, no offense intended---

My former comment was about Hill/Thomas. Google them, and 'can of coke'-- plus a flat can of coke is a good emetic.

As to the latter comment-- well, we just don't agree sometimes....no skin off my big nose.:-)

[Canuckistanian]

39. No offense taken

And we can agree to disagree sometimes.

:hi:

[tomg]

18. What is most disconcerting

aside from the most obvious violation of Professor Hill's privacy is the spin the Times put on it - "reaching out" - and how many idiots will read the opening lines and think "Thomas is reaching out. Isn't that wonderful." Yup, the "liberal" media does it again.

[Hamlette]

20. they changed the headline, now it's wife asks for apology

which is closer to the truth. The truth would be wife harasses law professor.

[gateley]

46. ASKING for an apology? Wow. This is unbelievable on so many levels. nt

[defendandprotect]

58. Exactly .... !! Thomas' wife now harasses Prof. Anita Hill -- !!!

[tomg]

The NY Times has just changed

the title. I guess all the commenters - myself included - at the Times were saying WTF ( or words to that effect) over the "reaching out." It now reads "asks for an apology."

[Justitia]

50. It should have read: Wife of Clarence Thomas Stalking Anita Hill -eom

[bemildred]

19. Hmmmm.

:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:
:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:

[Hawkeye-X]

21. Seriously. It's past time to impeach these Felonious Five (v2.0).

Thomas.
Kennedy.
Scalia.
Roberts.
Scalito.

(As you remember, the Felonious Five v1.0 were: )
Thomas.
Kennedy.
Scalia.
Renhquist.
O'Conner.

[msanthrope]

22. Drunk Dialing is NEVER a good idea, Ginny!!! n/t

[gateley]

48. No kidding. Ask Martha Mitchell. Although they won't "shut Ginny up" like they

did poor Martha.

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[Yeahyeah]

28. "what you did with my husband"?wouldn't it be "to my husband"?

[bemildred]

30. That is one of the more interesting turns of phrase.

But people often mis-speak.

[msanthrope]

34. In Vino, Veritas....n/t

[iverglas]

102. oh, look; another one

It's a sad person with a sorry vocabulary who can't voice a negative opinion about a woman without resorting to "bitch". Hey, "fucking bitch", that's original.

[Name removed]

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[undeterred]

29. Its a shame Clarence and his wife were ever born.

[Iliyah]

37. How can a

BLACK MAN be a tea brat? He he forget his past when grandma, a black woman, helped him and loved him. How could he forget? I guess money is the root of all evil, looked what he married.

[No Elephants]

70. How could a man who used affirmative action all his life oppose it?

[ProudDad]

96. Look to the source

It's a shame that ANY of the bush family ever existed!

From Prescott the Nazi to the shrub and his thieving brothers (one robbed S&Ls the other elections) -- execrable wastes of skin...all of them!

[Paladin]

35. Anita Hill Has Been A Model Of Class And Self-Restraint For All These Years.

I hope Clarence Thomas' wife pays the maximum penalty for this travesty, in the court of public opinion, if not elsewhere.

[Hawaii Hiker]

42. The people who need to apologize are the 52 senators who

voted yes for the confirmation of that asshole Thomas, which included several southern democratic senators..

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=102&session=1&vote=00220

[alp227]

47. And Carol Moseley Braun's predecessor Alan J. Dixon

there are some midwest Dems who voted Yes for Thomas. Hell, Lieberman voted No, as well as Bob Packwood, a moderate Republican from Oregon.

[defendandprotect]

59. And, Sen. Joe Biden who helped Clarence Thomas survive the hearings by NOT

permitting relevant witnesses to be heard!

There was something like a dozen witnesses who had worked at the EEOC --

one as a speech writer -- who were willing to testify to Clarence's sexist comments

to women at the EEOC --

Biden delayed the hearing into the middle of the night, after promising Hill's lawyers

that these witnesses would be heard, and then he proceeded to put on a guy who was there

to smear Prof. Hill -- and let him speak for something like four hours.

At the end of that time, he couldn't remember if Prof. Hill had called him or he had

called her! Totally meaningless testimony!

However, by then it was 4am in the morning and Biden ended the hearings -- BETRAYING

everyone -- Prof. Hill and her lawyers and advisers! And, all of America, in fact!


This of course set us up for the 2000 Bush vs Gore decision!

[aquart]

63. That was why I didn't want Biden for Veep.

Although I've been pleased with the job he's doing.

But the men connected to those hearings were never my friends.

[defendandprotect]

99. Absolutely agree .... did you read "Strange Justice" ...?

Terrific book --

My library had it --

Still don't trust Biden, however --

I'd sooooo love it if C-span one day would play the WHOLE of the hearings ...

from first to last!

:evilgrin:


Prof. Anita Hill did a tremendous service for the nation and women -- and as yet

has gotten nothing but punishment for it!! How she withstood the hearings --

and the evil things the Senators were saying to her, I can't imagine.

She had a wonderful team and mentors with her, but still -- it was evil what those

men did! Hatch, Specter, Simpson --

Later, Sen. Paul Simon said that had the Congress known before nominating Thomas what

we eventually know they would never have voted for him!!

Poppy Bush must be laughing at this every day -- sticking us with his creep.

Paved the way for Bush vs Gore!


:)

[boppers]

104. You know C-SPAN has their archives online?

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/search-results.php?keywords=clarence+thomas+confirmation+hearings

143 videos results for that search, starting back at Court of Appeals hearings.

[defendandprotect]

105. Wow .... didn't know that -- thank you!!

I've never had any success to date with checking thru archives!

Still can't figure out how DU's work --

but at some point I'll give that a try --

thanks again!

:)


PS: Just want to amend this to say that I wish C-span would replay the whole hearing

again on TV for everyone to see ---

And, I think I realized this a long time ago, but just came to my attention again ....

I think the witness that Biden used to delay the hearings into the middle of the night

-- finishing at 4am -- was a then unknown ... Armstrong Williams!

Who was being used to try to claim that Prof. Hill was a temptress who was trying to date him!

In the end, at 4am, Armonstrong Williams volunteered that he couldn't recall if he had called

Prof. Hill or if she had called him! But this four hours or more of garbage was used to keep

relevant witnesses from being presented -- and then Biden CLOSED the hearings in complete

betrayal of Prof. Hill's legal team and her mentors and, of course, of Prof. Hill -- and the

women of America!

Thanks again for your effot!

:)

[No Elephants]

74. I'm not as subtle as you.

Grouped By Vote Position YEAs ---52
Bond (R-MO)
Boren (D-OK)
Breaux (D-LA)
Brown (R-CO)
Burns (R-MT)
Chafee (R-RI)
Coats (R-IN)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cohen (R-ME)
Craig (R-ID)
D'Amato (R-NY)
Danforth (R-MO)
DeConcini (D-AZ)]
Dixon (D-IL)
Dole (R-KS)
Domenici (R-NM)
Durenberger (R-MN)
Exon (D-NE)
Fowler (D-GA)
Garn (R-UT)
Gorton (R-WA)
Gramm (R-TX)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hatfield (R-OR)
Helms (R-NC)
Hollings (D-SC)
Johnston (D-LA)
Kassebaum (R-KS)
Kasten (R-WI)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Mack (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nickles (R-OK)
Nunn (D-GA)
Pressler (R-SD)
Robb (D-VA) (DLC "luminary")
Roth (R-DE)
Rudman (R-NH)
Seymour (R-CA)
Shelby (D-AL)
Simpson (R-WY)
Smith (R-NH)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Symms (R-ID)
Thurmond (R-SC)
Wallop (R-WY)
Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---48
Adams (D-WA)
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bentsen (D-TX)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Bradley (D-NJ)
Bryan (D-NV)
Bumpers (D-AR)
Burdick, Quentin S (D-ND)
Byrd (D-WV)
Conrad (D-ND)
Cranston (D-CA)
Daschle (D-SD)
Dodd (D-CT)
Ford (D-KY)
Glenn (D-OH)
Gore (D-TN)
Graham (D-FL)
Harkin (D-IA)
Heflin (D-AL)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (R-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerrey (D-NE)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Metzenbaum (D-OH)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Mitchell (D-ME)
Moynihan (D-NY)
Packwood (R-OR)
Pell (D-RI)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reid (D-NV)
Riegle (D-MI)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanford (D-NC)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Sasser (D-TN)
Simon (D-IL)
Wellstone (D-MN)
Wirth (D-CO)
Wofford (D-PA)

[NBachers]

43. (Cue Twilight Zone music)

Land of the Glass Pinecones . . . Pinecones . . . pinecones . . .

They only grow in the full moon


oooooEWWWWWwwwww

She's got a bug up her ass and it just won't leave her alone.

[Historic NY]

45. must be a public hair apology.

[COLGATE4]

49. Ginny (Her name was Virginia, they called her Virgin for short

but not for long) Thomas is feeling her oats now that she's assuming a position of some power as a Teabagger. Slappy has her back and all is well in her rabid RW world, so why wouldn't she demand an apology of that 'tramp' who so maligned her sainted husband.:sarcasm: :puke:

[defendandprotect]

51. "Reaches out to .... " --- Would seem highly inappropriate for Mrs. Pervert to call

Prof. Anita Hill!!

Without invitation -- without warning -- and simply leaving a message!

Highly qestionable!

[sfwriter]

53. DISTRACTION: Don't look at Liberty Central and Citizens United....

Look away...

Look over here....

Awkward personal interaction....

Ignore the money... ignore it.

[Tx4obama]

55. Ginni was probably drunk when she made the call...

the call was made on the weekend when Anita Hill wasn't there.
I'd like to know what TIME the call was made.
Betcha it was in the middle of the night.
I've made a couple of middle-of-the-night calls in my younger days after too much Jack Daniels :)

[No Elephants]

75. 7:30 a.m. -- to Hill's WORK number.

[calimary]

108. What struck me as well was "hello Anita Hill."

It's a subtle diminishing tactic, sometimes not even consciously recognized. To address someone by both names can sometimes be a dog whistle put-down. A proper salutation would have been "hello Ms. Hill" or "hello Professor Hill" or even "hello Anita." But "hello Anita Hill." Someone with a self-bestowed superiority complex does that to someone else over whom he or she wishes to feel superior or appear superior. I had a senior English teacher who treated me that way. She didn't like me and she never addressed me by my first name. It was always first name-last name. She never did that to anyone else in class - only me. It's like I became this strange hybrid thing - an anitahill, not good enough to be referred to as an Anita, or a Ms. Hill.

[cloudythescribbler]

60. the headline about "reaching out" is not in the NYT and is misleading

Its irony would be useful if it reflected how some major media phrased it, but both the NYT and on CNN TV News they correctly framed the issue as a request or demand for an apology

it is curious that this comes at the height of an election season where the wind is at the back of the GOP

[Trajan]

61. They changed it ....

It had a different title, initially ....

[jobycom]

62. She's a conservative, did you expect her to believe the truth over her lying husband?

Clarence told the truth, Bush protected us from terrorism, tax cuts for the rich help the economy, and Pat Boone was better than Elvis.

Although one wonders... She has held on to this for so long that one suspects the little demons who whisper doubts into her heart won't let her sleep after all these years.

[Le Taz Hot]

64. A reminder about this sickening story

for those of you too young or not here yet to remember. There were three other witnesses ready to testify to Congress regarding Thomas' sexual harassment. There was a backroom deal made with the Republicans pushing Thomas through and prohibiting the women from testifying to Congress. The DEMOCRAT who made that back-room deal? Non other than our illustrious VP, Joe Biden.

http://womensissues.about.com/b/2008/08/23/is-joe-biden-a-womens-issues-advocate-clarence-thomas-hearings-may-be-indicative.htm

[hamsterjill]

73. Republican Repetition

This is another example of Republican Repetition. Meaning, if they say something loud enough and long enough, they believe the world will eventually agree with them.

Sorry, Ginni, but I think the world knows what your husband did!

[No Elephants]

77. GINny Thomas = Wrong Ding Dong Silver.

[crim son]

79. Mrs. Thomas is wondering if her husband is guilty.

I know this is how I'd go about it if I wanted to know for sure.

[bemildred]

80. Well, she got her answer then.

I thought about it overnight, and I don't think Ms Thomas expected Ms Hill to go public with it.

[bigworld]

82. Interesting idea, that.

Wondering if something's been brewing at the office? I mean, why would she just bring it up on Saturday at 7.30 in the morning? Maybe the Justice had a "late night at the office" on Friday? Just supposin'.

[Blasphemer]

90. She was certainly fishing for information for some purpose

Perhaps it's as simple as marital infidelity but where the GOP is concerned, it could be far more nefarious. We hear that Thomas and Scalia are attending secret meetings with conservative donors and Anita Hill is coincidentally getting calls from his wife around this same time? I'm sure Thomas was recording that conversation in hopes of getting an apology that could be leaked or getting Hill's voice on tape so that the recording could be altered, thereby dredging up the past and making it seem as though there is a coordinated attack against poor Clarence. These folks are plain evil and just about anything is possible. I'm glad Ms. Hill was smart enough to make sure the voicemail got to the proper authorities.

[crim son]

98. You make an excellent point

when you mention GOP tactics. I don't think that way but the rethugs certainly do.

[onehandle]

81. Scalia's puppet and his teabagger wife are truly two of the worst Americans today. nt

[wordpix]

84. Maybe Justice Perv is aspiring for higher office

would explain why he needs the apology ---but at 7:30 am?

[lumpy]

86. Maybe Mrs. Thomas has aspirations to run for public office ?

Keeping a name in the news is one way to gain noteriety. Tea buggers think they have the tiger by the tail.

[gauguin57]

87. Drunk-dialing is never a good thing, Mrs. Thomas.

Pretty nervy, Mrs. Pervy.

[chervilant]

88. Clarence Thomas' Wife Asks Anita Hill to Apologize

Source: AP

Virginia Thomas, described by the AP as "a longtime conservative activist," and founder of Liberty Central, a conservative nonprofit organization dedicated to ending "the leftist "tyranny" of the Obama administration and congressional Democrats," left a voicemail for Anita Hill on Ms. Hill's Brandeis University phone, requesting an apology and a "full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband."


Read more: http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/9009/24501313/Thomas_wife_seeks_apology_from_accuser_Anita_Hill

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Words fail me...

[Tx4obama]

92. The story is getting even more interesting now...

Earlier on MSNBC Tamara had two guests on her show discussing Ginni Thomas.
One of the guests said that Ginni Thomas was supposed to have had several events and media interviews promoting her teaparty organization Liberty Central this week, BUT they had been 'mysteriously' canceled a week or so ago.
Also, the day Ginni left the call for Anita Hill was the same day that a big story was published in The Washington Times (or one of those big publications) regarding Ginni's Liberty Central group (which has taken 'big' undisclosed donations).

So, could it be that Justice Thomas was getting flack from the other justices about Ginni's teaparty group and he pressured her to cancel the events until after the mid-terms? And could that have sent her into a frenzy that led her to leave that call on Anita Hill's answering machine?

It's going to be interesting to see what else comes out regarding this story :)

[ProudDad]

93. What a misleading title!!!

Sounds like Mrs. Thomas is just carrying on the pattern of harassment her lame excuse for a husband set years ago.


Impeachment anyone?

Impeach Thomas FIRST!

[alp227]

94. Hard for me to decide whether Thomas really harassed Hill like that.

But in an anti-woman work climate where no one would believe Hill, there could be some credibility in Hill's story. I mean it's such a Thomas said, Hill said story with so many twists and turns.

[Justitia]

97. Well, she passed a lie detector test. And there were three other witnesses. -eom

[iverglas]

103. Hill had all the credibility in the world

I watched the full hearings (which was when I first became a Joe Biden fan).

She had never intended her allegations against Thomas to be public. She submitted them privately.

She was then subjected to everything every woman who has ever made an allegation of sexual assault or harassment against a man has ever feared. Her character was shredded in public, her integrity was assailed at a Senate hearing ... Yes, that's something that someone volunteers for just because ... just because ... ?

[chervilant]

106. Wow...

I didn't have that perception of the hearings. I came away with the impression that Clarence Thomas is a classic pervert (and, a WATB), and Anita Hill is both honest and well-spoken. The additional testimony from others further convinced me that Thomas acted inappropriately and then lied about it.

Pathetic, really...

[chervilant]

107. Never mind.

I just checked your profile. You were just a wee sprat when the hearings were televised. You might want to do a little research before you 'decide' about Thomas' sexual perversions.

[L.Torsalo]

109. Thank goodness

you are not the one who was asked to judge the merit of the allegations. Ms. Hill was prevented from presenting corroborating witness testimony by Joe Biden who claimed to want to avoid the politics of personal destruction or some such lame nonsense. Biden covered for Thomas. Hill didn't even get to present evidence. Thomas remains and asswipe, even with grey sideburns. Hill's allegations remain credible.