Thomas says liberal elites and activist groups desecrated his life.

[still_one]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/28/AR2007092801634_pf.html

I think his rulings as a supreme court justice show that it is he who is the elitist, and activist against the individual

To think this is the person who replaced Thurgood Marshall makes me sick

[MannyGoldstein]

1. How Much Did Sir Rupert Pay Thomas For His Book?

I think it was millions.

[MannyGoldstein]

11. Found It - $1.5 Million

Justice is sold relatively cheaply these days.

[kurth]

2. Yep, they really messed up his chances for canonization

[blondeatlast]

3. "DESECRATED?" Talk about delusions of grandeur...

des·e·crate (ds-krt)
tr.v. des·e·crat·ed, des·e·crat·ing, des·e·crates
To violate the sacredness of; profane.

[Danmel]

14. That was my first thought

DESECRATED? Who exactly does he think he is?

Unbelievable

[varkam]

25. That's a pretty bad word choice.

Regardless of who you are. Even if his life could be construed as something that could be desecrated, I think being sacred is kind of like being feminine - if you have to say you are, then you probably aren't.

[melody]

4. And maybe it was the phantom pubic hair

What a puffed-up, arrogant waste of space.

[still_one]

6. I believe Anita Hill over that jerk. His prescence on the court show

what kind of person he is.

He is an active supreme court justice writing a book, totally inappropraite. Just like Scalia going around making speeches, or greenspan.

At the minimum the lack of professionalism they exhibit are a reflection of the government we have today

[Mike Nelson]

5. I'm doubting Thomas...

... isn't more smarmy than I thought. Also, demented.

[OzarkDem]

7. He's rowing against the tide

the majority of Americans don't fall for and aren't interested in that crap.

[Hokie]

8. Thomas has mental problems

His mental unbalance is clear from reading this article. He was mentally abused by his grandfather in childhood. It appears to have inflicted lasting damage. Thomas sounds like an extreme paranoid to me.

[rasputin1952]

9. Liberal elites and activist groups gave him an opportunity to

have a life beyond ditch digging.

He is an idiot.

[Nikki Stone1]

It's this attitude that gets you a Clarence Thomas who rejects liberalism

If you say, "You'd be nothing without us," you are denying the individual's own skill and ability. Some folks get sick of the patronizing attitude and want credit for what they have done and for the brains and persistence the possess. Maybe that's why they vote against things like affirmative action, which can be connected to patronizing attitudes like the one you espouse.

[rasputin1952]

16. I agree w/your contention. However, in the case of Thomas...

the man does not possess the requisite intellect to have made it through college w/o some pretty amazing aid. For that matter, if it were not for progressives in the 40's/50's/60's, Thomas would have never had the chance to attend college in the first place. The key word in Equal Opportunity is "Opportunity", what one does with that opportunity is something else again.

I do not believe that anyone should be afforded "special" treatment because of heritage, religion sex etc. I do believe that everyone has the inherent right to have an opportunity to better themselves w/o hindrance from preconceived and absurd notions that for some reason they "cannot succeed" because of some "physical situation".

Thomas used every opportunity that was afford him by those who laid down life and limb in trying to level a field that was/is out of balance. Once he got what he thought he deserved, he turned his back on those who had fought tooth and nail to ensure he would have a chance to succeed.

What i find truly bothersome about Thomas is that he is an intellectual lightweight, he is, to put it simply, an idiot. There are many others who worked hard to get professional and technical positions, and my respect goes to them. Thomas used the system, and then tries to lay waste to the very thing that gave him a chance. He is, quite simply, a Philistine.

[PDenton]

19. I wouldn't go that far

Thomas seems like an intelligent man, but there's something not right about his decision to dive into bed with conservative Republicans. I can understand his stances or abortion or affirmative action come from his own beliefs, but why is he a yes-man for the Right? There are plenty of conservative or moderate Democrats who don't feel the need to rub shoulders with Republicans or the Right for one reason or the other. Has the Right really done anything for him except give him a wink and a nod and say "look, we like blacks too?". It is almost like he is spiritually impoverished at some level, maybe "stockholm syndrome"?

Really, he should just stop the whining. He's got an envious position, one of the most powerful men in the world, and all he can do is bitch and moan. Why can't he figure out that Anita Hill was just politics- politics that is irrelevent now? That's what a mature person would do. Instead he's carrying around the Anita Hill hearings like a deep wound. If he had more moral fiber he'd rise above that.

Clarence Thomas seems like the most depressed guy on the court. Like Eyore he always finds something negative. Might I suggest Prozac?

[rasputin1952]

26. I have listened to the man make a s"speech" one time...

I do believe he is an idiot.

One of the worst things I could have ever heard from anyone in the legal profession came about during his Confirmation Hearing...he made the incredible statement that he did not review the "charges" against him. For anyone in the legal system, especially a judge at the time, to not look at an allegation against him/her is beyond the pale. How can one even think someone like that could make a sound judgment? I don't think he has any comprehension of what he is doing. He is lazy, both intellectually and physically, he has written <than 10,000 words in his decisions of over 17+ yrs; he is out of his element.

I don't care about racial implications, there have been plenty of caucasian Associate Judges that have been in need of intellectual prowess, but Thomas is unique in that he is not just remarkably selfish and self aggrandizing at the expense of others who laid down the road he took, but he is just plain stupid. Read some of his decisions, for a "well educated" man, he writes like a 8th grader. He benefited greatly from the progressives, and did so w/o having to use anything in the intellectual department.

[PDenton]

32. sounds almost like

Clarence Thomas is a poster boy against affirmative action? Ironic that he's oppossed to it.

I'll have to dig up his legal stuff. I've never read them, just heard him talk on TV a few times and read some stuff he has written in various journals. He certainly sounds smarter than George Bush, who as far as we know is functionally illiterate (phonics?) and I'm not sure he actually reads books. Maybe he has somebody else read to him?

[rasputin1952]

33. A quick Google seach turns up a wealth of writings by Thomas

and few, if any, are worthy of anything that could be called, "scholarlly"...the guy is an embarrassment.

I am sure that editing is heavy, and yet, he still comes off like a fool...:(

[PDenton]

36. I did the google thing

And I looked up a few of his judgements on behalf of the court. And honestly he doesn't write like the typical eighth grader. I believe he is intellectually dishonest and conflicted but not stupid. Maybe there is significant editing?

I know he has a reputation as being recalcitrant and silent on the court, but that doesn't necessarily equal him being stupid. Maybe it is just his style, he doesn't like to hear his own voice? Some people consider that an admirable quality; Abraham Lincoln was often mocked for being a quiet person, as well. Of course, perhaps he is more intellectually "lazy" and believes that other justices can do his work for him. Regardless, I'm deeply suspicious of calling him "stupid" unless I see good evidence of it.

[rasputin1952]

38. FWIW...Lincoln was reported as having a very high pitched

voice would have made it probable he was pretty quiet unless he had to speak...:)

[still_one]

18. Your point is excellent and correct, however in the case of Thomas

he is mediocre at best, and it could even be argued that because of things like affirmative action we have his mediocrity put upon us.

However, the reality is that MOST people get through this life with help of some sort, whether it is parents, friends, or removing discriminating laws.

[PDenton]

22. and it could even be argued that because of things like affirmative action we have his mediocrity pu

"and it could even be argued that because of things like affirmative action we have his mediocrity put upon us."

Good point. I wonder if he has ever seriously considered that. It seems to me he really doesn't have the fiber of a Supreme Court justice. Maybe a lawyer but his thinking is not deeply analytical enough if he can't figure out that he is into masochism and self-hatred. Clarence Thomas is very much a slave... a slave in his mind, chained to forces he doesn't understand. He can't break free of alot of baggage. Actually, I have alot of pitty for this guy because I don't see him as really growing spiritually.

[mitchum]

24. His self-hatred is well-deserved...

in his heart of hearts, he knows that he is incompetent

[kestrel91316]

29. His "skill and ability" appear to be somewhat lacking, given his rather

egregious misuse of the word "desecrate", don't you think?

After all, his entire job revolves around the PRECISE application of the English language.

[PDenton]

37. "defame" would probably be a better word

"desecrate" implies ones life is holy. A decided lack of humility, perhaps?

[mitchum]

50. Is that an "astigmatism" he's going to bear for the rest of his life?

He's a buffoon.

[mitchum]

49. His inappropriate use of the word "desecrate" reminds me of a pithy comment Truman Capote...

once said about someone:
"He doesn't know what he's saying. He talks like a Reconstruction Negro"

Remember: I didn't say that. Capote did. But still...

[BadgerLaw2010]

31. It is fair to deny Thomas' "skill and ability" as claimed. Yale law my ass.

The man is not intelligent enough to be admitted to, and graduate from, a top law school solely on his own ability, let alone hold the position he does. Nothing in his career prior to being nominated gives much reason to question that.

Compare his resume to the other modern conservative appointees and see if any of it even looks similar.

[WinkyDink]

47. Truth is truth. Liberals fought for Civil Rights; his Republican cronies fought the Liberals.

[sharp_stick]

10. Now that he has his piece of the pie thanks to the liberal elites of the day

Fuck the rest of them eh Clarence you piece of shit nutcase

[UTUSN]

12. He should try Buddhism for ways of coping with his whining n/t

[EFerrari]

20. Let's send his holiness a sock.

lol

[wizstars]

42. or a slice of cheese....

...to go with his w(h)ine?

[fasttense]

13. He sounds like a man who can always find someone else to blame for his troubles.

First he blames his father (and rightly so) for abandoning him. Then he blames the Catholic Church for not doing more about ending racism. Then he blames his grandfather for throwing him out and later being so poor he tried to sell his blood (join the club Thomas). Then he blames liberals, and feminists who wanted the right to choose an abortion or not (an out of wedlock mother back then had no hope of ever attaining a decent living) and, finally he blames Hill. Later he blames the Senators who opposed him at his nomination hearing.

He took advantage of affirmative action but doesn't want anyone else to take advantage of the same program.

He is the perfect, selfish, whining, neocon, living very well and complaining about how hard his life was.

[Algorem]

15. it wasn't his uncletomism and his obsession with porn then?

[xchrom]

17. desecrated? -- so now thomas thinks he's sacred?

can a justice be removed cause he's patently nuts?

cause that's just about as nutty as it gets.

and a guy with his education knows what desecrated means.

[Quixote1818]

21. Maybe he thinks he is the second comming of Christ? nt

[mitchum]

23. " Uncle Tom's Crying Towel"

I really despise that INCOMPETENT lowlife

[MarinCoUSA]

27. OK. Surrender your Ivy League law degree and reclaim your desecrated ego.

OK. Surrender your Ivy League law degree and reclaim your desecrated ego.

Holy Shit. You are a pathetic whiner.

OK you have a decent IQ, had a strict upbringing, got into a top law school via affirmative action and thence onto a legal career that landed you at it's very pinnacle. Maybe you could be privately happy and go forth to expound some original, insightful legal opinions. (Didn't happen.)

And so what if the ABA gave you the lowest possible rating, they don't have a market on creativity or greatness. Besides, you were young-ish for a nominee and spent a lot of your time as a Republican political toady- OK not exactly the Thurgood Marshall track. But still you got there- you got the ring! And what did you do with it? You sat there and never said a word and now you want to bitch.

Get real, man. In the white hot Republican politics of anti-choice Supreme Count nomination politics you stated- under oath- that you never had a discussion or thought about Roe v. Wade. Dude! As if!

You are seriously not credible on the big issue here. Excuse the Advise and Consent Clause of the Constitution, but your whinny little ego desecration was a stinking pile of credibility issue.

[kestrel91316]

28. "Desecrated" his life??? I beg your pardon, you pompous windbag -

one "desecrates" HOLY PLACES.

I don't happen to think the pubic hair and coke can thing was particularly HOLY, do you, Mr. Thomas?

[musette_sf]

44. i have news for this Opus Dei POS

1. you are not on the fast track for beatification after your demise.
2. see # 1.
3. no number of novenas will save your rotten lying soul from Purgatory.

[NMMNG]

30. Wait, where is my little violin?

Oh, here it is. :nopity:

[Orsino]

34. He's had his revenge many times over...

...assisting in the paupering of millions, and the denial of civil rights to hundreds of millions.

[LeftishBrit]

35. 'Desecrated his life?'

DESECRATED? Who does he think he is, Jesus?

[renie408]

40. Do you think he really meant "My life is a desecration"? n/t

[renie408]

39. "Why won't you DIE??" I know we aren't supposed to actually wish death on people...

but can't we make an exception in the cases of the conservative members of the SCOTUS??

That's the only way they'll ever go away.

[JVS]

41. What did we do, put a pubic hair on it?

[More Than A Feeling]

43. We've defiled the holy sanctuary that is Clarence Thomas? OH NOES!

Do not look directly at him, for verily his wrath is mighty!

[Jade Fox]

45. Apparently, Thomas is eager for another "desecration".....

by writing what sounds like a very self-pitying, myopic book. His sixteen years on the Supreme Court spent carrying water and warming the bench aren't going to help him. How dare he say being a Supreme Court Judge means nothing to him? So resign already!

On a lighter note, Thomas' interview with Rush Limbaugh ought to provide a few laughs.

[WinkyDink]

46. CT can KMWA. And for his information, "desecration" destroys his argument.

[bjorkfan]

48. Virtual Child Porn case

Didn't he vote in favor of legalizing computer-generated and other images of child porn that did not involve actual children? That would not make social conservatives too happy.

[Bucky]

51. He and Thurgood Marshall do have one thing in common...

Office atire.