Could/Should Biden Sue Thomas For Defamation?

[Me.]

‘He compares then-Senate Judiciary Chairman Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Del.) to the lying hypocrites in the old song "Smiling Faces Sometimes" by Undisputed Truth. About former senator Howard Metzenbaum (Ohio): "It would be kind to describe him as unlikable."

Almost makes me want to run out and get my Joe Biden For President signs. It is astonishing that a Supreme Court Justice would refer to a sitting Senator as a lying hypocrite.’ Cont…

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/9/29/10449/1311

[monmouth]

1. Makes me want to look at Biden even more so now.....eom

[TwilightGardener]

2. Well--calling someone a lying hypocrite is not defamation--

Calling him a drunk, or a philanderer, would be defamation. Either way, I don't think anyone looks to Clarence Thomas for accurate character judgment--and I'll bet Biden couldn't care less what he says. He's a big boy, he can take it.

[Me.]

4. I Wondered Because Thomas Is Referencing That Slur

in terms of Biden's job as a senator and committee chair and is as good as saying he lied and cheated. Didn't know if it comes up to the level of a lawsuit. As for Biden, my expectation is that he'll come out swinging, a guy running for prez can't let such words go unchallenged.

[chelsea0011]

3. We have a justice on the Supreme Court with a huge CHIP on his shoulder

I noticed he said after the Hill allegations came out that he had to go back for the second round of "attacks". So he viewed his confirmation hearing as an attack instead of a bunch of questions he must answer?

[fasttense]

5. Yeah, and 16 years later he's still not over it.

I think he feels his sexual come-ons to an uninterested employee were no one's business, and how dare they question his behavior. He really needs to get over it and move on. He won the whole stinking mess of a battle anyway. He's a sore winner and a whiner.

[Tyler Durden]

6. Clarence Thomas calling someone a hypocrite is like....

Sorry. I couldn't come up with a powerful enough simile.

Thomas is the ZEUS of hypocrites.