Is Anita Hill a GOP operative?

[Archae]

I'm not the type to put on a tinfoil hat.

But I think Anita Hill is a GOP operative, or at least paid by the GOP.

When Clarence Thomas was nominated for the Supreme Court, it was obvious he
was nominated ONLY because he was a black conservative.
Frankly, he showed all the signs of being an incompetent back in 1991.

A distraction was needed, to get attention away from Thomas' abysmal record.
Anita Hill pops up with the lurid sex accusations, problem solved.
Thomas' bad record gets forgotten.

Now, there are serious questions about the political activism of Thomas'
wife, her ties to Teabagger groups.
A distraction is needed again, and Anita Hill pops up again.
The lurid sex accusations get lots of press, and Thomas' wife's activism in
conservative groups is forgotten.
Mission accomplished.

Just my theory...

[still_one]

1. This in no way helps the gop, and only highlights the mediocrity of thomas /nt

[librechik]

2. Psycho Talk

That was the last kind of distraction Thomas needed. He very well might not have made it in, if it weren't for Spector.

[GodlessBiker]

3. It's not even a theory; it's a hypothesis, and a poor one. I'm sorry.

[leftynyc]

4. Take off the tinfoil

An ex-girlfriend of Thomas's is writing her memoirs and writes that the behavior Dr. Hill testified to was in line with the man she dated from 1979 until the mid-80's (certainly long enough to get to know him). Thomas's sleezy wife is just trying to get ahead of the story. The Daily Beast has the poop:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/thomasrsquos-ex-anita-hill-was-accurate/dj-vu-/?cid=tag:all1

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. No way. Do you remember those hearings?

There is no way in hell that Anita Hill was anything but exactly what she claimed to be -- a woman who had been sexually harassed at work by a guy who didn't deserve the job he had at the time, let alone a position on the Supreme Court. He was nominated ONLY because Poppy Bush needed a conservative black federal judge for that position (to "prove" the Republicans really weren't bigots), and there aren't many of those. Then Anita Hill's allegations surfaced. That poor woman was put through hell for having the guts to come forward, and frankly it's a bit insulting to suggest she was a GOP plant.

[enough]

10. + (nt)

[ixion]

13. exactly... I remember them well,

and you're spot on.

[Greyhound]

6. But the man that assassinated her character is on "our side" now, so it's all OK.

:puke:
:kick: & U

[Bitwit1234]

7. How come three other woman POPPED UP?????

They too, blamed Thomas for sexual harassment. AND they also said they had pictures of his penis he had photo copied and spread around. WHAT IN THE HELL KIND OF DISTRACTION DO YOU CALL THAT. Anita Hill didn't photo copy it, sexual panting ding dong did.

[Guilded Lilly]

8. Don't think so. HOWEVER...go ahead Anita

help shine a bright light on how utterly unstable the Republican party is :)

[EC]

9. Well she does work for a PAC that is

working against Obama - and far reaching government as she puts it...she is GOP...but this draws more attention to Clarance's past and at a time when his first wife is putting out a book that says Anita Hill was right...so Ginny screwed up royaly...I don't think this is the result she was looking for...the dear judges incompetance will more than likely be exposed, as well as his creepy SELF

[Supersedeas]

27. operative may be too strong a word--but Thomas' record was hardly a subject of review

now Ginny connections are also lost in the back and forth over Anita Hill.

[laughingliberal]

11. Uh...Professor Hill had no desire to be drawn into that mess. She was subpoenaed by the Senate. nt

[hlthe2b]

12. Did someone put hallucinogens in your coffee?

I don't know how else to explain this "theory"....

[JHB]

14. Wrong. Thomas was getting a "pass", the Hill matter was...

... a last gasp to put the brakes on it.

All his shortcomings were being overlooked. If not for Anita Hill, he would have sailed through.

[laughingliberal]

19. Yes. I well remember 1 Senator who planned to vote for confirmation who changed his mind as the...

result of Hill's testimony. Byrd is the one who stated this in debate on the Senate floor.

[Jim Sagle]

15. Hogwash!

[Vickers]

16. Lay off the sauce. n/t

[Bluebear]

17. Never post while you're three sheets to the wind.

You're welcome :)

[Demoiselle]

18. Then how do we explain all the other women waiting to testify about him?

According to the well researched and documented writing about the events that came out after the whole absurd mess...there were women who'd worked for Thomas stacked up in hotels all over Washington, ready to testify to his randy, sexist and utterly inappropriate behavior.
Joe Biden chaired the committee at the time, and he refused to call any of the others, leaving Ms. Hill hanging out there all alone.
I was pissed off at Joe for some time about this. But I don't think HE was a GOP tool.
I'm really sorry to read your theory, Archae. It seems way way off to me. To label Anita Hill a GOP tool is, to me, the ultimate crazy insult.

[BurtWorm]

20. That's, uh... an interesting theory you've got there.

:wtf:


I don't think it's on the money, personally.

[Warren Stupidity]

21. Anita Hill pops up again? Huh?

Hill did not pop up, she got popped. That loon Thomas popped her, and quite publicly. The GOP operative is obviously Thomas, not Hill. Other than that a fine theory....

[Skidmore]

22. That isn't even logical.

[superduperfarleft]

23. Stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard. n/t

[Orsino]

24. Nope. This calls attention to Thomas' abysmal record...

...as well as to the epic failure that was his confirmation pantomime.

[Posteritatis]

25. If you put on a tinfoil hat, you're the type to put on a tinfoil hat. (nt)

[burning rain]

26. Let go of the harpoon, Ahab!

Fail whale's gonna drag you down to Davy Jones' locker!

:P

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. I Wonder Why I Never Thought Of That

:crazy: