Why Clarence's Wife Called Anita: Even Relatives don't understand - insight from Jacob Bernstein

[Mira]

Even relatives tell Jacob Bernstein they don't understand why Ginni Thomas phoned Anita Hill. But for Thomas, who's sampled cult-like Lifespring and the Tea Party, it's perfectly in character.

When news broke that Clarence Thomas’ wife, Ginni, had left a message for Anita Hill asking her to apologize for accusing the Supreme Court justice of sexual harassment, almost no one could believe it.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning African-American journalist Karen Hunter, appearing on MSNBC, theorized that Ginni was in an Ambien stupor. Gawker wondered if she was drunk.

Even members of Ginni’s family appear to be somewhat perturbed that she chose to raise her husband’s turbulent 1991 confirmation hearing again.
Reached by The Daily Beast on Wednesday afternoon, Ginni’s brother Russell Lamp sounded pretty annoyed that his sister had reopened the wound. “I don’t believe it needs to be in the press in any shape or form,” he said. “It was very difficult for my mother and father who are now passed away, and I’m sorry that Ginni decided to talk more about it.”

Then he hung up.

Ginni’s aunt Betty Jacobs, who found out about the phone call when she saw it on the news, said simply, “I’m confused.”

Then she hung up.




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[WinkyDink]

1. She called because she knows the truth, but needs to stay in denial, for which she requires AH's

help.

Ginni must've discovered Clarence's hiding place(s).

[jobycom]

39. My theory, too. She is still troubled because she's trying to pretend she doesn't believe it

while down inside she realizes the image she has created of her husband is not true to reality. So she called Hill in an attempt to blow the issue up, making it public again so the rest of the world can be as troubled as she is, and maybe the truth will emerge.

If she really believed her husband, she wouldn't still be obsessing decades later about it.

[seabeyond]

2. just a nasty woman. we all know women like her and the games they play. right there with palin

odonnell, one in nv, and bauchmann.

the thing... women recognize pretty easy. we have had to nip them in the ass often enough. not putting up with their shit. hill, too.

[realFedUp]

3. Firing up the base re: Hill

Just one more stupid move from a crazy person who is facing her own demons come to light.
Reminding us of the whole Clarence Thomas Senate confirmation hearings just unearths
the emotions we felt at the injustice in the treatment of Anita Hill, a paternalistic Senate
and stupidity of putting someone like him into a lifetime office like the Supreme Court.

It was my political awakening and started me on the road to speaking up and out.

Thanks for the reminder Ginni...I was feeling complacent again til now.

Get your ballot sent to you if you don't want to make the effort to get out. Just vote Democratic.
Being a politician is a career, not a hobby. Many of the people running on the TP side of the aisle
aren't qualified to be hired most places and would laughed out of offices. Don't hire inexperience.
It's bad still for this country.

More on the other women who came forward testifying about CT:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/10/21/912233/-Four-Women-Agree-About-Justice-Thomas-

[blogslut]

4. My guess is their marriage is in trouble

She either suspects he's cheating on her and/or he's become distant and withholding. She called Ms. Hill because she's fishing for clues.

[Tikki]

16. I agree....

Gin-E has lost some kind of control and with the way these women's minds work and all....


Tikki

[knitter4democracy]

34. That's what I've been saying all along.

This sounds like furious wife syndrome.

[Kalyke]

36. How does a man who barely wakes up cheat on his wife?

Every time I see him, he seems to be sitting very contently. :evilgrin:

[SugarShack]

41. Maybe he's sick? Legacy forming time? Hey Ginny...he's a fascist!. Who cares about Anita!

[ashling]

5. Some questions

Was it ever likely that she would get an apology?

NO

Was it inevitable that this would end up in the news?

Yes

Is it probable that this will fuel rage among the teabag crowd?

DEFNITELY

Will they be more likely to send money to poor wittle Ginny's cause?

Probably

Was this calculated?

???? - I'm just sayin' .... ???

[beac]

10. I think the part she didn't count on was the rage she fueled among those of us who

remember those hearings and the awful way Hill was treated. Not to mention all those who are too young to remember but spent yesterday furiously Googling and then getting pissed off.

Plus, I'm guessing some of her Teabagging racist buddies didn't realize she was married to *gasp* THAT "Mr. Thomas", i.e. a BLACK man. (In fact, I'll wager 85% of Teaturds couldn't pick any of the Supremes out of a line up and had no idea, until yesterday, that one of them wasn't lily white like them.)

[shirlden]

6. Perhaps Ginni

is just realizing she married one of the biggest losers of all time. She is just trying to back up and put a bit of polish on the old asshat. Anita has beauty, brains and great class. I get the impression that Ginni is jealous that Anita never wanted her husband. Think about it. Here is Anita who has it all and she turns down Clarence. Not only turns him down, but publicly shows him to be the dumb fool that he really is and at the same time giving a great bitchslap to Ginni. Or not! Perhaps Ginni is really just the mental case she appears to be. It is all so confusing.


:dunce: :shrug:

[TexasObserver]

7. Justice Thomas is incompetent and she's crazy as a loon.

The GOP scraped the bottom of the barrel to get him.

He's not smart enough to be a Justice of the Peace, much less a Supreme Court justice.

[leftyladyfrommo]

18. Well, and he's just a slime bucket.

I absolutely couldn't believe it when he was confirmed.

[warrior1]

8. there is

no excuse for this behavior.

She doing it because she feels empowered by her standing in the teabagger movement.

[Fly by night]

9. Ambien? (Maybe) Drunk? (Likely) Her phone call? (Priceless)

[daligirl519]

11. A clear case of drunk-dialing.. . .

Iknow all about that.:hangover:

[CTyankee]

38. that makes sense to me. Alcohol lowers inhibitions. And the message

sounded "not right" to me. You can almost hear the slurring...

[malaise]

12. Lawrence's O'Donnell's guests wondered if she was trying

to divert attention from the Saturday NYT article about her tea party ethics issues re taking that $500,000 contribution as wife of one of the justices.

EPIC FAIL!!

[Jazzgirl]

14. Ding ding ding!

Winner! That is the first thing I thought about!

[Jazzgirl]

13. I think this was a very calculated move.

Remember the same day this story broke the story about Thomas and Scalia participating in the Koch Brothers little seminar in Aspen (I think Aspen) came out. I had a feeling she was trying to distract from that. The fact Scalia and Thomas were fraternizing with people that directly benefited from a decision they recently ruled on is disconcerting at best. Also, Ginni runs a 501(c)-something that is getting big bucks to put into political campaigns. This was calculated but I don't think she is crazy or stupid.

[Skidmore]

17. I agree. These people were up to something that stinks to high heaven

and were trying to deflect. The media loves nothing better than blowing up something related to scandal and fell for the bright and shiny object.

[GreenPartyVoter]

31. +1000

[olegramps]

15. Maybe the bondage and bestiality thingy is getting to her.

[fascisthunter]

19. because she's a nutcase who can't handle the truth

hence the desperate call to delude herself into thinking her husband didn't do what he did. Who else would marry such a man, think about it.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

20. Karen Hunter also said on msnbc when asked if she thought

Clarence Thomas knew about the call, she said he was probably lying there with her.

[seabeyond]

23. ya... i bet he was involved in it too. nt

[gateley]

28. Then he's even stooooopider than I thought. This is just bizarro. nt

[hamsterjill]

21. Trying to look good to her fellow right wing extremists

I think in her own mind Ginni Thomas was trying to make herself look good amongst her fellow right wing extremists. She wants them to believe that she offered an olive branch to Anita Hill. Ginni thinks that she is going to be commended for making the first move for reconciliation with Anita Hill.

But make no mistake, *I* think Anita Hill has handled this magnificently. She was right to hand this over to the proper authorities and she is right to state that she should never apologize for having told the truth!

Ginni just cannot process the idea that Clarence screwed around on her.

[ladjf]

22. My theory is that Thomas assumed that Hill would not offer an apology. So,

So, she felt that her wording of the message, which presumed Hill's lying, would carry more weight in public opinion that Hill's statements. Thomas grossly misjudged the effects of her initiative.

[HopeHoops]

24. Because she was drunk off her ass at the time?

:shrug:

[Mira]

27. That's what I thought, too. But it was 7:30am on a Saturday morning. n/t

[HopeHoops]

29. Your point being?

[Mira]

32. I guess I can't imagine a drunk of that proportion

though...on second thought...I have known a few who put Canadian Mist in their coffee at that hour.

[HopeHoops]

35. WE HAD EIGHT YEARS OF THE SHRUB! Yes, you can imagine it.

But I would prefer to forget it.

[Tx4obama]

40. You can stay up all night Friday drinking and be drunk at 7:30am Saturday - I've done it ;) n/t

[CJCRANE]

25. It's a distraction.

Hint: Koch brothers' junket.

[SpiralHawk]

26. "Cool." - Koch Junkies (R)

[gateley]

30. I'd love to HEAR the tape - was it a tad slurred, or crisp and chirpy?

And I think that she had a plan for WHY she was doing this is giving her too much credit.

I agree with daligirl519 and others who are thinking drunk dialing (or I love the Ambien stupor reference!) Those of us who have been there know that something can seem like just the most brilliant idea in the world and don't even give a thought to any possible repercussions, and have had to live with the humiliation once we sobered up.

[Ratty]

33. I clicked on your link because you said it was gossipy and juicy

I'm a bad person.

[Kalyke]

37. If you can't say anything nice about a person...

...come sit next to me.

:)