Will ANYONE Apologize To Anita Hill NOW?

[Segami]

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". You've probably seen that Clarence Thomas' ex-girlfriend has broken her two-decade silence and publicly stated that the Supreme Court justice was "obsessed" with pornography when they dated.

While Lillian McEwen's statement doesn't by itself prove that Anita Hill was telling the truth when she accused Thomas of sexual harassment back in 1991, it does come close. After all, Thomas was indignant at his confirmation hearings at the suggestion that he enjoyed -- and enjoyed talking about -- pornography. And in countering Hill's charges, it was his supposed good character and moral righteousness that Thomas' defenders stressed over and over. As Strom Thurmond, one of the 52 senators who voted to confirm Thomas even after hearing Hill's testimony, put it: "'I do not believe Judge Thomas is capable of the kind of behavior Professor Hill described."

But now we have more reason than ever to believe that Thomas was not being truthful -- that he was an avid connoisseur of adult content and that he was prone to bring it up in conversations with women. McEwen, whose own relationship with Thomas was cited as proof of his solid character during the '91 hearings, now says that he would frequently describe to her the physical attributes of his female coworkers -- and that he even asked one woman at work what her bra size was.

The notion that Thomas was so ramrod straight that he was incapable of the conduct Hill described, it seems, has been thoroughly blown out of the water. So has the notion that he was being completely truthful in his '91 testimony. Of course, back then, a majority of senators sided with him anyway -- with many of them attacking Hill and her credibility. Given today's revelations, it's worth remembering some of the claims that some of Thomas' most ardent defenders made 19 years ago: "

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http://www.salon.com/news/the_supreme_court/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2010/10/22/clarence_thomas_anita_hill

[Warpy]

1. You mean admit they were WRONG? That they were played for SUCKERS?

Are you kidding me? Most of the people who had a knee jerk "she's lying" response would defend it if a thousand women all came forward saying what a puerile sack of shit Thomas is.

[SpiralHawk]

2. You can join with all decent Americans in asking for that apology - Creedo petition

is right here....many thousands are signing it, asking Clarence Thomas to put his Man Pants on, act like a REAL MAN and apologize to the women he demeaned, harassed and slandered.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/apologize_to_anitahill/index2.html

[BootinUp]

3. Hell No!

The all-male Senators club will NEVER apologize! NEVER@*&@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lunatica]

4. There aren't too many women who wouldn't believe Anita Hill

Clarence Thomas is quite typical of men his age and in those times. Sexual harassment was a daily thing. ANd not just words, innuendo and crassness. It was also about being groped and pushed and having to endure all kinds of physical crap.

I have no problem believing Anita Hill.

[bluestateguy]

5. Why are people so obsessed with apologies?

It's not even about the substance of an apology anymore. It's just about making your adversary look sheepish and defeated, having to make a humiliating statement of contrition.

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Are you kidding?

Idiots are posting on newspaper forums that Anita Hill was the evil one for leaking the recorded message to the press.

Unless that woman has a tape recorded conversation with Thomas talking about his "tendencies," I don't think this one will get traction from the conservatives, but it will help people who were sitting on the fence.