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In reply to the discussion: This is a post which I have wanted to write for a very long time, [View all]Jetheels
(991 posts)53. For anyone to carry hate around for a lifetime,
especially when they have achieved such a high status in their career, some kind of rot was already in place, in their personality, or soul, that was already there, a long time, festering.
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By the way, I don't know if you knew, but the entire transcripts are available. Might make finding
hlthe2b
Mar 2022
#5
CSPAN actually has all the hearings recorded and available in their Video Library
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2022
#27
I suspect that resentment runs in his veins. That's why he harassed women in the first place.
Gaugamela
Mar 2022
#3
As someone in an interracial marriage I want to see Clarence and Gianni respond to
Dustlawyer
Mar 2022
#49
I only saw bits and pieces of the hearings but it was a deeply depressing episode to me
hlthe2b
Mar 2022
#4
Interesting. I did not notice his expression then, only Anita Hill's & the way she was treated...
Hekate
Mar 2022
#6
Yes it was painful. And then we got Christine Blasey Ford vs Boof Boy. Her life was threatened...
Hekate
Mar 2022
#10
I remember how it was played up for publicity among ordinary black men as an attack.
halfulglas
Mar 2022
#18
I did the same thing when we went to war to get Iraq out of Kuwait. Now my daughter is a medical
Pepsidog
Mar 2022
#13
Weren't there other women after Anita Hill to testify against him, but Biden didn't call on them?
Karadeniz
Mar 2022
#16
Yes. They were not allowed to testify. NObody makes up pubic hair in Coke, Long Dong Silver, etc.
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2022
#21
Sickening. I was unhappy with sacrificing ethics for getting along. Hasn't stood the test of time.
Karadeniz
Mar 2022
#26
It would be hard to find anyone that's been around that hasn't worked with a guy like Clarence.
brewens
Mar 2022
#17
I remember reading at the time, whether in some column or hinted at in some...
thenelm1
Mar 2022
#30
I think Clarence Thomas was already a piece-of-work when he went into that hearing.
erronis
Mar 2022
#25
If he is wise, he will retire, however I have my doubts. Either way, this isn't going away.
Joinfortmill
Mar 2022
#32
it was a slap in the face to thurgood marshall's legacy, and to black america
noiretextatique
Mar 2022
#64
I think he was already who he is now -- being caught just made him more of that.
live love laugh
Mar 2022
#42
Their rage was fueled by indignation at the prize they were "entitled to" was in jeopardy.
BobTheSubgenius
Mar 2022
#61