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SecularMotion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:22 PM
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Wife Of Justice Thomas Regrets Call to Hill
Source: NY Times

BOSTON (Reuters) - The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said on Friday that a recent telephone call to Anita Hill, the woman at the center of a 1991 furor at Thomas's confirmation hearing, was probably a mistake.

In October, Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist, left an unexpected voicemail suggesting Hill consider apologizing "for what you did with my husband" at the hearing 19 years earlier.

Hill is now a professor of social policy, law and women's studies at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. The message was left on her office answering machine.

The message "was probably a mistake on my part," Thomas said in an interview with The Daily Caller, a political website. She added that the incident was "a private matter."

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/12/03/us/politics/politics-us-usa-court-thomas.html?_r=1&hp
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:24 PM
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1. D'oh!
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 06:03 PM
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26. Took Her Long Enough to Come to That Conclusion
How long do they lock you up in Betty Ford before you can resume contact with the outside world?
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 08:04 AM
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45. Clarence didn't notice
He was too busy watching Long Dong Silver wave his "MAGIC WAND"
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potpolpilot Donating Member (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 09:24 AM
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49. 'probably a mistake'? confirmation that 'it was a 'mistake' to come later.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:24 PM
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2. I'll just bet she does. Teehee....
Poor Virginia...:sarcasm:
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:24 PM
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3. Gee, ya think?
The message "was probably a mistake on my part," Thomas said in an interview ....She added that the incident was "a private matter."

Yeah, a "private matter" that she couldn't wait to reveal to RW media. Every bit the cretin as her scumbag husband.
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:25 PM
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4. Once you sobered up Ginny, you prolly realized what a freakin' embarrassment
you are. Check in to Betty Ford, honey...
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:25 PM
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5. Probably a mistake?
If she was really sincere she would not had included the word "probably".

And the incident is not a private matter.

She doesn't have any sense of decency.
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:26 PM
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6. Crazy as a bowl full of nuts. n/t
PB
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:26 PM
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7. The teabagger just regrets all the Clarence Thomas perjury stories that followed.
Edited on Fri Dec-03-10 04:28 PM by onehandle
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:27 PM
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8. A private matter?
Bullshit. You are a public figure and the topic was a very public matter.

Personal responsibility and the Republican party? Nah, not so much.

No go crawl back into your bottle, Ginny.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:29 PM
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9. Probably a mistake
uh yeah, why? not because she did anything wrong, because she got caught
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waddirum Donating Member (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:30 PM
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10. breakfastinis
Those breakfastinis will f*ck with your better judgement every time.
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 09:09 AM
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47. Breakfastini! I love it!
Welcome to DU!

mikey_the_rat
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MinneapolisMatt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:31 PM
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11. Don't drunk-dial then!
Silly woman.
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-10 01:39 PM
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40. exactly, her husband is probably too busy watching porn
to pay attention to her.
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Downwinder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:33 PM
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12. Thought the ten step program was where you apologized to others.
Not request them to apologize to you.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:33 PM
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13. Level One...non thinking realm... She is NUTs
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dave29 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:35 PM
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14. Geez, hasn't Anita Hill been harassed enough?
seriously.
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:36 PM
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15. As a U.S. citizen I regret having her incompetent husband on the Supreme Court
What a dumb ass.
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:41 PM
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16. "Probably a mistake"? I would have to call that an understatement.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:41 PM
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17. Don't stop there, Ginny. There is *so* much for you to regret. n/t
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peace13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:42 PM
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18. When the buzz wore off she was sorry that she had made the call.
Sad little woman with big problems.
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pam4water Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:50 PM
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19. Just like putting Thomas on the court was a mistake. :P
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:58 PM
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20. Everthing looks so very different in the
cold, sober light of day. Then remembering what you did just makes the hangover worse. She & clarence were just made for each other.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 04:59 PM
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21. 'She added that the incident was "a private matter."' Heh. You wish, Ginny.
Sorry but if you leave a message on someone's voice mail, you have no reasonable expectation of privacy.
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Ramulux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 05:22 PM
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22. So the wife of a supreme court justice...
drunk dials someone who her husband sexually harassed and publicly smeared to demand an apology, and the story is how she "regrets" doing it. Awesome reporting. God forbid, journalists acknowledge how fucked up this is.
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 05:31 PM
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23. Just when we had forgotten all about it, too.
:rofl:
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 05:35 PM
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24. too late
she exposed herself for what she really is, and for that, i'm glad! mrs. thomas is a POS :(
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 05:37 PM
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25. Let s/he who has not drunk dialed
cast the first stone.

:rofl:
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JackRiddler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 06:14 PM
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27. You mean...
throw the first bottle of beer.
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 06:37 PM
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28. LOL!
:thumbsup:
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 07:41 PM
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30. I thought it was down the first shot
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JackRiddler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 08:44 PM
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31. That never hurt anybody.
Now the FIFTH...
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 11:42 PM
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32. it depends on what you're drinking
the fifth shot of SoCo is much different from the 5th shot of Jose

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JackRiddler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-10 12:34 AM
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33. Jaegermeister. Deceptive and deadly.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-10 10:53 AM
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35. the drunkest I've ever been was on Jaeger
I won't touch the stuff now

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JackRiddler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-10 11:35 AM
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37. Imagine that I still remember how the innocent sharing of a bottle of the stuff in 1990...
almost killed me. 'Nuff said.
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-10 04:03 PM
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41. Word of advice: never mix Jager and Four Loko.
Edited on Sat Dec-04-10 04:26 PM by name not needed
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groundloop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 07:51 AM
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44. OK - I've never "drunk dialed", so I'll take you up
Edited on Mon Dec-06-10 07:52 AM by groundloop
That was a dumb-ass call to make. And I'm very sure she wishes she'd 'regrets' making the call, as opposed to being sorry about it.


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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-10 07:40 PM
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29. probably?
that's the understatement of the year!

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Bombero1956 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-10 02:00 AM
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34. should've left well enough alone Ginny
When I was a kid my mother had an expression that fits here perfectly, "the more you poke at a pile of shit with a stick the more it stinks". The media wasn't talking about what your husband did to Anita Hill until you brought up again. What an ass.
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-10 10:56 AM
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36. Your Husband should be impeached
and you have to be a very pathetic person to be with a man like him.
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MrsBrady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-10 11:35 AM
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38. don't drunk dial -- then they won't call security when they think you are stalking them
duh!
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-10 12:13 PM
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39. If I were her...
...my regret would be having married that POS in the first place.

JMHO
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-10 01:38 PM
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42. The call was her audition for Celebrity Rehab.
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 01:36 AM
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43. Probably a mistake? Is there a Repuke alive that will admit to
when they act up and show their ugly monster side? I hate GOPukers, fucking cowards.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 08:25 AM
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46. Hey, Ginny, you and your husband are slimy, corrupt filth
Slappy should be in prison for serial sexual harassment, you're a disgrace to females everywhere for putting up with him, and you're both pathological liars who deserve to be living on the streets instead of off my tax dollars.

Piece of shit.
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 09:12 AM
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48. Let's all chip in and get Ginny some Morning After Stationary:


mikey_the_rat
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