Text 7264, 62 rader
Skriven 2008-08-19 12:27:00 av Bob Klahn (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Richard Webb
Ärende: Edwards
===============
 RW>> SOme differences.  THis was alleged, and I do mean
 RW>> "alleged" sexual harassment of a superior on a
 RW>> subbordinate, and trued to be a line of malarkey once ANita
 RW>> Hill actually took the witness chair.

BK>>  Did it? Not as far as I have seen.

 RW> Hill was not credible to me.  HER whole story was so over
 RW> the top I can't conceive of an intelligent man with
 RW> THOmas's credentials actually being stupid enough to do as

 Except that Thomas is really not all that intelligent. And
 remember, back then Thomas didn't have that much in the way of
 credentials. AAMOF, he didn't have all that much in the way of
 credentials when he was nominated to the supreme court.

 RW> she alleges.  THe coke can incident, for example.  Yah yah,
 RW> I know, I was on pain killers when I watched the whole
 RW> stupid thing, as I commented earlier, but I don't think my
 RW> intellect was that far toward shut down.

 The coke can thing was not all that far fetched. Also, remember,
 Thomas had been recently divorced, so he might have been acting
 under the shock of the divorce. It isn't all that hard to
 believe.

 RW>> watched the whole stupid sideshow with the confirmation of
 RW>> Clarence THomas, whom I respect, though I don't always

BK>>  I don't. I'd bet few on the right have any idea what Thomas is
BK>> really like.

 RW> RESpect the fact the man came up through hard work.  AS I

 Did he? No more than most other people. He got boosted a big
 part of that way through politics.

 RW> commented, don't always agree with him, but at least have
 RW> to respect the fact he didn't have it handed to him.

 Actually... he did have it handed to him. He got into college
 under Affirmative action. When he was appointed to his civil
 rights job his boss, can't recall his name now, said "this is
 the right kind of affirmative action". Thomas didn't like that,
 but he took the job even knowing that's how his appointment was
 done.

 And when he was appointed to the supreme court it was to the
 "black seat", and then with little real qualification. That was
 republican affirmative action all the way. At that he played the
 race card in the Senate with his "high tech lynching" BS.

 After all that he has the gall to oppose affirmative action for
 others.


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... Quadruplets: Four crying out loud.
 * Silver Xpress V4.5/P [Reg]
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5a
 * Origin: FidoTel & QWK on the Web! www.fidotel.com (1:124/311)