From a conservative: "its time to call on Clarence Thomas to resign"

[loyalsister]

I don't agree with everything here, but he does make some important points especially in his final statement.

All along, in other words, I didn’t doubt Hill. I knew the truth was on her side. But I was subconsciously belittling her experience, and that was wrong. In 2017, post-Weinstein, we can’t let sexual harassment slide just because it doesn’t rise to the severity of rape, or because we believe that boys will be boys.

I believe Anita Hill. I believe that Clarence Thomas abused his authority to sexually harass a woman who worked for him. And lied about it. And smeared his accuser.

And got away with it.

As painful as it is to repudiate a man I respected, I believe Thomas should never have been confirmed and should resign.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/12/06/fellow-conservatives-its-time-to-call-on-clarence-thomas-to-resign/?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-d%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.23754d250d7c

[crazylikafox]

1. Interesting. I guess they want him to go while the Pubs still control the Senate.

They can replace him with a 40 yr old man. He's getting kind of old & fat anyway.

[loyalsister]

3. You may be right

But, I got the impression that the writer was genuinely bothered by Thomas' presence.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. And yet, he won't. nt

[marybourg]

4. And we can probably now rightfully start to

loudly demand the same thing. (I guess that's what the "moral high ground" buys.)

[loyalsister]

5. He is not a representative of the republican party

He is supposed to be accountable to us all in his position. People who supported him are more likely to have influence, though.

[PJMcK]

6. Ouch.

That's gonna smack Thomas' ass.

Having lived through his hearings and read about it intently, Thomas is just another example of the shitty things Republicans do to our country. They consistently pick the worst people and policies to foist on us. Trump is simply the logical conclusion of their plot to destroy the country to the benefit of the one-percent.

I recall an opinion piece I read at the time that outlined why President G.H.W. Bush nominated Thomas for the seat that had been held by Thurgood Marshall. The idea was that Thomas was rather ignorant and light-weight so the Senate Judiciary Committee wouldn't vote to send his nomination to the floor. Then, Bush would be able to nominate a young white conservative. But the plan backfired. When Professor Hill's accusations came to light, the entire Senate was on trial and those ignominious bastards sure put on a show trying to be righteous. The result is the lap dog that Thomas has been for all these years.

Damn, I hate those bastards.

[dlk]

7. The Extremist and Partisan Behavior of Thomas' Wife is Reason Enough for A Resignation

[Archae]

11. Oh yeah. She is far worse.

She and her group just gave "awards" to several conservakooks, including Sean Hannity and James O'Keefe.

[Egnever]

14. agreed

Sadly where are in an era where justice is a political football to be tossed around.

[ProudLib72]

8. Replace with Garland!

That would be fair. Of course, if Moore loses in AL, this would present another opportunity for him to be a part of Dotard's team of miscreants.

[JHB]

9. Not only about the sexual harassment, either...

Clarence Thomas is a walking, talking (well, not when he's on the bench) neon-light billboard for conflict of interest.

Just yesterday, his conservative-political-operative/activist wife Ginni Thomas presented a "journalism" award to James "Fraudboy" O'Keeffe.

Hell, failure to recuse himself in the face of conflicts of interest combined with a lackluster record as a jurist should have sunk his nomination even before the harassment matters came up.

[question everything]

10. And Biden

From the same article

It wasn’t exactly his word against hers; she had witnesses whom the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, did not call up.

[Alea]

12. Thomas isn't going to resign and we should hope he doesn't.

Trump will replace him with a young conservative that will be on the Court for 50 years.

[Egnever]

15. Good point

[Ken Burch]

13. ...unfortunately, right now they'd replace him with someone younger and worse...

...wouldn't put it past them to nominate and confirm Roy Moore to the Court as the ultimate statement that they believe they are beyond the reach of democratic accountability...

Question...did McConnell take away the right of senators to place holds on judicial nominees, or is that still there?