Clarence Thomas speaks....

[boston bean]

He also lashed out at his critics, without naming them, asserting they “seem bent on undermining” the High Court as an institution. Such criticism, Thomas warned, could erode the ability of American citizens to fend off threats to their way of life.

“You all are going to be, unfortunately, the recipients of the fallout from that – that there’s going to be a day when you need these institutions to be credible and to be fully functioning to protect your liberties,” he said, according to a partial recording of the speech provided to POLITICO by someone who was at the meeting.

“And that’s long after I’m gone, and that could be either a short or a long time, but you’re younger, and it’s still going to be a necessity to protect the liberties that you enjoy now in this country.”



Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/50277.html#ixzz1FGb6izLq

Funny, he could be rallying people against him with that sort of talk....

He can't be that irony impaired, could he?

[Javaman]

1. So the mute finally speaks and has basically nothing to say.

how does that saying go? Better be thought the fool than speak and have it confirmed.

[calimary]

27. That's pretty hilarious. He thinks WE are ruining the credibility of the court?!?!?!

Guess he doesn't have a bathroom mirror to look into. Otherwise he'd be seeing the problem face-on, every morning.

[chemenger]

2. Seems to me that Clarence and A. Scalia

have already done a pretty good job of undermining the Supreme Court as an institution. Those two have done a lot to turn the USSC into a judicial activist body to further conservatist Republican agenda.

[HereSince1628]

3. Poor Clarence he is SO YESTERDAY!

He doesn't even realize that the day I needed the institutions was back in December of 2000!

[madokie]

9. LOL

Damn I glad I didn't have a mouth full of coffee when I read that. :rofl:
What you wrote being so spot on is what got the reaction out of me that it got

[HereSince1628]

11. It's probably unfair to play baseball with a pudgy 16" softball guy

but, he did step onto the field under his own power (less or more, ya know?).

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. Well said.

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[HereSince1628]

26. See?

[Octafish]

4. Impeace Slappy and Tony the Fixer

ASAFP.

[chemenger]

5. Self delete

stupid computer glitch

[tularetom]

6. Still a victim after all these years

have you ever seen somebody feel so sorry for himself for so long?

[gateley]

12. You nailed it. nt

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. His wife is the same way.

[RufusTFirefly]

20. The Right loves playing the victim

I've got a right-wing friend who's white, straight, male, American, married, and Christian and yet when you hear him complain - which is often - you'd think that he was a member of the most oppressed group on the planet. It should be almost laughable, but instead it's scary. And sad.

[Angry Dragon]

7. The Supreme Court has no credibility now

just an angry stupid man that feels that being a Supreme does not fill his pockets enough

[opihimoimoi]

8. The Nation got ROBBED when them GOPers sucked him into the scotus

ANITA WAS RIGHT

All he does is look at PORN

[beac]

10. I'm afraid he really IS that "irony impaired."

Uncle Clarence just ain't that bright and having a man so easily identified as an ignoramus, and a LAZY ignoramus at that, is about as "undermining" as it comes.

The sooner he's off the court the better chance that it might be restored to a body that is pledged to "protect the liberties" of the American people and not the pocketbooks of American corporations.

[NYC Liberal]

13. "High Court as an institution"? No, just the members who are corrupt.

Nobody is criticizing the Supreme Court "as an institution"...they are criticizing specific members of that institution who are corrupt and should be thrown out.

Like Clarence Thomas.

[gateley]

14. What a putz. nt

[lonestarnot]

18. Fucking A.

:puke:

[spanone]

19. hey clarence if you want to promote credibility in the court.....RESIGN

[Canuckistanian]

21. Who's he talking to about "protecting liberties"? Corporations?

Because Clarence Thomas is the main threat to the CIVILIAN way of life.

[rurallib]

22. wish you had mentioned WHERE he was speaking

from the article:

"Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas – his impartiality under attack from liberals because of his attendance at a meeting of conservative donors sponsored by the Koch brothers and his wife’s tea party activism – struck a defiant tone in a Saturday night speech in Charlottesville, Va., telling a friendly audience that he and his wife “believe in the same things” and “are focused on defending liberty.”

Delivering the keynote speech at an annual symposium for conservative law students, Thomas spoke in vague, but ominous, terms about the direction of the country and urged his listeners to “redouble your efforts to learn about our country so that you’re in a position to defend it.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/50277.html#ixzz1FGnxh9fl

[boston bean]

24. good catch!

[UTUSN]

23. Ah yaas, the SCotUS is *him*!1 Apres HIM le deluge!1 The silent deluge!1 n/t

[CanonRay]

25. No one has undermiinded the integrity of the Supreme Court more

than Clarence Thomas. Scalia is a close second, though.