Clarence Thomas and his wife, pandering neocon whorebags

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edit: I never knew that Clarence Thomas was married to this creature before

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Lamp_Thomas

Affluent Nebraskan neocon from birth. Faaantastic.

With that kind of intellectual influence its no wonder the fuckin guy sides with Scalia on everything.

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This is what happens when you ignore the rules for such a long time, you forget what some of them are to begin with.

http://www.anthonyweiner.com/conflictedclarencethomas

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from any cases regarding the constitutionality of the health care reform law.

The Thomas household has profited from opposition to health care reform. His wife has already taken nearly $700,000 from health care opponents and now openly advertises herself as a crack lobbyist with the “experience and connections” to overturn the law of the land.

Use the form on the right to stand with Anthony Weiner and his House colleagues, co-signing their letter and calling on Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any cases regarding the constitutionality of the health care reform law immediately in the interest of maintaining impartiality in nation's highest court.
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The Honorable Justice Clarence Thomas
United States Supreme Court Building
1 First Street Northeast
Washington, D.C. 20543

Dear Justice Thomas:

As an Associate Justice, you are entrusted with the responsibility to exercise the highest degree of discretion and impartiality when deciding a case. As Members of Congress, we were surprised by recent revelations of your financial ties to leading organizations dedicated to lobbying against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. We write today to respectfully ask that you maintain the integrity of this court and recuse yourself from any deliberations on the constitutionality of this act.

The appearance of a conflict of interest merits recusal under federal law. From what we have already seen, the line between your impartiality and you and your wife's financial stake in the overturn of health care reform is blurred. Your spouse is advertising herself as a lobbyist who has “experience and connections” and appeals to clients who want a particular decision - they want to overturn health care reform. Moreover, your failure to disclose Ginny Thomas’s receipt of $686,589 from the Heritage Foundation, a prominent opponent of health care reform, between 2003 and 2007 has raised great concern.

This is not the first case where your impartiality was in question. As Common Cause points out, you “participated in secretive political strategy sessions, perhaps while the case was pending, with corporate leaders whose political aims were advanced by the [5-4] decision” on the Citizens United case. Your spouse also received an undisclosed salary paid for by undisclosed donors as CEO of Liberty Central, a 501(c)(4) organization that stood to benefit from the decision and played an active role in the 2010 elections.

Given these facts, there is a strong conflict between the Thomas household’s financial gain through your spouse’s activities and your role as a Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. We urge you to recuse yourself from this case. If the U.S. Supreme Court's decision is to be viewed as legitimate by the American people, this is the only correct path.

We appreciate your thoughtful consideration of this request.

Sincerely,
ANTHONY D. WEINER
Member of Congress
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The thing not mentioned is that Thomas never reported ANY of that $700,000 in income on disclosure forms.
 
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*Insert sexual harrasment refference that is both witty and scathing*

sadly I can't come up with it
 
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OrochiEddie said:
*Insert sexual harrasment refference that is both witty and scathing*

sadly I can't come up with it
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People aren't getting fat and diabetic off of Long John Silvers.

man I feel old for remembering that.
 
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wasabi said:
People aren't getting fat and diabetic off of Long John Silvers.

man I feel old for remembering that.
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That reminds me of that stand up Eddie Griffin did on Clarence Thomas.



Starts @ 2:04
 
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It seems ridiculous to even mention someone like Clarence Thomas in the broader context of our fiscal policy makers.

So the guy married a rich white woman, who gives a fuck? Why someone is infantile enough to be enraged by something like this is so far beyond me, especially when you consider the revolving door between Goldman Sachs and D.C. that just increased our national debt by 50% over four years.

Choose your battles people - why give airtime to street thugs when Hitler and Stalin are waiting just a little ways down the road?

This story is a ridiculous diversion. It's like people squabbling about Charles Rangel and his subsidized housing bullshit. Sure it's slimy, but it's so trivial that it's really not even worth mentioning.

In short, this is a shit thread, not even War Room worthy really. Next.
 
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galfordo said:
It seems ridiculous to even mention someone like Clarence Thomas in the broader context of our fiscal policy makers.

So the guy married a rich white woman, who gives a fuck? Why someone is infantile enough to be enraged by something like this is so far beyond me, especially when you consider the revolving door between Goldman Sachs and D.C. that just increased our national debt by 50% over four years.

Choose your battles people - why give airtime to street thugs when Hitler and Stalin are waiting just a little ways down the road?
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Who said I was enraged?

I think its ridiculous that they as a family have made almost 3/4 of a million dollars from health care reform opponents. It exposes them for the pandering neocon whores that they are.

edit: Too low for the war room? No way. Nothing is that low.
 
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What? Not even a million? That's like, below their minimum wage or something. XD
 
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Looks like an evil Danny Glover in that pic.

Orochi Glover.
 
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galfordo said:
It seems ridiculous to even mention someone like Clarence Thomas in the broader context of our fiscal policy makers.

So the guy married a rich white woman, who gives a fuck? Why someone is infantile enough to be enraged by something like this is so far beyond me, especially when you consider the revolving door between Goldman Sachs and D.C. that just increased our national debt by 50% over four years.

Choose your battles people - why give airtime to street thugs when Hitler and Stalin are waiting just a little ways down the road?

This story is a ridiculous diversion. It's like people squabbling about Charles Rangel and his subsidized housing bullshit. Sure it's slimy, but it's so trivial that it's really not even worth mentioning.

In short, this is a shit thread, not even War Room worthy really. Next.
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Let us go over the facts.

The man is a federal judge of the highest order.
His wifeu is a lobbyist and his household has received over $700,000 from political organizations.
He refused to report his family's lobbying income for over 10 years.
A major issue of his wife's clients is headed towards the supreme court.

Am i wrong to see a potential conflict of interest?
 
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Kid Aphex said:
Politics are such a serious thing. These problems matter.
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they kind of do matter. Many people in this country are disenfranchised because of people in power like Clarence Thomas. He has taken money through his wife from big business and obviously it affects his decision making.

Seeing guys like Scalia refusing to recuse themselves from cases that they have a conflict of interest in is infuriating. These two judges deserve to be skinned alive with their pelts hung from the walls of the supreme court as reminders that evil exists in this world, but that people should not tolerate it idly. If someone has a conservative political leaning, fine. I respect that. But don't fuck around with the system, ignoring where bias obfuscates righteousness.
 
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Kid Aphex said:
Politics are such a serious thing. These problems matter.
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I would usually reaffirm your bleak sarcasm, but I feel like the Supreme Court is actually a serious thing. Thomas/Scalia are problems that matter.

On a lighter note, HI RAYPHEX!! I missed you man!
 
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norton9478 said:
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Let us go over the facts.

The man is a federal judge of the highest order.
His wifeu is a lobbyist and his household has received over $700,000 from political organizations.
He refused to report his family's lobbying income for over 10 years.
A major issue of his wife's clients is headed towards the supreme court.

Am i wrong to see a potential conflict of interest?
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you missed my point entirely

to summarize, yes, they're scumbags, but they're small fish scumbags
 
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galfordo said:
you missed my point entirely

to summarize, yes, they're scumbags, but they're small fish scumbags
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Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, 130 S.Ct. 876 is small fish?
 
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