Posted on 09/21/2018 3:44:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Weighing a 2020 campaign for president, former Vice President Joe Biden says he should have protected Anita Hill from what he called “character assassination” during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Justice Clarence Thomas more than a quarter century ago.
Biden chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee during the contentious 1991 hearings. As sexual misconduct again shadows a high court confirmation, Biden said he failed to prevent the all-male committee from putting Hill on the defensive.
“Anita Hill was vilified when she came forward, by a lot of my colleagues,” Biden said during an interview on NBC’s Today. “I wish I could have done more to prevent those questions and the way they asked them.”
Biden was reflecting on his lead role in a seminal moment in the nation’s debate over sexual harassment, long before the explosion of the #MeToo movement and the return of allegations of sexual impropriety in a Supreme Court confirmation. […]
“My biggest regret was I didn’t know how I could shut you off, as you were a senator, and you were attacking Anita Hill’s character,” Biden said. “Under the Senate rules, I can’t gavel you down and say you can’t ask that question, although I tried. And so what happened was she got victimized again during the process.” …
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Bring it in 2020, Joe.
Trump is rubbing his hands together with glee at the thought.
Too little to late.
Run creepy uncle Joe, run!
Biden the Groper
Joe Biden thinks a 75 year old white man could possibly get the current RAT party presidential nomination? Now that’s funny!
I love this guy! I sometimes wonder if he’s actually a republican operative. If so, keep up the good work, Joe!
Well,I’m just dregs so what would I know?
He doesn’t regret how he treated Clarence Thomas.
Joe was one of the most vicious questioners.
If he regrets not looking after Mss Liar, perhaps it was because he was at Clarence Thomas’ throat.
Yes, he DOES regret how he treated Clarence Thomas!
(He regrets not killing Thomas’ nomination in his committee - if not in person.)
Well, you’re “despicable” for sure. This poor man - there should be a “home” for all the “wannabees” who never made it to the WH. They just can’t go on living knowing they never made it there! Can you imagine the miserable existence they have? What’s with them? It’s just not reasonable...they definitely need medication to at least get them OUT OF OUR LIVES!
The DEMOCRATS ran the Senate and approved Thomas. As in this case even if her story was true it was a ridiculous story that didn’t merit his disqualification. Basically she had followed him from job to job and the accusation was he wanted to date her.
...Joe Biden says he should have protected Anita Hill from...“character assassination” during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Justice Clarence Thomas.
But, he wasn’t in the least bit concerned about the electronic lynching Justice Thomas complained of after Anita Hill assassinated his character.
Its funny they think Hill’s character was the one assassinated.
.... should have protected ANITA HILL against character assassination??? It was Clarence Thomas who was unfairly subjected to character assassination. Joe, please run for president in 2020.
Amazing. Judge Thomas was subjected to a high-tech lynching, as Pedo Joe thinks Anita Hill was mistreated?
Crazy Joe Biden
“win one for the Groper”
But Pervert Joe is not sorry for all the oxygen he’s stolen.
A “Republican operative” for the RINOs?
He sure is no conservative operative, otherwise he would have undermined Obama at every turn instead of letting him do the amount of damage to the country and the Constitutional system that he did.
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