Posted on 01/25/2006 4:41:40 PM PST by mdittmar
Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., today called current U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an "abomination" when compared with the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Marshall, the first black appointed to the Supreme Court, was the lead litigator on the historic 1954 school desegregation case and, as a justice, a champion of civil rights. He died in 1993.
Thomas was the second black appointed to the Supreme Court, and he succeeded the retiring Marshall in 1991 after being nominated by the first President George Bush. Thomas' televised confirmation hearings captured the nation's attention when Professor Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, a charge he denied.
As a justice, Thomas has been a staunch conservative who supports states' rights and opposes abortion and affirmative action.
Salazar's comment about Thomas came during a telephone news conference in which said he would not be part of any possible Democratic filibuster to stop a vote on the confirmation of Samuel Alito as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Another DemocRAT making a racial slur against an African American. Typical 'RAT.
Salazar must be competing with Chocolate Ray Nagin to see who can come up with the most hilarious and/or obnoxious quotes for the first quarter of 2006. It's close.
Who the hell is Salazar? Is this his sop to the Left for refusing to vote for a filibuster?
That's nice, but he was not a SCOTUS justice at the time. People seem to forget that, once upon the Court, Marshall had one of the most undistinguished tenures of any Supreme justice in American history.
Even by Senate Democrat standards, Ken Salazar is rock-bottom low.
"The Party of Criminals dredged up that liar, Anita Hill"
Kennedy's staff is furiously looking for another Anita Hill, while Teddy drowns his sorrows in the bottle.
Is Ken Salazar the new Pat Roberston of the RATs?
I wonder what Salazar would say if Michael Steele were to be elected to the Senate this year?
I may be the only conservative on Free Republic who believes Clarence Thomas is a great S.C. Justice and who also believes that Anita Hill was telling the truth.
There have been some decisions where I have disagreed with Justice Thomas. I don't think I have ever, however, seen a decision by him that I would regard as unreasonable. I don't think I can say that about anyone else on the Court, though Justice Scalia comes close.
Many other judges, it seems, figure out what they want the decision to be and then they rationalize it as best they can. If decision is a complete non-sequitur from their rationale, that doesn't matter. Whether or not there's any real justification, their desired decision will stand.
Well, People of Colorado, now do you see how badly you have been snookered?
You probably just missed it, I know they talk about the president's death all the time. Scum that they are.
Racist democrat.
I could tell the good senator what I think of him but being a person of manners.
Refresh my memory as to the exact accusations? The only two things I recall were that he made some reference to something looking like a pubic hair (an observation which may not have been typical to someone who didn't look much at such things, but given that pubic hair, facial hair, and top-of-head hair are all different, the observation may have been descriptive) and an overheard reference saying something about a movie "Long Dong Silver", though I don't remember to who he's supposed to have made the reference or what he actually supposedly said).
Depending upon circumstances, I would think such accusations could be technically true and yet at the same time be horribly misconstrued.
Ne-VER-mind.
Congressman Billybob
Latest column: "The 'Chocolate' Minds of Mayor Nagin and Senator Clinton"
Make that his racist remarks. Confuse 'em with their own "games."
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