Salazar calls Justice Thomas "an abomination"

Rocky Mountain News ^ | January 25, 2006 | Ann Imse

[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.

[Giant Conservative]

Salazar is an abomination.

[OldFriend]

Both Colorado newspapers, one liberal and one sort of conservative, endorsed Judge Alito.

This man and his congressman brother need to be voted OUT of government.

The republicans who supported Salazar have learned a bitter lesson.

[Congressman Billybob]

One lib-Dem-black, who's on "The View" IIRC, did call for his wife to "feed him fatty foods so he'll have a heart attack." That's within spitting distance of calling for him to be killed.

John / Billybob

[OldFriend]

Even tho Anita told her tale of woe about being sexually harrassed to a friend, BEFORE she ever worked for Clarence Thomas?

Or are the fact irrelevant to you?

[OKIEDOC]

I thought Ken Salazar was supposed to be the moderate coming out of Colorado.

He promised the voters he would be a different Dimocrat.

Hanging around with the likes of Scammer, Murdering Ted, Hellary, Traitor John Kerry and others may have changed his mind.

[stephenjohnbanker]

: )

[Redleg Duke]

I logged on to Salazar's website and sent him a stinging email of rebuke...not that he will ever see it.

He is a dispicable swine!

[billhilly]

Justice Thomas Drives a Saturn. What do abominations drive?

[RKB-AFG]

No matter what this left-winger from Colorado says, Clarence Thomas is still "Justice Thomas" for the rest of his life.

[RKB-AFG]

Salazar is more liberal than most people think/thought. But now he's in office for the next 5 years.

Elections matter. Don't sit them out. Vote Republican!

[Mom MD]

Not all of us voted for him! Unfortunately, just enough did.

[Coop]

Unbelievable

[planekT]

"Justice Thomas has proved to be a jurist of rare wisdom and unimpeachable integrity. We are very lucky to have him on the court."

Yes he has, and yes we are.

[meema]

Senators use to have much more civil tongues in their mouths.
This is disgusting, to talk like that about Justice Thomas!
We have sunk a long way...

[tuff_schlitz]

That's becasue the demon-rat'ic party gets mad when black leave the plantation, "and you KNOW what I'm talkin' about."

[tuff_schlitz]

Well, there was one who only called for his early demise. Is that close enough?

[harpu]

"Well, People of Colorado, now do you see how badly you have been snookered?"

Snookered by ass...the people of Kolorado deserve the POS they elected and now need to live with the ongoing embarrassment he brings to their state of morons.

[Unam Sanctam]

What a mean-spirited jerk!

[Arm_Bears]

Ummm...A snow-mobile?

[GSlob]

"More simply put--Salazar isn't fit to wipe Justice Thomas' bottom."
It wouldn't be wise or prudent of Justice Thomas to entrust the wiping of his bottom to Salazar. Would you trust him? I wouldn't.