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Clarence Thomas: I Hate the Media
NewsMax.com ^
| March 4, 2007
| staff
Posted on 03/04/2007 7:04:09 PM PST by kellynla
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is no fan of the news media.
"One of the reasons I don't do media interviews is, in the past, the media often has its own script," he said in an interview with Business Week magazine. "The media, unfortunately, have been universally untrustworthy because they have their own notions of what I should think or I should do."
Thomas has been particularly upset by stories of how he ended up at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. According to the Los Angeles Times, Thomas says the common wisdom is that he was recruited for the school in 1968 as part of an affirmative action effort.
"That was the creation of the politicians, the people with a lot of mouth and nothing to say, and your industry," Thomas told Business Week. "Everything becomes affirmative action."
The real story, Thomas says, is that a nun suggested Holy Cross to him.
"That's how I wound up there," he said. "Your industry [the news media] has suggested that we were all recruited. That's a lie. Really, it's a lie. I don't mean a mistake. It's a lie.
"That thing that has astounded me over the years is that there has been such an effort to roll that class into people's notion of affirmative action," he continued. "You hear this junk. It's just not consistent with what really happened."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: clarencethomas; media; supremecourtjustice
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:04:10 PM PST
by
kellynla
To: kellynla
Justice Clarence Thomas, you magnificent bastard.
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:06:19 PM PST
by
Jaysun
(I took one look at her unfashionable eyebrows and thought to myself, "she's literally crazy.")
To: kellynla
It's nice when a prominent conservative has the decency to call a lie a lie.
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:06:34 PM PST
by
stevem
To: kellynla
Justice Clarence Thomas is an absolute hero to me. God bless and keep him.
Justice Thomas, you're in good company. I hate the media too.
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:08:39 PM PST
by
OneLoyalAmerican
(Truth was the first casualty in the MSM's war on President Bush.)
To: kellynla
He ain't alone.
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:08:56 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(Liberalism is a hollow log and a mental disorder.)
To: b4its2late
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:09:56 PM PST
by
ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
(To those who believe the world was safer with Saddam, get treatment for that!)
To: kellynla
I probably wouldn't like a group of people called me a black person with an asterik. And for no other reason than I don't have the politics they like.
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:10:11 PM PST
by
Mr. Blonde
(Like I always say, there's no "I" in team. There's a "me" though, if you jumble it up.)
To: stevem
It's nice when a prominent conservative has the decency to call a lie a lie.So rare.
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:10:47 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(] Tagline Under Construction [)
To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
To: kellynla
That's a lie. Really, it's a lie. I don't mean a mistake. It's a lie.Way to go, Justice Thomas! Now, could you please invite President Bush and Condi Rice over to your house soon for dinner and some free lessons on how to talk to the media?
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:11:14 PM PST
by
tarheelswamprat
(So what if I'm not rich? So what if I'm not one of the beautiful people? At least I'm not smart...)
To: kellynla
I have on occasion had the pleasure to read some of his decisions in detail.
Gold, pure Gold Sir.
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:11:25 PM PST
by
LowOiL
(Paul wrote, "Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil" (Rom. 12:9))
To: kellynla
Big Bad Bump... :))
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:11:34 PM PST
by
tubebender
( Everything east of the San Andreas fault will eventually plunge into the Atlantic Ocean...)
To: kellynla
I hope this guy lives to be 150. Loved him right from the start, and even more now.
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:11:42 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: kellynla
Q: What do you call someone who survives a political hatchet job and is barely confirmed to the Supreme Court?
A: Mr Justice Thomas.
To: kellynla
To: kellynla
Clarence Thomas is a good soul; an American original.
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:20:21 PM PST
by
zarf
(Her hair was of a dank yellow, and fell over her temples like sauerkraut......)
To: kellynla
You Sir, are a GREAT AMERICAN Justice Thomas! May you live a long and happy life.
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:20:40 PM PST
by
BlueOneGolf
(The 2nd Amendment...America's ORIGINAL Homeland Security! http://www.ar15.com)
To: kellynla
I don't blame the man at all. I can just imagine what his wife thinks.
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:22:10 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(Stupidity is its own punishment...but too much of the press thinks they're exempt.)
To: BlueOneGolf
Thomas has 10 pound stainless steel balls!!
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posted on
03/04/2007 7:22:45 PM PST
by
gobus1
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