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At UK, Clarence Thomas talks about his upbringing, Supreme Court
Kentucky.com ^
| April 5, 2012
| By Jennifer Hewlett
Posted on 04/06/2012 3:40:24 PM PDT by Islander7
His joking remarks gave his audience little doubt about his political views.
After congratulating the University of Kentucky men's basketball team for winning the school's eighth NCAA national championship this week, Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, told a capacity crowd Thursday night at UK's Memorial Hall: "Maybe in this type of environment, we could redistribute some of those."
When asked whether he read The New York Times every day, Thomas replied, "Oh, God, no!"
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: conservative; kentucky; soctus
"I was treated a lot better in the South than I was ever treated in the North," he said. In his high school, where he was the first, or one of the first, black students, "nobody ever said I was inferior."
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posted on
04/06/2012 3:40:29 PM PDT
by
Islander7
To: Islander7
“When asked whether he read The New York Times every day, Thomas replied, “Oh, God, no!” “
That is the correct answer. If you are not reporting on media bias, there is no reason to ever read or listen to or watch the NY Times, DC Post, CNN, ABC, CBS and the various NBCs.
I am not reporting on media bias so I very rarely pay any attention to be biased US media.
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posted on
04/06/2012 4:07:36 PM PDT
by
JLS
(How to turn a recession into a depression: elect a Dem president with a big majorities in Congress)
To: Islander7
Thomas, when talking about the grandparents who raised him, said if they were here, he would kiss their feet and thank them.
Obama was reluctantly tolerant of the typical white grandmother who raised him...but wrote an homage to his anti-colonialist alcoholic absentee father.
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posted on
04/06/2012 4:08:40 PM PDT
by
Tex-Con-Man
(T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII 2012 - "Together, I Shall Ride You To Victory")
To: Islander7
Win or lose, I look forward to the Constitutional history lesson Clarence Thomas will write as a consequence of the Obamacare lawsuit. Without rancor or hostility, I expect he will smack down 70 years of commerce clause baloney.
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posted on
04/06/2012 4:19:17 PM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(No court will save us from ourselves.)
To: Islander7
Think I'll reread his book. Very inspirational
To: Islander7
Thank you for this article.
I am so happy to read he’s only 63!
God bless him and may he live 120 healthy years!
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posted on
04/06/2012 4:37:48 PM PDT
by
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To: hoosiermama
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posted on
04/06/2012 4:38:27 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: Islander7
Did someone happen to ask Thomas why the Supreme Court was “evading” the eligibility question?
I didn’t think so.
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