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By the way, I learned today that even though Clarence Thomas's nomination was TIED in the Senate Judiciary along partisan lines and the Democrats were in control of the committee, the ranking RAT at the time alowed his vote to go to the full senate - where he was barely confirmed 52-48.

This is WORSE that Justice Thomas's nomination, and he was a HECK OF A LOT more (albeit trumped-up) controversial!!

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By the way, I learned today that even though Clarence Thomas's nomination was TIED in the Senate Judiciary along partisan lines and the Democrats were in control of the committee, the ranking RAT at the time alowed his vote to go to the full senate - where he was barely confirmed 52-48.

Yup. Absolute proof that the Clinton influence from 1993-2001 has turned an already-nasty party into a party of near total evil. As least during the Reagan and Bush I eras they were merely jerks. Now they're outright scum.