Clarence Thomas AND his wife are nothing but a huge disgrace

[CatWoman]

I remember that slug ("Mrs." Thomas) had a role in the G. W. Bush recount in 2000.

The witch.

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)

[Forkboy]

2. K and fucking R.

[joeybee12]

3. Thank God you didn't post this in LBN!

This is OLD news.

But it's good to remind people.

KNR!

[patrice]

4. These people think they are Royal Nobility.

[patrice]

11. P.S. Don't forget their connection to Emperor Moon.

[opihimoimoi]

5. How the FUCK can this be good? How can this be acceptable?They are FLAUNTING THE SYSTEM in our FACES

The Need for :WIN : Greed: knows no bounds...

This is gonna HURT the Tea SUCKERS no end.....

[Canuckistanian]

6. Wow. Any link?

Not that I'm doubting. This is just the first I've heard of her prior record.

[CatWoman]

8. i'll see if I can find something

:hi:

[CatWoman]

12. on edit

this was all I could find:

In 1994, Thomas worked for Representative Dick Armey, as a policy analyst.<19><20> Conflict of interest issues were also raised in 2000, when Thomas worked for the Heritage Foundation, collecting résumés for potential presidential appointments in the George W. Bush Administration.<21><22> Thomas later served as White House liaison to the Heritage Foundation.<23><2>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Lamp_Thomas

I think it was thru her affiliation with the Heritage Foundation that she was working on the Chimp side of the recount.

also found this Common Dreams article:

Job of Clarence Thomas's Wife Raises Conflict-of-Interest Questions
by Christopher Marquis

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said today that she was working at a conservative research group gathering resumes for appointments in a possible Bush administration but that she saw no conflict between her job and her husband's deliberations on a case that could decide the presidency.

The comments from the justice's wife, Virginia Lamp Thomas, a former Republican Congressional aide, came as a federal judge in Nashville said Justice Thomas faced a serious conflict of interest as a result of his wife's work for the Heritage Foundation.

The foundation has close ties to the Republican Party and would probably have a say in the hiring of key government officials if Gov. George W. Bush assumed the presidency. In e-mail distributed on Capitol Hill earlier this month, Mrs. Thomas solicited resumes "for transition purposes" from the government oversight committees of Congress.

A decision by Justice Thomas to recuse himself could alter the outcome of the case now before the court, which is weighing whether to allow a manual recount of votes in Florida. On Saturday, by a vote of 5 to 4, the court blocked the recount for now. Justice Thomas, who was appointed to the court by President George Bush, Governor Bush's father, was in the majority.

If Justice Thomas were to recuse himself, it could result in a 4-to-4 tie in the case now before it, which would allow the ruling by the Florida Supreme Court to stand.

"There is no conflict here," Mrs. Thomas said in an interview. She insisted that she rarely discussed matters before the Supreme Court with her husband and that Justice Thomas therefore should not consider recusing himself from the landmark case.


http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/121200-02.htm

[Canuckistanian]

16. Holy shit

She "solicited resumes "for transition purposes" from Congress?

A USSC justice's wife should STAY AWAY from Congress at all costs.

This is much worse than "the appearance of impropriety".

It's naked partisan politics.

[marmar]

7. I'm convinced that they're those "Men in Black" type aliens, wearing human skins.....

..... and not very convincing ones at that.

[Atman]

9. Alito dissing the President. Roberts whining like a schoolboy. Now Thomas's wife...

What the fuck is it with Republicans? They truly are a disgrace to our country. All three of the justices I just mentioned have no business being on the court. They are nothing but unqualified (literally, no substantial prior qualifications) partisan hacks.

.

[apples and oranges]

10. Did you see the piece Lawrence just did?

When teabaggers see those photos of the happy couple, something tells me Mrs. Thomas won't emerge as the new teabag leader.

[LynneSin]

13. That's like the understatement of the millinium...

Clarence Thomas has to be the absolute WORST excuse EVER for a Supreme Court justice and it STILl disgusts me to this day that HE was the replacement for Thurogood Marshall

[madrchsod]

14. for a minute there i thought you were going old school on them

[Faygo Kid]

15. So very true. Damn those right-wing couples.

Nothing but trouble, if you ask me.

[CatWoman]

17. HA!!

:hi:

:rofl: