Virginia Thomas stepping down as head of Liberty Central

[cal04]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/15/AR2010111502982.html?hpid=artslot

Virginia Thomas, political activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has decided to relinquish control of Liberty Central, the conservative group she founded less than a year ago, so that the organization can escape the "distractions" of her media celebrity, a spokeswoman said.

The spokeswoman, Caitlin Carroll of CRC Public Relations in Alexandria, said Monday morning that an announcement was scheduled for later in the day or Tuesday morning detailing the merger of Liberty Central with another organization and Thomas's decision to step down as chief executive.

"She'll take a back seat so that Liberty Central can continue with its mission without any of the distractions," Carroll said. "After discussing it with the board, Mrs. Thomas determined that it was best for the organization."

Carroll declined to elaborate, but a source not authorized to speak publicly about the details said Liberty Central would be merging with the Patrick Henry Center, a Manassas-based conservative organization founded by Gary Aldrich, the former FBI agent who wrote a tell-all book about life inside the Clinton White House.

[Dappleganger]

1. Great, more time for Saturday morning drunk-dialing.

They got it backwards, it's her dumbass husband who should be stepping down.

[CatWoman]

2. did Scalia put a horse's head in her bed?

[marmar]

10. Shhh. That might excite Clarence.

nt

[devilgrrl]

3. "the "distractions" of her media celebrity"

Oh my this woman is barking mad. :scared:

[SidDithers]

4. K&R...nt

Sid

[NNN0LHI]

5. Why do the words 'puppet master' come to mind?

[bigtree]

6. too little, too late

Thomas needs investigating to see where his wife's conflict of interests affected his decision-making.

[SoCalDem]

7. For "now"

Her "work" is done for at least a couple of years.

Watch for her to "consult" quietly as '12 ramps up.. The teabag people have NOT finished their agenda..not by a longshot..

[gratuitous]

8. Why is she stepping down? I thought there was no impropriety

Well, one thing's for certain: There will be no investigation into this, so we'll never know if there was any outside or undue influence on Justice Thomas concerning his joining in the Citizens United decision. After all, we wouldn't want to politicize a political decision by the nonpartisan Supreme Court that just happened to put a lot more money into the pocket of the wife of one of the justices, would we? That would just be awful! Stove-piping and demagoguery of the worst sort.

Naturally, if there ever comes a time when the shoe could possibly be construed as being on the other foot, and a bare majority of the Supreme Court rules against the monied class, you can bet there will be investigations up the wazoo to ferret out any bias, real or imagined, that might have infected someone on the majority of the panel.

[blondeatlast]

9. You got that right, every word of it. nt