We at Aksarbent would never accuse Clarence Thomas of being an idiot and an unworthy successor to Thurgood Marshall just because of Thomas' blind hostility to gay rights in his opinions. Nor would we conclude that he's flat out dumb, simply because the New York Times recently reported that Thomas hasn't said a single word in the Court's public arguments in more than five years -- a record of reticence that has no match in the annals of Supreme Court history.
No, that would be leading the witness.
However, if you are a graduating UNL law student expecting a brilliant 2011 commencement speaker, you probably should fasten your seatbelt before reading this account by Dana Milbank, of the Washington Post, of a Thomas speech to the Federalist Society in 2007:
On the most important thing to get out of law school: "A degree." On his days in law school: "We'd go get beer on Thursday, a dollar a pitcher -- you could have a lot of good thoughts with that."
But there were signs that Thomas is not a regular on the speaking circuit. "You know, it's really hard to talk up here when this guy in front of me keeps moving," Thomas announced early in his speech. He was referring to a television screen on the floor in front of him that was showing his own image -- but because nobody but Thomas could see the TV, nobody knew what he was talking about.
"It's me! I see myself moving around!" Thomas explained, then let out a resonant laugh: "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" He continued: "This guy keeps moving around in front of me. Jeez! At any rate, stop looking at this guy in front of me! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! You look at it and think, it's too much of a good thing!"
and let's not forget his lying tax-evading wife. i love the fact that she called anita hill to complain anita hill called the proper partyto deal with the call from ginny thomas. the FBI. at the very least they would ahve called the thomas household to see what was going on. i would have loved to hear that call.
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