Obama - Clarence Thomas foof

I note that the unsigned editorial did not quote or paraphrase the portion of Obama's reply that the WSJ later interpreted as "he assured the audience that at least [the white justices] were smart enough for the job." If you're going to talk about how Obama said what he shouldn't have said, it would be nice to tell us WHAT HE SAID. With the exception of self-deluding ideologues, it is the general consensus that, at best, Thomas is a silent passanger on the Court and, at worst, a bitter, ill-equipped jurist.

Despite the world of difference between George HW Bush and his son, the most striking similarity is their assessments of prospective SC candidates. 41 characterized Clarence Thomas as "the best qualified candidate regardless of race" -- an absolute howler -- and Poppy's least intelligent and laziest son saw Harriet Myers in a similar light. Those who disagreed with the former were, of course, racists. Those who disagreed with the latter were, of course, sexists. The latter lasted a day or so until the right wing of the party were unable to stop themselves from laughing in public, and complained themselves.

New question: if there's anyone on this site who (a) was going to vote for Obama in November but, (b) as a result of Pettyfog's never-ending supply of links to right-wing "thinkers" has decided to instead vote for McCain, could you please identify yourself?

You won't get any arguments from me if you do -- I've already said several times who I think is the more qualified of the two candidates -- I'd just like to find out if 'fog is preaching to the right-wing choir or if he's actually changing any minds.

 

What I saw from the direct quote, was that Obama said that at the time of his nomination, Thomas had no record as a legal thinker or as a jurist strong enough to merit that nomination. By contrast, Scalia did have that record. I didn't see anything close to "but at least the white guys are smart." And neither did the WSJ, I'm a thinking.

Oh, in case you didn't get the point, the "new question" I asked in my post was specifically not directed to you.