Sigh.
Did anyone read the puff piece David G. Savage wrote about Clarence Thomas for the L.A. Times last Saturday?
Savage writes that what defines Thomas' career is his tendency to go
solo on his opinions, "a tendency that was almost certainly reinforced
by his
bitter and ugly confirmation fight in the Senate..."
Uh huh. Opinions Thomas has written from the highest bench in our
nation, opinions which Savage noted include prisoners having no
constitutional right to be protected from beatings by guards and
teenagers
and students having no free-speech rights at all, stem from Anita Hill's
allegations of sexual harassment, which were later proven to be more correct than false.
It would be enlightening for readers to remember that Thomas neglected
to disclose his wife Ginni's $680,000 income from the Heritage
Foundation. (That was reported in January
by L.A. Times writer Kim Geiger.) But how many connected those dots
from reading the Savage piece? I, for one, would like to see mention of
all relevant facts in one story.
Clarence and Virginia Thomas by crookandliars.com
What's keenly interesting is that both a Google search and an internal site search of the L.A.Times reveals the paper has never reported on how Thomas' friend, Harlan Crow, gave Thomas' wife, Ginny, $500,000 to form a Tea Party group to oppose President Obama's healthcare reform law. (An earlier piece co-written
by Savage and Kathleen Hennessey does raise the topic, but does not
cite the fact that Crow, a personal friend of Thomas, is the funder.)
Crow is also reported to have given millions to a pet museum project of
Thomas, as well as use of his private jet. Nor is it reported that Ginny engages in lobbying activities about healthcare issues without filing required disclosures.
originally reported at SueWilsonReports.com
