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Clarence Thomas: YOU apologize


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Clarence Thomas: It’s time for YOU to apologize to Anita Hill.  

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It’s been 20 years since Anita Hill courageously spoke truth to power and exposed Clarence Thomas as a sexual harasser during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

And now Thomas’ wife, a right-wing Tea Party advocate, in a move as brazen as it is offensive, has asked Anita Hill to apologize to her abuser.1 Hill said no. We say it’s long past time for Clarence Thomas to apologize to Anita Hill.

Click here to automatically sign our petition to Clarence Thomas: It’s time for you to apologize to Anita HIll.

Twenty years ago, Professor Hill described how the now Supreme Court justice subjected her to descriptions of pornography he had watched, bragged about his own sexual prowess in graphic terms and famously reached for a soft drink in her office and remarked, “Who has put pubic hair on my Coke?”2

Dismayingly, Anita Hill was savaged in a sexist spectacle that shocked the nation, and Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court by a vote of 52-48, succeeding the legendary Thurgood Marshall.

Amidst the controversy, conservatives rushed the swearing in of Thomas. On the very day of his swearing in, the Washington Post had amassed damning evidence that corroborated Hill’s testimony, including eyewitness accounts about Thomas’ porn consumption from the manager of his local video store. Jeffrey Toobin reported that the Washington Post decided to drop the story since Thomas had already been sworn in to the court.3

Virginia Thomas is asking the wrong person to apologize. Demand Clarence Thomas apologize to Anita Hill. Click here to automatically sign the petition.

Virginia Thomas is a well known Tea Party activist who founded a shadowy right-wing organization in the wake of Citizens United.4 Her agenda in approaching Anita Hill with her outrageous request is unclear. But it’s yet another example of brazen attempts by the Tea Party adherents to rewrite history and claim victimhood for the powerful even as they launch attack after attack on minority groups — be they women, gays, African Americans, or immigrants.

We shouldn’t ignore this bizarre incident. We should accept Virginia Thomas’ challenge and defend history as we know it.

We believe Anita Hill. It’s Clarence Thomas who should apologize. Click here to automatically sign the petition.

Thank you for working for a better world.

Becky Bond, Political Director
CREDO Action from Working Assets

Notes:

1“Clarence Thomas’s Wife Asks Anita Hill for Apology,” Charlie Savage, New York Times, Oct. 20, 2010.

2“Anita Hill,” Wikipedia. Retrieved Oct. 20, 2010.

3“Under the Robes: Secrets of the Supreme Court,” Marcus Baram, ABC News, Sept. 7, 2007.

4“Sweet Virginia,” Lisa Miller, Newsweek, Oct. 9, 2010.
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Center for Public Integrity: Scores of Recovery Act opponents sought money out of public view (via Anderson Cooper 360)


The Center for Public Integrity Rep. Pete Sessions, the firebrand conservative from Dallas, Texas, has relentlessly assailed the Democratic-passed stimulus law as a wasteful “trillion dollar spending spree” that was “more about stimulating the government and rewarding political allies than growing the economy and creating jobs.” But that didn’t stop the Republican lawmaker from reaching his hand out behind the scenes to seek stimulus money for th … Read More

via Anderson Cooper 360

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Patty Murray -Washington State thanks you …VoTE PMurray Nov.2


Yesterday, President Barack Obama joined me out on the campaign trail in Seattle.

I’m grateful that President Obama came to Washington state to show his support for our campaign and help us reach thousands of voters. I wish all of my friends and supporters like you could have been at the big campaign rally we had on the campus of the University of Washington.

It was quite a day! If you weren’t able to join us in person, I hope you’ll check out this video clip of the President’s visit:

click here to watch the video

While here, President Obama talked about everything that we’re doing to create jobs and fight for hard-working families across our state and across the country.

He also laid out in very clear terms the stakes in this election: whether we’re going to continue to fight for the changes we need to make to get our country back on track, or whether we’ll let our opponents — fueled by tens of millions of dollars from shadowy corporate and right-wing groups — try to buy this election and move us back to the failed policies of the past.

I’m running for re-election to the U.S. Senate because I want to continue to be your voice in Washington, DC — to wake up every day and do everything I can to help people and solve problems.

But I need your help to do that. Please click here to watch the video, sign up to volunteer for our campaign!

I’d like to thank President Obama for joining me here in Washington state to help us get our message out -– and I’d like to thank you for your continued support.

 

Let’s keep fighting hard over these last 11 days for a huge victory on Election Day!

Thank you so much,

Patty Murray
U.S. Senator

P.S. If you have friends or family who may be interested to hear about President Obama’s visit, or learn more about what’s at stake in this election, I hope you’ll forward this email along or click here to share on Facebook. Thanks.

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Moving America Forward …


Democrats Are you going to see friends or family over the weekend? Print a few copies of our 1-page document “Moving America Forward: Five ways Democrats have made progress for American families” and bring them to share!

Click on the Moving America Forward link below …make several copies and pass them out to your friends and family

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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is the official campaign arm of the Democrats in the House of Representatives.
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We Can’t Sit This One Out
The Stakes Are High
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As the 2010 elections grow near, many of our most urgent issues may hang in the balance.

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