OK...Biden coming up momentarily on DS rerun

[Gabi Hayes]

there are two mutually exclusive interps of his appearance on the show tonight:

venal megalo vs. man of the people, worthy or assuming Dem/Achordate mantel in three years

which view is correct

just remember his role in the Clarence Thomas installation

not to prejudice anyone

[Gabi Hayes]

1. his 'grin' reminds me of something very frightening

what is it?

[karlrschneider]

2. I gotta admit my opinion of Joe changes more often than my underwear

He's one guy who can generate a cheer from me one minute and a Bronx cheer 5 minutes later. :eyes:

[Gabi Hayes]

3. just read Strange Justice and you won't have any problems

determining what he's all about

[AuntPatsy]

4. I feel the same way.

[Gabi Hayes]

5. here.... Biden/Frist? other way around?

Before you read this book, I would reccomend you read David Brock's "Blinded by the Right". Brock wrote "The Real Anita Hill" which was a right wing smear account of Anita Hill when he was in the throes of right wing idealogy and also per his account in "Blinded by the Right", his mouth was firmly attached to the Right Wing teat, "American Spectator" which was funded by right wing fanatic Richard Mellon Scaife. The funny thing about this book is, when you finish reading this book you will probably feel more anger towards the democrats who controlled the reins of power in the legislative branch at that time in the Senate.

Senate Majority leader was George Mitchell and the Judiciary Committe Chairman was Joseph Biden. These two lily livered poltroons ably assisted and co-managed the lynching of Anita Hill in many ways. Biden was so much in love with himself at that time (I think he still is) that he did not want to get involved in any controversy by taking a lead role in giving Hill's testimony a fair shake. He sat on her signed and faxed statement to him for many a day, serially informing other Senators one at a time about the allegations, he agreed to let Hill testify first and then reneged, giving the first turn to Thomas and then brought on Thomas again for a second time after Hill's testimony giving Thomas the last word on the issue.

George Mitchell's role is also documented as giving aid and comfort to Biden, speechifying on the Senate floor in support of Biden's modus operandi in the hearings, stone walling women's groups who wanted to delay the floor vote on the nomination by claiming disingenously that he had no power in the matter. The capitulation of the democrats is an amazing read especially at this time when polarization has seeped into every pore of the American body politic. Its amazing how craven the democrats were explaining away their lily livered behaviour as "lending a balanced approach" during the hearings. Some day we will see the denoument to this piece of history. Its not over yet. We will see what becomes of Clarence up high on that bench someday.

[Gabi Hayes]

6. what this capsule review omits is the most important part:

Biden caved in to pugs' insistence in allowing the likes of John Dogget (sp?) to testify for HOURS on end, the last day of hearings, and NOT allow the women who were also attacked by Thomas to testify AT ALL, which would have made very clear that Thomas, instead of being installed in the SCOTUS for the next four decades, should have spent at least the next few years in Club Fed on a perjury rap

[Swamp Rat]

7. It was one of the worst acts of misogyny I have ever witnessed.

The Great Patriarchs said it was "all good," so we rejoiced in "The Rape of all Anita Hills" in America. :puke: