Reply #14: The article does not actually quote Sen. Reid's exact words...

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...but is paraphrasing them as: "Reid called Thomas "an embarrassment to the Supreme Court" and said his opinions "are poorly written." What exactly is racist about that comment? I'm sorry if I'm missing something here, but isn't Reid stating an opinion based on the contents of Justice Thomas' opinions? Did Reid actually say that Justice Thomas's opinions were poorly written Because he is black and therefore as an illiterate and obviously of inferior intelligence because he is black, that he is an embarrassment to the supreme court? I did not get that from anything written in the article. Does anyone have the link to the transcript of that interview? Also, how does what Reid said compare to what our esteemed former republican Senate Leader Trent Lott said about blacks as a group and how the country would have been better off had we pursued who was it Strom Thurman's ideals of segregation and white superiority?

And, look at who is calling the kettle black here (sorry about the inference I don't wish to offend any African Americans, just want to make my point) The Council of Project21, headed by Sean Hannity (white superiority guru #1). This is a sham! Reid Said nothing offensive against black Americans, but I think is right on the money about Clarence Thomas selecting the wrong side of minority interests and also being either intentionally appearing obtuse* or otherwise about how he expresses his opinions in writing.

*Note:
definition of obtuse 1) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
2) lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin