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Are_we_sure ago

septima, how old are you? Do you remember the Clarence Thomas Anita Hill story? Was a big media sensation at the time. Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment and said he talked about pornography at his job. He came back are called it an 'electronic lynching.' Because of the images of white Senators lynching a black justice, Joe Biden who was in charge of the confirmation hearings did not call other women to the stand who would have supported Anita Hill's story. HBO made a movie about it in the last couple of years.

David Brock was a right wing journalist at the time and wrote a book smearing Hill. He later switched parties and claimed he lied in his book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Anita_Hill

septimasexta ago

Your summary is correct. The memo is actually from sbwhoeop? to "H" in the State Department. This person is forwarding Brock"s memo that is not dated. It appears to me that this is the "inside scoop" that Brock believes is true. I didn't post this to give an opinion on Clarence Thomas, but to VERIFY THE NATURE OF PRODUCTS SOLD AT THE MENTIONED VIDEO STORE. It could be a legit lead. Thanks for your input!

KnightsofHubris ago

sbwhoeop is I believe not a State Department employee but Sid Blumenthal, a friend of Hillary's

I googled about this memo and there's a lot of stories about it. There was a lot of coverage of what this woman said

The pornography in question appears to be women with huge, huge breasts, not kiddie porn, if that is what you're thinking of.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/justice-clarence-thomas-lover-speaks-tv-interview/story?id=11950662

During their roughly five years together, according to McEwen, the couple occasionally went to a porn shop called Graffiti, where the owner stocked Thomas' preferred products behind the counter.

McEwen said that on several occasions Thomas looked at pornographic materials during intercourse.

"His interest in women's breasts was a fantasy. And when I say women's breasts I mean huge breasts," said McEwen. "He would get porn that emphasized that, that had the photographs of women with huge breasts."

septimasexta ago

Thanks for the Sid Blumenthal connection. That makes sense. It is marked State Department, I believe, because "H" is Hillary Clinton. It appears they were conniving for dirt with which to impeach Thomas. That is what makes me think the video store is legit.