Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has formed "a nonprofit lobbying group whose website will organize activism around a set of conservative 'core principles,' she said." Here's some reaction to this news: "Really, considering these people threw the goddamned presidential election in 2000, are we now supposed to feign outrage over one of their spouses being a common teabagger?" It does seem rather small potatoes when you put it that way.
Are all conservatives teabaggers?
She is benefiting from the Supreme Court ruling that removed restrictions on corporate politicial donations. So, that's a pretty direct connection.
Is she, though? I think she would have been free to start such a lobbying group beforehand. It would have been a glaring conflict of interest for Clarence (just as it is now), but I don't think it was disallowed.
Mostly my takeaway here is CONSTITUTION: "OK you guys are off in your own little branch where you don't have to play the dirty game of politics! Isn't that great?" THE ROBERTS COURT: "lol"
But corporations would have had to declare their funding before, now they don't. So now they'll do it, and she's taking advantage of that - it will be true astroturf but we won't know that it's Exxon and Wal-Mart financing it.
She's such a THREE UNPRINTABLE WORDS
Her teabagging might finally expain that pubic hair on the coke can.
1. Does this make her the liberal in the family?
2. In a perfect world, what your partner does for a living would have no bearing on how you live your life. You could slap whatever lame bumper sticker you wanted on your car (Visualize Whirled Peas, man!), attend protests dressed as Paul Revere and donate money to the Save The Christian Polar Bears Fund.
Unfortunately, life doesn't work that way.
I attend ALL protests dressed as Paul Revere, for what it's worth. Including 'Take Back The Night.'
Especially 'Take Back The Night.'
ha!
If you took everything fucked-up and insane about race and the right wing in this country, put it in a blender, added some yeast and stuck it in the oven for about 45 minutes, a giant loaf of "Clarence Thomas' Marriage" bread would come out.
They didn't "throw" the 2000 election, they stole the 2000 election. (First things first: Usage!)
Lieberman, though, really threw it.
I doubt if he pays any attention to her, either.
The ads on this post say "Meet Your African Beauty Today!" which... I'm really not sure how to interpret. Maybe that Virginia should start dating again?