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Liberty Central Spokesman: Reporter 'Breached Confidentiality' in Ginni Thomas Story [Updated]
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyToday, the Washington Post's Amy Gardner broke the story that Virginia "Ginni" Thomas -- wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas -- is stepping down as head of Liberty Central, a tea party group she founded this spring. As Gardner reported, a spokeswoman, "Caitlin Carroll of CRC Public Relations in Alexandria, said Monday morning that an announcement was scheduled for later in the day or Tuesday morning detailing the merger of Liberty Central with another organization and Thomas's decision to step down as chief executive." But Keith Appell, a senior vice president of CRC tells me: ...
Virginia Thomas and the Optics of Faith
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyVirginia Lamp Thomas' politically misguided voice-mail message left at professor Anita Hill's Brandeis law school office earlier this month has had several consequences that the former U.S. Chamber of Commerce labor-relations attorney and Labor Department lawyer, who is married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, probably did not expect. Mrs. Thomas's recent high-profile political work running Liberty Central is unusual for the spouse of a Supreme Court justice and has led critics to wonder if she and her husband have conflicted interests. Her organization, bolstered by the high ...
Should Women Stop Apologizing So Much?
By Alison Fairbrother - Politics Daily"I'm sorry." Two little words that have come to mean . . . almost nothing. It was a good week for demonstrating just how vapid the apology has become. First, Ginni Thomas called Anita Hill and left a voice mail asking her to apologize for saying that Ginni's husband, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sexually harassed her nearly two decades ago. Then the Wall Street Journal wrote about the cultural significance of the apology: We apologize more to strangers than we do to loved ones or family, according to new research from the University of Waterloo (in Ontario). To make matters ...
Juan Williams, Ginni Thomas Stories Converge -- Through Geoge Soros?
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyOn Wednesday, the story of Ginni Thomas phoning Anita Hill and asking her to apologize was all the rage. One day later, that controversy was overshadowed by news that NPR had fired Juan Williams for comments he made on Fox News. While these back-to-back stories illustrated how fickle the news media are (obsessing over one story until a newer one takes its place), there are also some interesting parallels as well. First, there is the obvious ironic point that each story spotlights an African-American man who was attacked by liberals. What is more, both Thomas and Williams have largely ...
Why Did Virginia Thomas Call Anita Hill After All This Time?
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyNearly two decades after their "she said, he said" public battle, Anita Hill and Justice Clarence Thomas are back in the news. The reason? Thomas' wife, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, left a voice mail message seeking an apology from Hill, who accused her husband of sexual harassment during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991. The bizarre incident has sparked speculation as to why Ginni Thomas decided to contact Hill after all these years. Appearing on MSNBC's "Jansing & Company" Wednesday morning, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist Eugene Robinson said, "One gets the ...
Anita Hill Won't Back Down: 'I Testified Truthfully'
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(Oct. 20) -- This is not the first time that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has asked for an apology from Anita Hill. And to that blast from the past, her answer remains the same: No. Not then. Not now. "I testified truthfully," she said after The New York Times reported that Virginia "Ginni" Thomas left a voice mail earlier this month on Hill's Brandeis University phone asking for an apology and an explanation "of why you did what you did with my husband." What Hill did was ignite a fury nearly 20 years ago when she testified at Thomas' confirmation hearing before the ...
Ginni Thomas Abruptly Cancels NPR Interview After Anita Hill Message Reveal
By David Knowles - AOL News(Oct. 20) -- No time for tea, after all? The news that Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, left a message on Anita Hill's answering machine on Oct. 9 asking the former staffer to apologize to her husband over past accusations of sexual harassment has been greeted with widespread puzzlement. Why dredge up the controversy now, after so many years? But Thomas isn't about to shed any light on her intentions: Shortly after the call went public Tuesday evening, she canceled an interview with NPR's "On Point" radio program. According to a statement from the ...
The Next 10 Women to Watch in Politics
By not in system - AOL News(July 9) -- Headline writers across the country declared 2010 "The Year of the Woman" on the day Nikki Haley, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina made history in their primary races last month. But with plenty of primaries, runoffs and general elections still to come, the Year of the Woman is just getting started. ...
The Next 10 Women to Watch in Politics
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyHeadline writers across the country declared 2010 "The Year of the Woman" on the day Nikki Haley, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina made history in their primary races last month. But with plenty of primaries, runoffs and general elections still to come, the Year of the Woman is just getting started. The list below should serve as a guide to the women you're sure to hear about in 2010. They're a combination of rising stars and dragon slayers, mischief makers and even a sacrificial lamb or two. Some are dyed-in-the-wool feminists, while others -- many in fact -- are mounting races to knock off ...
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