What a strange loop Biden must find himself in today.

[Baitball Blogger]

He had a chance to stop Clarence Thomas when he was in the Senate. He failed to provide Anita Hill the backing she needed by calling in other witnesses and here we are today.

I hope he takes this into account when he considers using the full power of his seat to try to remedy our current situation.

[in2herbs]

1. The irony was not lost on me either. nt

[snowybirdie]

2. Clarence was only

one of six. Blaming Biden isn't productive nor helpful. Blame Ronald Reagan or McConnell or George Bush for a weak Roberts. See how silly this rationale is?

[Autumn]

5. Joe Biden was in charge of the Anita Hill hearing. Now, he says it wasn't a fair hearing to her.

Something is silly, but not what you think.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joe-biden-was-in-charge-of-the-anita-hill-hearing-even-he-says-it-wasnt-fair/2019/04/26/a9a6f384-6500-11e9-82ba-fcfeff232e8f_story.html

[snowybirdie]

11. This happened

40 years ago. I lived through it then. Do folks need to bash Biden here? Times are so very different now and people's thinking has changed dramatically. Let's focus on moving forward to correct what an awful court has wrought.

[milestogo]

13. But Thomas is still wreaking havoc on the court.

Just as elections have consequences, Senate confirmations do too.

[JCMach1]

12. Karma... His behavior at that hearing was one reason I did not support

Him for higher office until Obama picked him as VP

[Novara]

16. Me too.

I have never forgiven him for how shitty he was to Anita Hill during that whole mess.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. I think you underestimate the team of Thomas and Thomas.

Clarence got severely radicalized and the two used their positions to help the other reach a zenith of bad political ideas. No Clarence Thomas on the court, and Ginni Thomas would have been toothless.

[Autumn]

3. I remember being glued to the TV watching every minute of it. I will never forget it.

[leftyladyfrommo]

24. It was something, wasn't it. Poor Anita Hill.

Nobody should ever have to go through something like that.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

4. So it's all Biden fault now?

I thought it was RBG’s. Or was it Obama’s? Curious how people here are blaming Democrats.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Maybe David Hogg is correct. Lots of bad decisions made by many Dems.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

14. I heard it was all Susan Sarandon.

[Ocelot II]

33. Blaming Biden for Thomas because of Anita Hill is like blaming Obama for Trump

because he needled TFG at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2011. I agree that Biden should have handled the matter better, but nobody but Thomas is responsible for his shitty attitude, and nobody but TFG is responsible for whatever the hell he is.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Support Biden instead of revisiting history with today's knowledge

Eroding our president doesn't help.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. Who's eroding support for Biden?

I am reminding him that he has a moral obligation to set things right.

[Hav]

17. Biden posts on DU?

How nice of you to remind him of his moral obligations.

[Baitball Blogger]

25. Never underestimate the power of public opinion.

[DURHAM D]

10. I took time off from work and watched it all on tv.

Yesterday I went to the basement and found the original VHS tapes of the hearings. Can't decide if I want to save the recordings or beat them with a hammer.

[Baitball Blogger]

19. I hear you.

I rue the Centrist years.

[Beastly Boy]

15. And while we are going 30 years back to find fault with Biden, let's skip any mention of Trump,

because the mere acknowledgement of the three uber-conservative judges he appointed would blow a huge hole in the "here we are today" red herring.

[Hav]

20. We need to skip some decades,

otherwise the "Only blame Dems" crowd would have to direct their outrage against repubs for a change.

[Baitball Blogger]

23. No one is ONLY blaming Dems.

That's your take. The thing that concerns us is that Dems have to act NOW in a way that they have refused to act before. They must use the full power of their positions. It's the only way to deal with institutions that have virtual immunity from consequences in their actions. Or to fight against a party that uses all three branches of government to foment an insurrection.

[Hav]

26. Sure, you are so focused on actions NOW

That's why it's Anita Hill week on DU again?

[Baitball Blogger]

29. Anita Hill week?

I wasn't aware that others had posted about the Clarence Thomas hearings. But, everyone is introspect about how each one of those idiots made it through the process. So I guess it's fair game.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. Biden is in a position that we all wish we can find ourselves in at his age.

He's has an opportunity to correct a past mistake. It will require him to change.

Personally, I have confidence that he can do it.

[Beastly Boy]

31. Don't know about you, but I would never want to be in Biden's position, at any age.

Being blamed for the consequences of a killer pandemic, a war in Europe, the collapse of the global supply chain regime, inflation, unprecedented global warming, to name a few things he has absolutely no control over? No thanks!

You are saying Biden should be "using the full power of his seat to try to remedy our current situation". The only full power he has to single-handedly remedy anything is to issue executive orders. All other powers are constitutionally vested in the Executive and the Judiciary branches.

What specific executive orders do you have in mind to remedy the current situation? Let's start with Thomas' presence on the Supreme Court, since that's the subject of your OP.

[LisaM]

22. Would it have changed the votes?

I was upset during the hearings too. But Biden didn't vote for Clarence Thomas. To that extent, the hearings, while extraordinarily painful, helped.

[RAB910]

27. I don't think views like this are really honest

I mean do you really think George H. W. Bush wouldn't have nominated someone equally as bad had this nomination been derailed????

[867-5309.]

30. BIDEN QUESTIONS HILL

[JI7]

32. It wouldn't have changed the outcome if this case. They would have appointed

another conservative. It just comes down to supporting Democrats which didn't happen at very imporant times.

if you want to go back then go to 2000 election and the attacks on Gore and similar bs we went through in 2016. And this doesn't even include all the attacks on Obama during his time in office.