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SomethingFishy

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3. Never said a word. Hoping everyone would forget this:

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 02:02 AM

Mar 2012

..."Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas finally released the details of his wife's income from her year or so working for the tea party group Liberty Central, which fought President Obama's health care reform law. His new financial disclosure form indicates that his wife, Virginia, who served as Liberty Central's president and CEO, received $150,000 in salary from the group and less than $15,000 in payments from an anti-health care lobbying firm she started."

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/05/clarence-thomas-health-care-reform-weiner

He should have recused himself.

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Did Justice Thomas ask a question or make any statement during the past three days ... [View all] Tx4obama Mar 2012 OP

He exercised his right to remain silent. Loudly Mar 2012 #1

No. steve2470 Mar 2012 #2

February 2011 (5th anniversary) AND March 29th (6th year) Tx4obama Mar 2012 #5

Never said a word. Hoping everyone would forget this: SomethingFishy Mar 2012 #3

Justice Thomas has refrained from speaking for many years now. No Joke! Firebrand Gary Mar 2012 #4

Apparently 6 years now, see comment #5 Tx4obama Mar 2012 #6

You can read his body expressions from the sketch art. ellisonz Mar 2012 #7

Thank you for posting that :) n/t Tx4obama Mar 2012 #8

You're welcome. ellisonz Mar 2012 #9

ROFL Cali_Democrat Mar 2012 #10

Seems strange that SCALIA would ask this ... Tx4obama Mar 2012 #11

I wonder: Do the supremes pretend to be politically uninformed Ship of Fools Mar 2012 #12

How can we tell? allagash Mar 2012 #13

Thomas has actually been dead for years. They have him stuffed up there CanonRay Mar 2012 #14

clarence the mute spanone Mar 2012 #15

They would have had to wake him first. DFW Mar 2012 #16

He got his vocal cords removed as part of his Javaman Mar 2012 #17