Woman who dated Clarence Thomas says Hill's story is 'totally consistent with the way he lived'

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Woman who dated Clarence Thomas says Hill's story is 'totally consistent with the way he lived'
by Joe Sudbay (DC) on 10/20/2010 02:55:00 PM

Mrs. Clarence Thomas decided to revisit the past by calling Anita Hill and asking for an apology. She was trying to rewrite history, too. But, funny thing about mucking around in the past. Sometimes, it comes back to bite you. So, not only is Virginia Thomas not getting that (undeserved) apology, she's put the Clarence Thomas sexual harassment story back in the news. And, Anita Hill's description of Thomas is corroborated by one of his former girlfriends:

But Lillian McEwen, a former Senate Judiciary Committee lawyer who said she dated Clarence Thomas from 1979 through the mid-1980s, told The Washington Post in an interview that Hill's long-ago description of Thomas's behavior resonated with her.

"The Clarence I know was certainly capable not only of doing the things that Anita Hill said he did, but it would be totally consistent with the way he lived his personal life then," said McEwen, who is writing her own memoir but has never before publicly discussed her relationship with Clarence Thomas.

McEwen also told the Post she was not surprised that Virginia Thomas would leave Hill a message, even after all these years.

"In his autobiography, Clarence described himself as a person incapable of doing what Anita Hill said he did," McEwen said. "He is married to a woman who is loyal to him and religious in a way he would like to be. This combination of religiosity and loyalty and belief that he is really the kind of person who he describes in his book would just about compel her to do something like that."

The message Virginia Thomas left for Hill again revealed the emotional toll that the Hill hearings took on the soon-to-be justice's wife. In the past, she has made unsolicited phone calls to voice support for people whose reputations have been shaken by what she sees as false accusations.

Keep working those phones, Mrs. Thomas.

http://www.americablog.com/2010/10/woman-who-dated-clarence-thomas-says.html