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- From: niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent)
- Subject: Re: Clinton Nominees for the Supreme Court
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.164757.24804@Princeton.EDU>
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- References: <1992Nov15.004736.18392@oracle.us.oracle.com> <87312@bcsaic.boeing.com> <1992Nov18.003048.1113@oracle.us.oracle.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:47:57 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.003048.1113@oracle.us.oracle.com> mfriedma@uucp (Michael Friedman) writes:
- >In article <87312@bcsaic.boeing.com> rwojcik@atc.boeing.com writes:
- >>In 18392@oracle.us.oracle.com, mfriedma@uucp (Michael Friedman) writes:
- >>>In article <1992Nov13.080701.15087@u.washington.edu> tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:
-
- >>>>Uh, excuse me, but isn't Anita Hill a right-wing Republican? Why on
- >>>>earth would Bill Clinton appoint her to anything?
-
- >>>Because, of course, she isn't.
-
- >>>Hill's conservativism was a convenient lie at the time of the Thomas
- >>>hearings. Now that it is no longer necessary it is being dropped.
-
- >>What evidence do you have that this was a lie?
-
- >Her own statements. The people who are pushing her for head of EEOC
- >are also aware that this is a lie. Why don't you ask them? Do you
- >really think that they would be pushing her if she was a conservative
- >Republican? (Of course you may just think that they are ignorant
- >idiots, but if so why don't you come out and say so?)
-
- Well, as far as I can tell, the only one seriously considering this is
- Rush Limbaugh. So I guess I'll come right out and say that he's an
- ignorant idiot.
-
- >>Why do you say that it is now "being dropped"?
-
- >Because people are now pushing her for a position in the Clinton
- >Administration. This would be pretty stupid unless the general
- >consensus was that it was no longer necessary to lie about her beliefs.
-
- >>Who is dropping it?
-
- >The people who are pushing her for an administration post.
-
- Do you think she would have had an administration post in the past if
- she was *not* a conservative?
-
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