Posted on 11/20/2017 7:37:18 AM PST by MarvinStinson
ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd said on Sunday that the efforts of congressional Republicans to confirm Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court amid sexual harassment allegations levied against him "empowered" former President Bill Clinton's alleged sexual misconduct.
Dowd, a former Republicans strategist who now identifies as a "proud independent," made the remarks on ABC's "This Week," Newsbusters reported.
"Some things are not about the tribe we're in," Dowd said of sexual misconduct allegations in general during a conversation about Clinton, who some liberals and journalists have criticized in recent weeks amid the ongoing national discussion about sexual harassment.
Dowd cited the confirmation of Thomas to the high court as evidence that Republicans helped "empower" Clinton's sexual behavior in the White House.
"We saw this in '91, the Republicans gave up their values in order to get Justice Thomas on the court," Dowd said. "They basically called Anita Hill a nut and a liar in order to get Justice Thomas on the court."
Anita Hill accused Thomas of sexual harassment in 1991, when the Senate was considering then-President George H.W. Bush's nomination of Thomas to the Supreme Court.
"They empowered Bill Clinton," Dowd added, referring to congressional Republicans. "They decided the ends justified the means. They decided that a tainted person was better to get what they wanted."
Conservative journalists quickly ripped Dowd for his comments.
Buck Sexton ✔@BuckSexton Dowd’s job is to be the dumbest false flag Republican on tv, and he does it well https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas- 10:47 PM - Nov 19, 2017
Anita Hill was in love with Thomas until he married a red haired white woman instead of her. The wench tried to sandbag him anonymously but was outed by the Dems Femenazis and forced to go public.
“Thomas had one, and only one, accuser. A quite possibly deranged woman who actually followed him to another job.”
Did not know that. Possible that she was infatuated with him and he turned down her advances? The show trail was in retaliation for that?
Thomas is too much of a gentleman to say “She was coming on to me and I turned her down?”
“They basically called Anita Hill a nut and a liar”
She was, and is a nut and a liar. I watched those hearings!
The Senate was the body that both confirmed Clarence Thomas and refused seriously consider the impeachment charges brought by the House. So if you ask me, the problem is the Senate having gone 1 for 2 in terms of making the correct decision.
This guy Matthew Dowd is into some serious weapons-grade drugs.
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