Sheila Jackson Lee -- one awesome, real woman

[CatWoman]

she read Anita Hill's oped on the floor, addressed sexual harassment in the workplace, and had Hill's op ed entered into the record.

[devilgrrl]

1. I like her too.

:-)

[midnight]

2. I'm very appriciative of Ms. Jackson Lee. I hope the oped lists

the man responsible for the harrassment.

[CatWoman]

4. have you read it?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/opinion/02hill.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

The Smear This Time


By ANITA HILL
Published: October 2, 2007



ON Oct. 11, 1991, I testified about my experience as an employee of Clarence Thomas’s at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

I stand by my testimony.

Justice Thomas has every right to present himself as he wishes in his new memoir, “My Grandfather’s Son.” He may even be entitled to feel abused by the confirmation process that led to his appointment to the Supreme Court.

But I will not stand by silently and allow him, in his anger, to reinvent me.

In the portion of his book that addresses my role in the Senate hearings into his nomination, Justice Thomas offers a litany of unsubstantiated representations and outright smears that Republican senators made about me when I testified before the Judiciary Committee — that I was a “combative left-winger” who was “touchy” and prone to overreacting to “slights.” A number of independent authors have shown those attacks to be baseless. What’s more, their reports draw on the experiences of others who were familiar with Mr. Thomas’s behavior, and who came forward after the hearings. It’s no longer my word against his.

Justice Thomas’s characterization of me is also hobbled by blatant inconsistencies. He claims, for instance, that I was a mediocre employee who had a job in the federal government only because he had “given it” to me. He ignores the reality: I was fully qualified to work in the government, having graduated from Yale Law School (his alma mater, which he calls one of the finest in the country), and passed the District of Columbia Bar exam, one of the toughest in the nation.

[Maat]

3. She just has INCREDIBLE courage ...

she could easily sell out, as most other politicians have done; instead, she stands up for the regular Joe and Jane time and time again.

I respect her SO much.

[MrMickeysMom]

5. In a world of congressional light weights, we need to recognize the leaders of Congress

Thanks for doing that.

Every time I think of Anita Hill, all I can see is Clarence Thomas talking about pubic hairs on cans of coke. Oh, why is that? Can't I see that he's a Supreme Court Justice?

Sure, and we should be ashamed that little rat bastard who embarrasses the honor of the SCOTUS gets away with his comments. All scum bags should be remembered for getting the upper hand when they don't deserve it. And we should recall and than the few leaders in Congress.