"I am an ordinary citizen from Omaha, Neb., who just may have the chance to preserve liberty along with you and other people like you," she said at a recent panel discussion with tea party leaders in Washington. Thomas went on to count herself among those energized into action by President Obama's "hard-left agenda."
These are the words of a middle aged woman who is starting this new Tea Party Group along with a Nonprofit Lobby Group....
Her name is Virginia Thomas.
She is the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
The non-profit Lobbying group she is starting is described this way:
In January, Virginia Thomas created Liberty Central Inc., a nonprofit lobbying group whose website will organize activism around a set of conservative "core principles," she said.
The group plans to issue score cards for Congress members and be involved in the November election, although Thomas would not specify how. She said it would accept donations from various sources -- including corporations -- as allowed under campaign finance rules recently loosened by the Supreme Court.
Note how she is accepting donations from corporations thanks to her husband and his pals on the Supreme Court.
This is the kind of crap that is the result.
For me it is simply amazing that there are not conflict of interest laws against this kind of thing.
Scholars say that it could cause some problems for Thomas, who should be impartial.
But, never having seen this before, they don't know what the effects will be.
However, Thomas has a very interesting background:
Virginia Thomas has long been a passionate voice for conservative views. She has worked for former Republican Rep. Dick Armey of Texas and for the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank with strong ties to the GOP.
In 2000, while at the Heritage Foundation, she was recruiting staff for a possible George W. Bush administration as her husband was hearing the case that would decide the election. When journalists reported her work, Thomas said she saw no conflict of interest and that she rarely discussed court matters with her husband.
Not only is she tied to Dick Armey - in the shadows of the tea party and a major person in the lobbying profession but, also working on recruiting staff for Bush when hubby was making that 'activist and destructive' decision.
Impartial decision????
There are definitely problems here.
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