Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence ThomasAfter almost three years of intensive research, two superb journalists shed much light on the explosive issues that arose during the confirmation hearings: Did Thomas indeed harass Hill? How did Hill's allegations leak to the press? Why was the Senate Judiciary Committee unable to solve the mysteries surrounding the case? But as Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson show, the story of Thomas's ascension to the Court goes far beyond what emerged during the hearings. Over the course of their investigation, the authors conducted hundreds of interviews - including the first on-the-record interview with Anita Hill about her role in the controversy - and uncovered many documents that were never shared with the public. For the first time, we learn about Thomas's ten-year campaign for the high court and the doubts about him that haunted the White House from the start. We see the profound cynicism behind the administration's campaign for Thomas: its canny manipulation of the weak and scandal-ridden Senate, its quiet collaboration with the religious right, its calculated creation of "grassroots" black support. In the end, we learn the truth about who Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill really are and how both were treated unfairly by Washington's establishment. |
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... White House . To a great extent , this strategy reflected the lessons learned by conservatives from the debacle of Robert Bork . But in that fight , outside interest groups stopped a White House nominee . This time the White House used ...
... White House . To a great extent , this strategy reflected the lessons learned by conservatives from the debacle of Robert Bork . But in that fight , outside interest groups stopped a White House nominee . This time the White House used ...
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... White House had suspected . Borrowing the administration's line , Jordan hoped that , by being exposed to other ways of thinking , Thomas would indeed " grow . " The White House , in the meantime , was busy trying to convince the so ...
... White House had suspected . Borrowing the administration's line , Jordan hoped that , by being exposed to other ways of thinking , Thomas would indeed " grow . " The White House , in the meantime , was busy trying to convince the so ...
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... White House really worked it . They told us to contact Fowler because Senator Fowler didn't know whether there was black support for Thomas . " Such stage directions from the White House appear to have been in direct violation of the ...
... White House really worked it . They told us to contact Fowler because Senator Fowler didn't know whether there was black support for Thomas . " Such stage directions from the White House appear to have been in direct violation of the ...
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