Clarence Thomas: 'The elites' had to approve a black president
(CNN) – Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the high court's only African American jurist, opened up recently about his thoughts on race and the White House.
Asked if he ever expected to see an African American president in his lifetime, the conservative justice said he always knew "it would have to be a black president who was approved by the elites and the media, because anybody that they didn't agree with, they would take apart."
"And that will happen with virtually – you pick your person, any black person who says something that is not the prescribed things that they expect from a black person will be picked apart," he said in an April interview at Duquesne Law School in Pittsburgh, which aired on C-SPAN.
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He is not only obnoxious and arrogant but also offensive. He is by far the worst justice we have had in the highest court in recent history. I suspect that a number of senators hesitated to vote "nay" in the Senate confirmation for fear of being labeled racist.
This is coming from a black man married to a white woman. It seems that he is playing to the white elites.
WOW. Somebody must not have been watching the closet. Ole' Clarence got out. I am surprised he can even talk. Wait...it's really the Republican Masters talking. Didn't they learn that this won't work from Michael Steele!!!!
Funny coming from a man who plays to the elites of the Republican party.
I hope Thomas got a nice vacation home out of this deal. The Caribbean is nice but maybe someplace different if you don't want to vacation around other Supreme Court justices
Is he telling us - as a government insider - and confirming, that our votes, and elections, are irrelevant, that the wealthy elite are the ones who really choose our candidates and, possibly, our winners?
He works for the wealthy elite. If he and Scalia got there way 99% of us would be forced slaves working for the big corporations.
The mortgage and car notes are indentured servitude contracts. You need them to survive and you'll spend you're life working for them and trying to horde enough cash before they dispose of you.
It's the interest that gets you. That's why there should be a 5% interest cap on mortgage's.