My husband sexually harassed you, please apologize for reporting it.
So, I guess it's all her fault that Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her, right?
Thomas' wife seeks apology from accuser Anita Hill
WASHINGTON - Anita Hill is refusing to apologize for accusing then-Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her, in an issue that Thomas' wife has reopened 19 years after his confirmation hearings.
"I have no intention of apologizing because I testified truthfully about my experience and I stand by that testimony," Hill, now a Brandeis University professor, said in a statement released Tuesday night.
Thomas' wife, Virginia, had left a voicemail message on Hill's phone over the weekend asking her to say she was sorry for the allegations that surfaced at Thomas' confirmation hearings for a seat on the high court bench in 1991.
In her statement, Hill said, "I certainly thought the call was inappropriate." She had worked for Clarence Thomas in two federal government jobs prior to the time he was selected for the court by President George H.W. Bush for the Supreme Court.
Virginia Thomas, a longtime conservative activist, said in a statement that she was "extending an olive branch" to Hill.
In a transcript of the message provided by ABC News, which said it listened to the recording, Thomas identified herself and then said, "I just wanted to reach across the airwaves and the years and ask you to consider something. I would love you to consider an apology sometime and some full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. So give it some thought and certainly pray about this and come to understand why you did what you did. OK, have a good day," Thomas said.
When Hill heard the voicemail, she contacted Brandeis' public safety office, which in turn informed the FBI.
In her statement, Virginia Thomas said she did not intend to offend Hill.
"I did place a call to Ms. Hill at her office extending an olive branch to her after all these years, in hopes that we could ultimately get passed (sic) what happened so long ago. That offer still stands, I would be very happy to meet and talk with her if she would be willing to do the same," Thomas said.
FBI Special Agent Jason Pack, a spokesman at bureau headquarters in Washington, declined to comment on the voicemail.
During his Senate confirmation hearings, Clarence Thomas adamantly denied Hill's accusations that he made inappropriate sexual remarks, including references to pornographic movies. Thomas said he did talk about X-rated movies while at Yale Law School, adding that so did many other young people in the 1970s.
The allegations nearly derailed his nomination.
Thomas called the nationally televised hearings a "high-tech lynching."
He broke a 16-year silence about the hearings in a 2007 book, "My Grandfather's Son," writing that Hill was a mediocre employee who was used by political opponents to make claims she had been sexually harassed. The justice's wife first suggested Hill apologize in interviews the couple gave after the release of the book.
Hill had worked for Thomas at the Education Department and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She first made her allegations after Thomas had been nominated to the high court, 10 years after she began working for him and only after she was contacted by congressional investigators.
Mrs. Thomas is a founder of a new nonprofit group, Liberty Central, which opposes what she has characterized as the leftist "tyranny" of the Obama administration and congressional Democrats.
I always loved how Anita Hill got portrayed by the right wing in all of this. Remember, she's the one who got tagged with the "little bit nutty, little bit slutty" line by David Brock, who has since apologized to Ms. Hill and started Media Matters, a non partisan website, and been blackballed by the right.
Yet, this is the same Anita Hill who was a REPUBLICAN, Conservative, Fundamentalist Christian! Anita Hill was recruited by the Reagan Administration to work for them, while she was employed Oral Roberts University's School of Law. Also remember, she didn't go to the FBI. It was another co-worker of hers who had previously complained about Clarence Thomas's behavior when she worked for him, who in an FBI interview named Anita Hill as another person who she knew to have been harassed by Thomas at around the same time.
I swear, Virginia Thomas needs to get a grip on reality, or at least learn to STFU.
Thomas' wife seeks apology from accuser Anita Hill
WASHINGTON - Anita Hill is refusing to apologize for accusing then-Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her, in an issue that Thomas' wife has reopened 19 years after his confirmation hearings.
"I have no intention of apologizing because I testified truthfully about my experience and I stand by that testimony," Hill, now a Brandeis University professor, said in a statement released Tuesday night.
Thomas' wife, Virginia, had left a voicemail message on Hill's phone over the weekend asking her to say she was sorry for the allegations that surfaced at Thomas' confirmation hearings for a seat on the high court bench in 1991.
In her statement, Hill said, "I certainly thought the call was inappropriate." She had worked for Clarence Thomas in two federal government jobs prior to the time he was selected for the court by President George H.W. Bush for the Supreme Court.
Virginia Thomas, a longtime conservative activist, said in a statement that she was "extending an olive branch" to Hill.
In a transcript of the message provided by ABC News, which said it listened to the recording, Thomas identified herself and then said, "I just wanted to reach across the airwaves and the years and ask you to consider something. I would love you to consider an apology sometime and some full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. So give it some thought and certainly pray about this and come to understand why you did what you did. OK, have a good day," Thomas said.
When Hill heard the voicemail, she contacted Brandeis' public safety office, which in turn informed the FBI.
In her statement, Virginia Thomas said she did not intend to offend Hill.
"I did place a call to Ms. Hill at her office extending an olive branch to her after all these years, in hopes that we could ultimately get passed (sic) what happened so long ago. That offer still stands, I would be very happy to meet and talk with her if she would be willing to do the same," Thomas said.
FBI Special Agent Jason Pack, a spokesman at bureau headquarters in Washington, declined to comment on the voicemail.
During his Senate confirmation hearings, Clarence Thomas adamantly denied Hill's accusations that he made inappropriate sexual remarks, including references to pornographic movies. Thomas said he did talk about X-rated movies while at Yale Law School, adding that so did many other young people in the 1970s.
The allegations nearly derailed his nomination.
Thomas called the nationally televised hearings a "high-tech lynching."
He broke a 16-year silence about the hearings in a 2007 book, "My Grandfather's Son," writing that Hill was a mediocre employee who was used by political opponents to make claims she had been sexually harassed. The justice's wife first suggested Hill apologize in interviews the couple gave after the release of the book.
Hill had worked for Thomas at the Education Department and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She first made her allegations after Thomas had been nominated to the high court, 10 years after she began working for him and only after she was contacted by congressional investigators.
Mrs. Thomas is a founder of a new nonprofit group, Liberty Central, which opposes what she has characterized as the leftist "tyranny" of the Obama administration and congressional Democrats.
I always loved how Anita Hill got portrayed by the right wing in all of this. Remember, she's the one who got tagged with the "little bit nutty, little bit slutty" line by David Brock, who has since apologized to Ms. Hill and started Media Matters, a non partisan website, and been blackballed by the right.
Yet, this is the same Anita Hill who was a REPUBLICAN, Conservative, Fundamentalist Christian! Anita Hill was recruited by the Reagan Administration to work for them, while she was employed Oral Roberts University's School of Law. Also remember, she didn't go to the FBI. It was another co-worker of hers who had previously complained about Clarence Thomas's behavior when she worked for him, who in an FBI interview named Anita Hill as another person who she knew to have been harassed by Thomas at around the same time.
I swear, Virginia Thomas needs to get a grip on reality, or at least learn to STFU.