Hey, Claire McCaskill: Meet Clarence Thomas

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 26, 2009 11:29 AM

On Fox News Channel this morning, Sen. Claire McCaskill dutifully read her “compelling personal story” talking points and hyped Sonia Sotomayor’s compelling personal background while whitewashing her legal record. (RCP Video has the clip here.)

Incredibly, McCaskill was not aware that Sotomayor had said “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

When FNC anchor Jane Skinner asked her about Sotomayor’s words, McCaskill tried to claim that someone else had made the statement.

Is Sen. McCaskill that clueless or that deceitful?

The Democrat senator went out to claim that the Supreme Court has no members who have grown up in poverty and overcome extreme hardships.

“That’s something new,” McCaskill argued.

I suggest she read Justice Clarence Thomas’s memoir before she open her mouth again.

Once again, Democrats send the identity politics-marinated message that the experiences and “compelling personal stories” of minorities don’t count if those minorities stray from the liberal plantation.

Celebrate diversity — as long as you pledge allegiance to the Left for life.

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Drinking game: If you take a shot every time you hear the phrase “compelling life story” today, you should be out by lunch.

The Anchoress rips the Lifestyle Network-flavored coverage of the SCOTUS announcement today.

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  1. #1
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:34 am, right4life said:

    no surprise that she is clueless…she’s a typical democrat hack. lying is what they do.

    when she was elected KC and st. louis reported their votes last…so ACORN could stuff the ballot box enough for her to win, no doubt.

  2. #2
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:36 am, verogolfer said:

    To answer your question as to whether the senator is clueless or deceitful, she’s both. She’s probably more deceitful than clueless, but it’s a tossup.

  3. #3
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:36 am, englishqueen01 said:

    I suggest she read Justice Clarence Thomas’s memoir before she open her mouth again.

    But he’s a conservative, ergo he’s never really known suffering and hardship.

    Only liberal victim groups actually suffer. Poverty experienced by conservatives is a smokescreen. :roll:

  4. #4
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:37 am, DanME said:

    She’s an Obama Buddy. What do you expect from a wind bag liberal?

  5. #5
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:40 am, JammieWearingFool said:

    McCaskill is an idiot. But we knew that already.

  6. #6
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:42 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Is Sen. McCaskill that clueless or that deceitful?

    Sen. McCaskill can indeed be that clueless-she is one lazy Senator. As far as being deceitful–she does lie a LOT; integrity was never really her strong suit. One of the shames on the Senate-Republican/Democrat, Left/Right is they will not call out a member for lying and so it is hard to ever believe any of them on anything.

  7. #7
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:44 am, sbw999 said:

    Once again, Democrats send the identity politics-marinated message that the experiences and “compelling personal stories” of minorities don’t count if those minorities stray from the liberal plantation.

    Celebrate diversity — as long as you pledge allegiance to the Left for life.

    Bingo, -hypocracy- the liberal creed; dutifully sold by demagouging lib policticans and media members, and lapped up by your typical slobbering liberal constituent of puddle deep intellect.

  8. #8
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:45 am, Flyoverman said:

    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:40 am, JammieWearingFool said:

    McCaskill is an idiot. But we knew that already.

    She is an honor graduate of the Tom Harkin School of Advanced Progressive Intellect. ;)

  9. #9
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:46 am, iamsaved said:

    ACORN was a big factor in McCaskill getting elected over Jim Talent. 50,000 Democratic voters magically appeared on the roles in the two major metropolitan areas of Missouri – KC and St. Louis.

    ACORN has had their slimy hands in politics and race since the 60s in East St. Louis and St. Louis.

  10. #10
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:50 am, Flyoverman said:

    “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

    TRANSLATION: I can transform the country into a Banana Republic better than a white guy.

  11. #11
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:53 am, CantCureStupid said:

    Advanced Progressive Intellect

    Tee hee. Oxymoron of the Day Award. :lol:

  12. #12
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:56 am, DBNinKY said:

    Is Sen. McCaskill that clueless or that deceitful?

    Both – it’s par for the course in being a “good” liberal.

    I saw McCaskill on FNC many times during the election to speak on behalf of the Obama campaign, and learned she’d say anything to excuse or cover for the blatant liberalism of a fellow Democrat. She has no more credibility.

    I hope the people in her state-/district are watching – and listening!

  13. #13
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:59 am, CantCureStupid said:

    I expect nothing but idiocy from McCaskill, who doesn’t know her rear end from a hole in the ground and is too stupid to be embarrassed about it. She’s a monkey to the DNC organ grinder.

  14. #14
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:59 am, Paul said:

    Claire = Miss Piggy

  15. #15
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:06 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    The Democrat senator went out to claim that the Supreme Court has no members who have grown up in poverty and overcome extreme hardships.

    Clarence Thomas doesn’t count because he was essential rural poor which calls for pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. Sonotmayor was urban poor which requires only applying for welfare and cashing in on affirmative action opportunities.

    Big difference. Thomas dishonored the liberals by doing it himself. Sontomayor honored them by accepting the opportunities to cut in line.

  16. #16
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:10 pm, bayou22 said:

    The unfortunate reality is that McCaskill is not, and has never been (like a lot of them) qualified to serve in the US Senate. Her re-election was merely a wave of anti-GOP sentiment (and probably leftover sentiment for Jean Carnahan) and now the good people of Missouri have this insipid parrot front and center.

    Is it possible to abort Congress?

  17. #17
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:22 pm, Lockstein13 said:

    I guess only certain protected races/gender “choices” can have “compelling personal stories”

    …it used to be called blatant, unmitigated bigotry.

    But, then again, some animals are more equal than others on Obama’s Farm.

  18. #18
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:36 pm, DagneyT said:

    Is Sen. McCaskill that clueless or that deceitful?

    Hubby’s known this woman for years, and the answer is hands down DECEITFUL!

    I get so sick of the left’s hypocrisy! Every hispanic Dubya proposed, they proceeded to take apart! Their disgusting!

  19. #19
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:36 pm, DagneyT said:

    oops; They’re disgusting! my bad!

  20. #20
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:41 pm, GraniteMan said:

    When are going to get to equal opportunity for every one instead of who was poorest, blackest, whitest, woman, man? I’d like to be a pro baseball player, maybe they’ll pick me because I was poor as a little boy. My sister would probably get picked before me with today’s criteria,

  21. #21
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:41 pm, right4life said:

    I hope the people in her state-/district are watching – and listening!

    naw, most of her voters are deceased or brain-dead democrats…same thing…

  22. #22
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:41 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    I get so sick of the left’s hypocrisy! Every hispanic Dubya proposed, they proceeded to take apart! Their disgusting!

    Look what they did to Alberto Gonzalez.

    Actually, look what they’re still doing to him!

  23. #23
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:43 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    I should be starting in the NBA because if you graded on the curve and smoothed out the data with certain fairness criteria, I could dunk.

  24. #24
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:43 pm, Cowboy said:

    She’s my senator and she’s a liar. In an interview in KC several weeks ago, she had the audacity to say the stimulus bill had no earmarks or pork in it. Also, when she was in charge of Jackson County (KC metro area) her husband was busted for smoking pot – it was news to her that he ever did such a thing. Yeah right, Claire. Her election was most definetly a result of St. Louis and KC election fraud – AKA Acorn.

  25. #25
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:44 pm, HomeoftheBrave said:

    What is truly incredible is that dolts like McCaskill express their stupidity and hypocracy on national media, and spew additional stupidity to suport their idiotic, uninformed statements. It is unbelieveable watching a moron like this who really believes the crap she’s saying…. especially in support of a total activist, leftist, bigot judge.

  26. #26
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:52 pm, Buy Danish said:

    The Democrat senator went out to claim that the Supreme Court has no members who have grown up in poverty and overcome extreme hardships.

    Once again proving that history begins this morning for liberals.

  27. #27
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:52 pm, zorro said:

    This is one of those days I wish you were subbing for O’Reilly with McCaskill as your guest.

  28. #28
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:52 pm, DagneyT said:

    Look what they did to Alberto Gonzalez.

    Actually, look what they’re still doing to him!

    Actually, I was thinking of Eric Estrada! He finally got tired of the vilification, and removed his name! Leftist hypocrisy is legend!

    Kill babies = good
    Kill murderers = bad

    I could go on for hours with other examples!

  29. #29
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:54 pm, laggarticus said:

    Is Sen. McCaskill that clueless or that deceitful?

    Trust me, it’s the latter. McCaskill is, rather unfortunately, my senator. Two years before she won her senate seat, she ran for governor here in Missouri and most of the ads she ran weren’t even half truths. As a senator, I’ve written her before and received in return the most condescending, passive-aggressive, non-committal response I have EVER in my life had the displeasure to read. She’s nothing more than the typical identity politics obsessed grievance monger with a disturbing penchant for brown nosing her party elite and bad mouthing the other side.

    In short, she’s the definition of a typical liberal politician in the model of Chris Dodd.

  30. #30
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:54 pm, tarpon said:

    Justice Thomas doesn’t exist, didn’t you know.

    The racist anti-Constitution reparations choice.

  31. #31
    On May 26th, 2009 at 12:57 pm, bradley said:

    Claire McCaskill is a lumpy frump of idiocy, hardly qualified to cook dinner, much less “make law”. She’s more qualified to be the hat check girl in Obama’s White House than anything else.

  32. #32
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:02 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    It’s not that he doesn’t exist – it’s just that he’s the dumbest justice on the court.

    He’s like a Supreme version of Michael Steele.

    How come you “conservatives” support incompetent people of color, but fight against the smart ones?

  33. #33
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:05 pm, b-cat said:

    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:02 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    incompetent people of color

    Inherently racist statement.

  34. #34
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:05 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    NEWS — 6 to 1 — CA Supreme Court upholds Prop 8.

  35. #35
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:06 pm, Paul Revere said:

    Did she leave a stain on the stool?

  36. #36
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:08 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    She is an honor graduate of the Tom Harkin School of Advanced Progressive Intellect. ;)

    Senator Tom Harkin who claimed to have over 100 combat missions in Viet Nam and when he got ‘outed” (never there) got re-elected anyway? Progressive Intellect and Integrity–two things that never existed in the real world.

    Chuckie Schumer of New York is on TV now explaining how Sonia Sotomayor is Centrist. Are Lgm and old UpChuckie related? Now I wait with baited breath to see how Juan Hernandez McCain and Lady Lindsay GreenFees Graham sell us out.

    Don’t Re-Elect Anyone?

  37. #37
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:16 pm, Vince said:

    Ilovemycountry @ 1:02 pm

    Why do you say that Clarence Thomas is the dumbest Justice on the Supreme Court?

    First of all, he can speak. If you meant that he is unintelligent, please, tell me why you say that.

  38. #38
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:16 pm, moonshot said:

    One thing is for sure…The Council of Conservative Citizens element of the GOP will not be pleased with this choice.

  39. #39
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:21 pm, Ron said:

    I notice the Mainstream Media has been trying to preempt a Republican filibuster of whoever the nominee is going to be…its a foregone conclusion, they say, don’t even bother. Year, after Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas, we’ll keep our own counsel on that one.

  40. #40
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:21 pm, rambler said:

    Dear Claire was beyond nauseating during the BHO campaign. I am so sick of hearing dimwits reciting the current talking points as if we’re all stupid enough to buy into them. She was a class A suck-up for BHO and the democratic cause. Would she have supported a moderate or conservative, latina female for anything? NO!

  41. #41
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:25 pm, flmom said:

    Ilovemycountry

    Yet another knee-jerk reaction from our resident knee-jerker. Good to see your Liberal reflexes are in working order.

  42. #42
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:27 pm, JonB said:

    rambler said:

    Dear Claire was beyond nauseating during the BHO campaign. I am so sick of hearing dimwits reciting the current talking points as if we’re all stupid enough to buy into them.

    That’s the problem. The majority of Americans *are* stupid enough to buy in.

  43. #43
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:29 pm, rowsdower said:

    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:05 pm, b-cat said:
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:02 pm, Ilovemycountry said:
    incompetent people of color
    Inherently racist statement.

    Ilovemyself let’s slip the genuine bonafide racism of the left.

  44. #44
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:44 pm, Major O said:

    Ilovemyself let’s slip the genuine bonafide racism of the left.

    It’s funny how the Left gets away with that.

    Let’s see, first they opposed him because he wasn’t authentically “black” (a charge I’ve lived with all my life). Then they opposed him because of his awesome hypnotic powers of sexual harassment, evident when he was able to cause Anita Hill to follow him around for employment even as she was being scarred–scarred I tell you!–by his mentions of pubic hairs on coke cans.
    NOW the mantra is he’s the “dumbest” SCOTUS judge.

    Which is it, people? Get your story in line with your hatred, already.

    Actually, I was thinking of Eric Estrada! He finally got tired of the vilification, and removed his name! Leftist hypocrisy is legend!

    Umm. You meant, “Miguel Estrada” I think? :)

    Oh and while we’re at it, lets not forget how the Left treated another hispanic woman nominated to high office:

    In 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Chavez for Secretary of Labor. She was the first Hispanic woman nominated to a United States cabinet position. However, she withdrew from consideration after it was revealed, through her neighbor Margaret “Peggy” Zwisler, that she had allegedly given money to Marta Mercado, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who lived in her home more than a decade earlier. Contrary to some reports, Chavez did not actually employ Mercado, but provided her with emergency assistance due to the domestic abuse the woman had been facing at the time.[7] Chavez, Mercado, and National Review writer John Miller all stated that Mercado was not an employee of Chavez,[7] and both Miller and Mercado credit Chavez with helping her at a time when she needed it most.[4] A subsequent follow-up of the matter by the FBI found Chavez was not guilty of any wrongdoing. Chavez later helped Mercado find work at the Zwisler home.[4] Mercado is now a U.S. citizen, and was a citizen during the time of the controversy–a fact that was not reported by most media organizations until after Chavez withdrew her nomination.[8]

    Waiting for the usual suspects to come and add some kind of mindless inanity or lame defense.

  45. #45
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:53 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Liar or stupid? Both is my guess.

  46. #46
    On May 26th, 2009 at 1:58 pm, SHoward said:

    It’s not that he doesn’t exist – it’s just that he’s the dumbest justice on the court.

    He’s like a Supreme version of Michael Steele.

    How come you “conservatives” support incompetent people of color, but fight against the smart ones?

    Just goes to prove that the libs really do see the world as a photographic negative.

  47. #47
    On May 26th, 2009 at 2:31 pm, love2rumba said:

    How come you “conservatives” support incompetent people of color, but fight against the smart ones?

    Once again ILMC shows his ignorant side.

    Here is some advice: Put down the joint and do the research…

  48. #48
    On May 26th, 2009 at 2:57 pm, nail49 said:

    How come you “conservatives” support incompetent people of color, but fight against the smart ones?

    IHateMyself: Project much?

  49. #49
    On May 26th, 2009 at 3:06 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    How come you “conservatives” support incompetent people of color, but fight against the smart ones?

    Do you have an example?

    ===

    Bork

  50. #50
    On May 26th, 2009 at 3:23 pm, nail49 said:

    IHateMyself: Let’s see, the Dems support “smart” people of color like Cynthia McKinney yet they rip into Clarence Thomas because he wandered off the plantation without getting the “Massa’s” permission.

    Dems support an articulate woman like Speaker Pelosi “Uhhhh, let me read to you my comment, Uhhh, it’s right Uhhhh, here, Uhhhh…” because she toes the line and supports a woman’s right to choose. Dems then rip into Sarah Palin because she is a strong, independent thinker who, frankly, scares the daylights out of them.

    Dems hold up as superior intellects politicians like Al Gore who got lower grades in his undergrad studies than did Bush 43 and, unlike Bush who earned an MBA from Harvard, Gore flunked out of divinity school (guees he couldn’t recite his prayers without a speech writer?).

  51. #51
    On May 26th, 2009 at 4:27 pm, 24Klady said:

    Above and beyond using the ‘raised by a single mother’ mantra blah, blah, blah…I found her statements about hispanic women making sounder decisions than white males one of the most racist and gender biased I’ve ever witnessed. She should be disqualified on that alone. How could she possibly sit in judgement on a case where there is a hispanic and a white person involved, even leaving gender out of it? Her judgement is clouded.

  52. #52
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:44 pm, Wade said:

    Who will be coming on MSM to tell us what Clair really meant.

  53. #53
    On May 26th, 2009 at 10:49 pm, Republicanvet said:

    After three seconds of gravely concerning but rigorous study, I have found she is a ditz.

    Remember the lib mantra a few years ago when they were all suggesting Clarence Thomas should have an asterisk next to his name since he wasn’t a REAL minority?

  54. #54
    On May 27th, 2009 at 4:42 pm, cheapseat said:

    nail49; very well said! but don’t forget these fine folks supporting barry the liar. did he lie to the coal miners, or the environmentalists? did he lie to the uaw or the bankers holding the bonds of chrysler and gm? did he lie to wall street or the mortgage holders who expected him to keep foreclosures from happening? did he lie to republicans who knew he was a communist, or democrats who believe still that he is a clinton centrist? wait for the vat tax of 10% on your spending to fund nationalized unhealthy care. you know about vat taxes, that is one dime of every dollar you spend goes to the gubmint, think of it as a federal sales tax. so when you go to a store in california, you will pay nearly 20% of the dollar to the tax man. welcome to hope and change. that’s called soaking the rich.

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