What is being a piece of shit with no true morals?
Because he was six figures in debt and decided to buy a $300k RV two decades ago and realized “hur dur I have power and can let everyone know I can be bought”?
Weird
I would have thought a conservative would have pulled themselves up by their bootstraps, gotten a 2nd/3rd job, cancelled their credit cards to pay cash only, drove a 20 year old car they work on by themselves and stopped drinking anything other than black coffee to get themselves out of financial ruin
Thomas believes he’s worth more than the upper middle class. He couldn’t get a pay raise so he whined to billionaires to give him the lifestyle he decided he deserved. The judicial branch of our government is broken and a fix is no where in sight.
Sadly, it’s a boring story of a common traitor. A rich man who desperately sought the life of a richer man, and weak enough to sell out his country to live it.
Because he’s above the law. Plain and simple.
What enthralls me is he was making $132,700 in 1991, and apparently almost bankrupted himself on a Corvette (that would have cost no more than $55k at that time brand new) and a $550k home, in addition to student loans. Sounds like he was just bad with money. A supposed fiscal conservative who was anything but fiscally conservative with his own money.
The same reason he ideologically shifted from left to right. There wasn’t any money on the left. Combine that with a deep seated hatred for country club folks that had it all, yet he didn’t, he is now in the highest court in the land and he’s getting angrier. That anger has been insatiable to the point he married a white hardcore right wing lawyer, and flips the bird to libs and progressives who question or challenge him.
Then envy and anger has actually grown hotter to the point he wants to destroy the very programs that got him to where he is today. His obsession with porn, his untouchable attitude along with his aloof “I am above you” attitude are very serious personality defects.
Think of Donald Trump who spent YEARS trying to be part of the Manhattan and Hollywood elite, only to be sorta just be dismissed and laughed at. His solution was not to change his character, because he can’t, so he went scorched earth because that’s all he knows…
Clarence would rather be a rich pawn for the white aristocracy then be respected by the left, because the left didn’t make him rich and heal the scars from his horribly impoverished youth. So Clarence said “fuck you I got mine”. In the end Clarence hates everyone, and nothing will put that fire out. He has classic and deep seeded personality deficiency issues.
Plus his wife is a lunatic.
>Clarence Thomas was in so much debt two decades ago that he tried to get Supreme Court justice salaries raised across the board. Within months, Republican billionaires began giving him extravagant gifts.
D.C. is an expensive city, even without an extravagant lifestyle. If you are trying to keep up with the Joneses, it would be really tough. Heaven forbid you live within your means, skip those lattes and avocado toasts. By all means, take the easy way to riches. Accept bribes.
America has gone full America. You never go full America!
N0 maga-splaining needed with this guy.
Short answer. He’s was broke AF so he decided to become corrupt AF. Problem solved.
At that time in his life there was only one job he could get, corrupt judge. He would have never passed a background check with that debt and record of irresponsibility.
He’s corrupt.
<ahem>BRIBES<ahem>
fucking avocado toasts
Bribes, not gifts. Use the correct word.
Impeach and convict.
I find it hard to believe that he was “broke” on a salary of $173,400 way back when.
I would almost not know what to do with that much money, even today, let alone years ago, after I paid off my house and car.
The man is just corrupt as fuck, so he turned to bribery to increase his income. It’s very simple, and it’s something that we need to absolutely prohibit in any government official.
Answer: possible corruption?
Maybe his wife hired too many expensive buses for Jan 6.
He took gifts because he has no ethics. He doesn’t feel bound to any code that is binding on conduct of taking gifts.
What Clarence Thomas and his enablers call gifts, the rest of the world calls bribes. When you get millions in cash, luxury vacations, family support and loan forgiveness that you don’t report, and when you secretly participate in Koch network donor events, you cannot claim or pretend to be anything but a corrupt, bought and paid for, tool of your donors
I haven’t read it yet but I’m gonna take a guess. He’s a corrupt political hack?
Simple answer – because he’s a see-you-next-Tuesday.
The real reason is because he subscribed to the Republican Party code of morals and ethics. His wife is a real honor roll student herself. Grifting should be a constitutional right.
>The Real Reason Why Clarence Thomas Started Accepting Gifts From Billionaires
>Clarence Thomas was in so much debt two decades ago that he tried to get Supreme Court justice salaries raised across the board. Within months, Republican billionaires began giving him extravagant gifts.
Fuck him. And, this article.
Normalizing corruption because of greed doesn’t make it any less of a problem.
>On the way home, he sat next to Republican Representative Cliff Stearns. During the flight, Thomas complained bitterly that his salary—then $173,600—was insufficient. He even hinted that multiple justices could resign in the next year if they weren’t given a pay raise.
Bye, Felicia. Go work at FoxNews.
He should have never been appointed. He’s a hack. Always was. Always will be.
His entire career is for self enrichment, and trolling.
Because he is lazy and a disgrace to African Americans. He is a slave to his white wealthy owners. If he is smart enough to be a SC Justice he could make $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 as a private practice partner. He is an embarrassment to all Americans and specifically hard working African Americans.
Supreme Court justices make good money, have great health care, and are allowed to earn $$$ on the side from speaking engagements and books. Besides, these are government service jobs, not the private sector, and come with high levels of prestige (that also translates to $$$.)
So, understanding all of that, how in the hell is Thomas able to accumulate $100,000+ in debt years after getting on the court? It sounds like he and his wife are jealous that they’re not as rich as their right-wing buddies are. Whatever. He is sketchy as fuck.
He didn’t take bribes because he was in debt. He took bribes because he’s a corrupt piece of shit.
A guy who spends too much, despite having a good income, and demands more? Isn’t that the profile of a person who can be sucked into a foreign power’s grip. Here’s some money, just do us this one favor.
He never had integrity to start with, so why are we surprised? He never should have been put on the SC after his disgusting behavior with Anita Hill. And you know there are many others who were too afraid to speak out. He should be arrested and charged with accepting bribes. His wife should be charged with aiding and abetting the Insurrection. Fuck both of them.
Too much avocado toast
So… The Roberts Supreme Court is for sale?
This is absolute garbage. Why should we care why he took shady money? His actions clearly mark him as venal.
Why is he still a judge!?
Don’t need to boil the ocean on this one… Clarence took bribes because he likes money, and he’s corrupt.
Let’s focus on that last part, instead of working out ways to try to sympathise with him.
All republicans are corrupt. It’s part of their worldview. They believe corruption is the only option.
Because he’s a greedy bastard
Pure greed and entitlment.
“Because fuck you.” -C. Thomas, 2023
Why hasn’t he been impeached yet?
The real reason: he’s greedy, corrupt, and shameless.
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Greed and being unethical.
Because he’s a crooked piece of shit?
What is being a piece of shit with no true morals?
Because he was six figures in debt and decided to buy a $300k RV two decades ago and realized “hur dur I have power and can let everyone know I can be bought”?
Weird
I would have thought a conservative would have pulled themselves up by their bootstraps, gotten a 2nd/3rd job, cancelled their credit cards to pay cash only, drove a 20 year old car they work on by themselves and stopped drinking anything other than black coffee to get themselves out of financial ruin
Thomas believes he’s worth more than the upper middle class. He couldn’t get a pay raise so he whined to billionaires to give him the lifestyle he decided he deserved. The judicial branch of our government is broken and a fix is no where in sight.
Sadly, it’s a boring story of a common traitor. A rich man who desperately sought the life of a richer man, and weak enough to sell out his country to live it.
Because he’s above the law. Plain and simple.
What enthralls me is he was making $132,700 in 1991, and apparently almost bankrupted himself on a Corvette (that would have cost no more than $55k at that time brand new) and a $550k home, in addition to student loans. Sounds like he was just bad with money. A supposed fiscal conservative who was anything but fiscally conservative with his own money.
The same reason he ideologically shifted from left to right. There wasn’t any money on the left. Combine that with a deep seated hatred for country club folks that had it all, yet he didn’t, he is now in the highest court in the land and he’s getting angrier. That anger has been insatiable to the point he married a white hardcore right wing lawyer, and flips the bird to libs and progressives who question or challenge him.
Then envy and anger has actually grown hotter to the point he wants to destroy the very programs that got him to where he is today. His obsession with porn, his untouchable attitude along with his aloof “I am above you” attitude are very serious personality defects.
Think of Donald Trump who spent YEARS trying to be part of the Manhattan and Hollywood elite, only to be sorta just be dismissed and laughed at. His solution was not to change his character, because he can’t, so he went scorched earth because that’s all he knows…
Clarence would rather be a rich pawn for the white aristocracy then be respected by the left, because the left didn’t make him rich and heal the scars from his horribly impoverished youth. So Clarence said “fuck you I got mine”. In the end Clarence hates everyone, and nothing will put that fire out. He has classic and deep seeded personality deficiency issues.
Plus his wife is a lunatic.
>Clarence Thomas was in so much debt two decades ago that he tried to get Supreme Court justice salaries raised across the board. Within months, Republican billionaires began giving him extravagant gifts.
D.C. is an expensive city, even without an extravagant lifestyle. If you are trying to keep up with the Joneses, it would be really tough. Heaven forbid you live within your means, skip those lattes and avocado toasts. By all means, take the easy way to riches. Accept bribes.
America has gone full America. You never go full America!
N0 maga-splaining needed with this guy.
Short answer. He’s was broke AF so he decided to become corrupt AF. Problem solved.
At that time in his life there was only one job he could get, corrupt judge. He would have never passed a background check with that debt and record of irresponsibility.
He’s corrupt.
<ahem>BRIBES<ahem>
fucking avocado toasts
Bribes, not gifts. Use the correct word.
Impeach and convict.
I find it hard to believe that he was “broke” on a salary of $173,400 way back when.
I would almost not know what to do with that much money, even today, let alone years ago, after I paid off my house and car.
The man is just corrupt as fuck, so he turned to bribery to increase his income. It’s very simple, and it’s something that we need to absolutely prohibit in any government official.
Answer: possible corruption?
Maybe his wife hired too many expensive buses for Jan 6.
He took gifts because he has no ethics. He doesn’t feel bound to any code that is binding on conduct of taking gifts.
What Clarence Thomas and his enablers call gifts, the rest of the world calls bribes. When you get millions in cash, luxury vacations, family support and loan forgiveness that you don’t report, and when you secretly participate in Koch network donor events, you cannot claim or pretend to be anything but a corrupt, bought and paid for, tool of your donors
I haven’t read it yet but I’m gonna take a guess. He’s a corrupt political hack?
Simple answer – because he’s a see-you-next-Tuesday.
The real reason is because he subscribed to the Republican Party code of morals and ethics. His wife is a real honor roll student herself. Grifting should be a constitutional right.
>The Real Reason Why Clarence Thomas Started Accepting Gifts From Billionaires
>Clarence Thomas was in so much debt two decades ago that he tried to get Supreme Court justice salaries raised across the board. Within months, Republican billionaires began giving him extravagant gifts.
Fuck him. And, this article.
Normalizing corruption because of greed doesn’t make it any less of a problem.
>On the way home, he sat next to Republican Representative Cliff Stearns. During the flight, Thomas complained bitterly that his salary—then $173,600—was insufficient. He even hinted that multiple justices could resign in the next year if they weren’t given a pay raise.
Bye, Felicia. Go work at FoxNews.
He should have never been appointed. He’s a hack. Always was. Always will be.
His entire career is for self enrichment, and trolling.
[Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told his law clerks in the ’90s that he wanted to serve for 43 years to make liberals’ lives ‘miserable’](https://www.businessinsider.com/clarence-thomas-told-clerks-he-wants-to-make-liberals-miserable-2022-6)
Because he is lazy and a disgrace to African Americans. He is a slave to his white wealthy owners. If he is smart enough to be a SC Justice he could make $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 as a private practice partner. He is an embarrassment to all Americans and specifically hard working African Americans.
Supreme Court justices make good money, have great health care, and are allowed to earn $$$ on the side from speaking engagements and books. Besides, these are government service jobs, not the private sector, and come with high levels of prestige (that also translates to $$$.)
So, understanding all of that, how in the hell is Thomas able to accumulate $100,000+ in debt years after getting on the court? It sounds like he and his wife are jealous that they’re not as rich as their right-wing buddies are. Whatever. He is sketchy as fuck.
He didn’t take bribes because he was in debt. He took bribes because he’s a corrupt piece of shit.
A guy who spends too much, despite having a good income, and demands more? Isn’t that the profile of a person who can be sucked into a foreign power’s grip. Here’s some money, just do us this one favor.
He never had integrity to start with, so why are we surprised? He never should have been put on the SC after his disgusting behavior with Anita Hill. And you know there are many others who were too afraid to speak out. He should be arrested and charged with accepting bribes. His wife should be charged with aiding and abetting the Insurrection. Fuck both of them.
Too much avocado toast
So… The Roberts Supreme Court is for sale?
This is absolute garbage. Why should we care why he took shady money? His actions clearly mark him as venal.
Why is he still a judge!?
Don’t need to boil the ocean on this one… Clarence took bribes because he likes money, and he’s corrupt.
Let’s focus on that last part, instead of working out ways to try to sympathise with him.
All republicans are corrupt. It’s part of their worldview. They believe corruption is the only option.
Because he’s a greedy bastard
Pure greed and entitlment.
“Because fuck you.” -C. Thomas, 2023
Why hasn’t he been impeached yet?
The real reason: he’s greedy, corrupt, and shameless.