|
|
YouTube: Anita Hill's Testimony Part 22 - Clarence Thomas 2nd Hearing Part 31 (1This forum post is dated 08/14/10. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it. Missouri - Moderate Party
| YouTube: Anita Hill's Testimony Part 22 - Clarence Thomas 2nd Hearing Part 31 (1 October 11, 1991 During the 1991 Senate hearings regarding US Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, Danforth used his considerable clout to aid the confirmation of Thomas, who had served Danforth during his state attorney general years and later as an aide in the Senate. The bond was further strengthened in that both men had studied to be ordained. Thomas was studying to be a Catholic priest at Conception Seminary College in Nodaway County, Missouri when a racial comment he heard at the college about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. caused him to quit. After leaving the seminary, Thomas attended Episcopal services, and Danforth is an ordained Episcopal priest. A political moderate, Danforth was once quoted as saying he joined the Republican Party for "the same reason you sometimes choose which movie to see — [it's] the one with the shortest line". Danforth is a longtime opponent of the capital punishment, as he made clear on Senate floor in 1994. When Danforth entered politics, Missouri was a reliably Democratic state with both its US Senators and Governors regularly being Democrats. Prior to Symington, Danforth's seat in the Senate was held by Democratic Party heavyweights Thomas Hart Benton and Harry S. Truman. |
Reply Options Share your opinions, advice, questions or comments on this post. | Be Heard: Forum reply options: We encourage everyone to share their opinions, comments, thoughts and information, please consider sharing... Please register or login in to reply to this post: It is quick, easy and offers many advantages when using our site. |
Social NetworkingShare this with your friends on facebook, twitter and Google+ | | Social sharing because it feels good:
| |
|
Tags and TaggingTags help organize related posts and resources by topic. | |
|
