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Clarence thomas before he had all the information about clarence thomas, before the thomas confirmation process got upended and the nomination hearings had to get reopened, all because of serious sexual harassment allegations against thomas, allegations that had been known internally at the judiciary committee and kept quiet and confidential there, but then the allegations leaked to the press and npr's nina totenberg obtained the affidavit from anita hill in which hill laid out her allegations against thomas. that became public via nina totenberg's reporting. a big firestorm ensued. and those ...

Problem is that al dixon had made that promise to president bush for how he would vote on clarence thomas before he had all the information about clarence thomas, before the thomas confirmation process got upended and the nomination hearings had to get reopened, all because of serious sexual harassment allegations against thomas, allegations that had been known internally at the judiciary committee and kept quiet and confidential there, but then the allegations leaked to the press and npr's nina totenberg obtained the affidavit from anita hill in which hill laid out her allegations against tho...

Totenberg obtained the affidavit from anita hill in which hill laid out her allegations against thomas. that became public via nina totenberg's reporting. a big firestorm ensued. and those hearings were reopened and the consideration of thomas was delayed and the country honestly went nuts with the drama of all of it. here is a brief news clip from the time, from right when the thomas nomination was being stopped and reopened to consider these new allegations. just listen to the howl of anguish here from senator alan dixon, from al the pal, this back bench, low profile, go along to get along, ...