Meanwhile, in Clarence Thomas’s wife’s head

Nice couple.

Combat! blog vacations in beautiful sunny well-groomed Los Angeles, California, today, and finds itself already adopting Californian work habits. While I blow dry my hair in my avocado linen jacket, how about you horrify yourself with the news that Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has started her own Tea Party chapter. This will surely allay my fears! “She is intrigued by Glenn Beck and listening carefully,” says her bio on Liberty Central, a name that no one will realize is ironic until midway through the 2012 corporate giving season election. In addition to holding the power to un-forgive a member of the Supreme Court for publicly acknowledging that he makes a lot pubic hair jokes, Virginia Thomas’s 501(c)4 can accept an unlimited quantity of corporate donations. “Because of a recent Supreme Court decision,” the LA Times observes drily, “the group may also spend corporate money freely to advocate for or against candidates for office.” Or it could, had it not already been busted for operating illegally. Faster than you can say “conflict of interest in sleeping on the hide-a-bed, Clarence,” Virginia consumer protection officials sent a letter of warning to Mrs. Thomas, informing her that Liberty Central was receiving donations while not properly registered as a charity. At least we know she’s not getting free legal advice. The citation is not uncommon—”Our policy is to assist them to come in compliance with the law,”* says state regulator Michael Wright—so Thomas’s group will either A) go the same way as that sweater she started knitting or B) funnel millions of corporate dollars to conservative political candidates while her husband adjudicates from the Supreme Court. Coin toss!

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3 Comments

  1. Outrage! Vote Justice Thomas out of office!

    What? He’s there for life?

    Well, then, vote*********

    ****”This blog post has been interrupted by a paid advertisement for any and every crack-pot teabagger candidate, brought to you by Liberty Central.”

    “Liberty Central, where your civil liberties are handed down to you by crack-pot teabaggers like Glenn Beck. When they’re not busy raping this country and making money hand over fist.”

  2. See previous comment: “conservative entertainment industry”!!!!

    New comment: Can of Conservative Whup-Ass Instructions
    1) Set up corporation.
    2) Get money to flow to corporation.
    3) Get corporation to pay for legal services for other corporations who engage in expensive process of taking case to the Supremes.
    4) Watch ensuing spectacle.
    5) Donate money to candidates who might win and appoint future judges.
    6) Repeat. A lot.

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