Virginia Thomas carved out a public identity this year as a face of the tea party movement, rousing Conservative activists against what she Calls the "radical leftist agenda" of Democrats led by President Barack Obama.
But thanks to a voice mail message she left EARLIER this month, Mrs.. Thomas has transported her image back to a generation, "when Americans met her as the wife of Clarence Thomas, whose Supreme Court confirmation hearings sparked a National Debate Over Sexual Harassment, Racial Stereotypes and Political orthodoxies.
Early on Oct.. 9, Mrs.. Thomas telephoned her husband's long-ago nemesis, law professor Anita Hill, seeking an apology for "what you did with my husband." She presumably meant the 1991 Testimony by Ms.. Hill That Justice Thomas harassed her with Vulgar propositions "when she worked under him in the Reagan administration, allegations vehemently denied That they are.
Since Founding Liberty Central, Inc., a conservative advocacy group, last year, Mrs.. Thomas has Been Making Speeches and TV Appearances. After the voice mail was disclosed on Tuesday, she canceled the Public Appearances. Through a Spokesman, Mrs.. Thomas ISSUED a brief statement saying she viewed her call as "an olive branch" to Ms.. Hill.
Few of Mrs.. Thomas's Conservative Allies were willing to comment is a phone call or discuss her at all. Privately, Conservative activists somethings Said They Were Mystified by the call and Concerned That the story nudged Mrs. impair. Thomas's Political Ambitions for leadership of the movement.
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