It's weird how all these late night comedians stopped being funny and have lost massive audience starting around 2016. This guy is just another has been.
The hilarious irony here is that Oliver is making fun of Thomas. You all remember the numerous ethical violations of Clarence Thomas and all the financial help he has received from wealthy benefactors, some of whom have brought cases before the Supreme Court.
Those can be considered bribes, Rick & Fred.
Well, Oliver making that offer is a comedian's way of keeping the spotlight on the corruption in the SC, i.e., Thomas's ethical violations. We should all be concerned about Clarence's behaviour, and I'm not talking about him putting a pubic hair on his coke can.
There is not a chance in hell that Thomas will ever retire from the court, so Oliver's offer is moot.
FredHayek wrote: So if the officer of the law refuses to take a bribe, it never happened?
I am sure people have been convicted of attempted bribery.
Well, Clarence Thomas should know, he's been bribed enough.
But do you think he would have changed his votes on those cases? How about Sotomayor when she takes expensive speaking fees?
I hope you know that all SC Justices take fees for speeches.
We will never know if Clarence would have changed his vote, because there is so little transparency.
Plus, Fred, we aren't talking about speeches, we're talking about financial help for buying a tricked out RV and then the loan being "forgiven." We're talking about letting Thomas mother living in a house bought by his wealthy friend.
Oh, geez, look it up yourself, but here's a start for your education on Thomas ethical violations:
RV Loan Forgiven: Thomas never repaid a “substantial portion” of a $267,230 loan from wealthy friend Anthony Welters, which he used to purchase a luxury RV, a Senate Finance Committee investigation found, raising questions about whether the loan was properly reported on his taxes. If Thomas never paid the principal on the loan, it would have created a “significant amount of taxable income,” the committee noted, which wasn’t reported on his financial disclosure to the court in 2008, the year Welker said the loan was “satisfied.”
Koch Brothers: ProPublica also reported Thomas cultivated a relationship with the two Koch brothers (David died in 2019) through repeated trips to the Bohemian Grove, a private retreat for wealthy men; the report noted the Koch network has brought cases before the Supreme Court, including having staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs in an upcoming case this term.
No, Fred, no one is terrified that the Supremes (the Christian Dominionist majority, that is) will allow Trump to appear on the ballot. I guarantee they will allow it. What else could we expect of them? And as far as Oliver bribing, as you say, a justice? Nah. Generally, bribes aren't offered in front of millions watching on TV or social media. (That episode, by the way, was rated #4 of 168 like shows for that timeslot.) And, most of us see Oliver as a comedian who interjects thorough, very serious, thought-provoking investigation into his dialogues. Now, if you want to talk about bribes conducted right out in the open, before the entire world, and embraced, hook, line, and sinker by the gullible we need to go no further than Donald Trump.
Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. -- George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans)
