if you go back some time ago to the clarence thomas nomination, there was a consternation among much of the black leadership at that point when he was nominated about whether to criticize this guy or not, and whether people ought to just stay quiet in the hopes that he would be something that he hadn't demonstrated that he had any inclination to be. i don't think that's healthy. and so i can -- you know, whether or not i agree with all of cornell's criticism is beside the point. i think he has the right to criticize him and i don't think it's anything bizarre about that. and i think it's something very healthy about it. >> i did talk to a number of people in chicago, black and white, i think, from the left who do complain who say that barack obama can go to egypt and give a speech or he can give a speech in the u.s. on the middle east and the world talks about the middle east for the next week. so why hasn't barack obama come to the west side of chicago or gone to detroit and talked about urban america? has he missed an opportunity, do you think, to put, you know, those issues which,

for this judge abe fortas an associate justice just like clarence thomas on the supreme court just like clarence thomas he was actually nominated by a democrat by lyndon johnson to be the chief justice in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight but after was uncovered the fords received fifteen thousand dollars from american university to lead seminars sort of like thomas taking speaking fees another twenty thousand dollars for. law firm for consulting services certainly thomas' wife taking a half a million for his was forced to resign or he chose to resign he wasn't forced but as for clarence thomas has received similar gifts from wealthy republican donors like arlene grow and even presided over cases that is gift givers have a personal stake in justice thomas' refugee refusing to budge it's like the same court that brought us citizens united and recently ruled that people can't band together to sue corporations is now officially the best court money can buy. it's time for a daily poll your chance to tell us what you think here is that is question two point five feet two and a half feet stood between a brass coons and the potent