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Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has asked Anita Hill to apologize<\/a> for the accusations she made in 1991. From a \u2018History of Modern American Politics\u2019 perspective, this has potential. It certainly reminds us of the foundations upon which the accusations against President Bill Clinton were made, and how the feminist movement was subsequently sacrificed<\/span> on the altar of Clinton\u2019s insatiable libido. But for my money, it should help to remind those under-25s who are in college that<\/span> all the political muckraking and dirty tricks they believe<\/span> began when GW<\/span> Bush took office actually predated the 2000s by quite a bit.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"