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When James Dobson, Tony Perkins, and their movement allies mobilized for the coming battle over court appointments, they reminisced fondly about President George H. W. Bush's nomination of Clarence Thomas. By accusing his Democratic opponents of staging "the high tech lynching of an uppity black man," Thomas applied an effective racial patina to the right's persecution complex. After enduring damaging accusations of sexual harassment and pornography use, Thomas developed a vengeful anti-liberal streak that colored his draconian opinions on the Supreme Court. Having closely observed Thomas's career and recognized his utility, the movement's legal activists urged George W. Bush to nominate more conservative minorities to the federal bench. If and when Democrats opposed the nominees' confirmation, the movement planned to accuse them of every form of discrimination, from anti-Christian bigotry to elitism to simple racism. In doing do, they could once again obscure the Republican Party's agenda of bigotry.

Max Blumenthal. Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party. Nation Books. © 2009.