Clarence Thomas's Revenge.(Brief Article)

Harry Truman lamented about life in Washington that if you want a friend, you have to get a dog. But George W. Bush's nomination of former Strom Thurmond aide Terry Wooten to the U.S. District Court in South Carolina illustrates another, perhaps more useful lesson: If you want a friend in committee of her existence. Wooten also asked pointed questions about Wright's employment history, putting her on notice that the Republicans planned to bring up piles of dirty laundry they had collected about her various scrapes with earlier bosses.

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