Actually, Clarence Thomas died 5 years ago and they sent his body to be "reworked" by the same people who "reworked" Ronnie Reagan's body after he died several months into his first term... Word on the street is that there has been some turnover at the very secret company that "reworks" people and the new folks aren't as good as the ones who did Reagan and they couldn't get Clarence's voice working correctly...

But all in all, they have what they needed... A reliable robot that votes with Scalia 100% of the time even if Thomas isn't really a human any more...

BTW, while I hated Reagan's policies, ya' have to admit that they "reworked" him up purdy good...

B~