Clarence Thomas is a delusional bitter angry old man with a grudge.

[BREMPRO]

In his new autobiography and recent interview with 60 minutes, he continues to loudly complain that he was "high tech lynched" by left wing activists. Perhaps understandable as a self preservation defense then, but to bring it up in such a public and central way 16 years later and claim Anita Hill was a plant by "lefties" to undermine his reputation and nomination, reveals the serious problem with his judicial temperament and character. We've all put behind us this lie, and focused on his judicial record and lack of intellectual nuance. But he apparently is at core a bitter and angry man and more of a racist than his detractors (calling senators plantation owners because they were questioning his character) He proclaims his victim-hood too loudly. This is not a good temperament for a Supreme Court Justice.

He was clearly a conservative trojan horse nomination- the federalist right using the race card to mask his radically conservative views. But The core problem is not that he's a conservative, it's that his judicial vote is heavily influenced by his anger and bitterness toward the left, compromising his judicial objectivity.

Add him to the must impeach list!

[Virginia Dare]

1. Probably will go down as one of the worst justices ever on the bench..

I'm sure he "prays" over every constitutional decision he makes, and sees absolutely no irony in it at all. Agreed, impeach him.

[opihimoimoi]

2. He is a wooden dummy on the Court....a Crony and a Peter as well.

Anita was right all along.....

Thomas will go down in history as a Major Fuck Up

[havocmom]

3. That's what delusional, bitter, angry, middle-aged men turn into

Generally doesn't just happen with a birthday. Delusional, bitter, angry goes to the bone then spends a lifetime looking for things to justify all the hate.

[Raejeanowl]

21. Sad Story

But I'm not crying.

[ecstatic]

4. I agree, I'm so glad I got to see his interview. His attitude is due to being abused as a child

He has an interesting life story and background, but I think he has serious emotional issues.

I question his competence as a judge, because of the flawed conclusions he made based on his upbringing and time at Yale. Some asshole called him a quota, so he decides that his degree is worthless and that all affirmative action/quotas should end? It isn't about that Mr. Thomas. It doesn't matter what some racist joke thinks-if you were able to graduate from Yale then that accomplishment should speak for itself.

Another thing that I found amusing is that his granddad warned him to "never look a white woman in the eyes," but he ends up marrying a white woman! Please don't get me wrong. I have nothing against interracial relationships, but the irony is interesting. Just like the irony of how his grandfather warned him not to embarrass his race. It's like his entire life was like a passive aggressive rebellion against the abuse he received as a child, and yes, it was abuse. He doesn't see it that way but that's just another symptom of his flawed reasoning system.

[yellowcanine]

12. Has "me too Tony" ever disagreed with Scalia on anything important?

[Vickers]

5. He's all that, *plus* he's stupid!

He's the complete neocon package.

[yardwork]

6. I think that part of the problem is that Clarence Thomas is in way over his head.

Mr. Thomas simply does not have qualifications to be a Supreme Court Justice. He was a minor bureaucrat with very little legal experience who was catapulted into one of the most high-profile jobs on the planet. This has essentially muted his voice on the Court. He has nothing to do. He fears that if he expresses an opinion it will be laughed at, so he sticks close to Scalia and echoes whatever Tony tells him to do.

It's pathetic. It's sad. It's a waste. Mr. Thomas may or may not have been an effective bureaucrat (he certainly had issues with sexual harrassment of his staff, that is clear) but he is a completely ineffectual Supreme Court Justice.

I will never, ever forgive George H. W. Bush for making this cynical, nasty, underhanded appointment. There are thousands of highly qualified African American legal scholars who would have made fine Supreme Court Justices. To choose Clarence Thomas was a slap in the face of everything our country supposedly believes.

The selection told me everything I needed to know about George H. W. Bush.

[MaineYooper]

7. unfortunately, he's not that old:

born June 23, 1948, making him just over 59. We could still be stuck with him for another 20 years or more...

what a depressing thought, huh?

[DrDan]

8. that struck me as well during his interview . . . he is a bitter man

I think he is bitter having been born black. And he never came to grips with it.

[xchrom]

9. thomas has openly displayed that he has mental/emotional issues.

serious ones.

[Didereaux]

15. Something else thinks so to...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12461951@N03/

[NightHawk63]

10. I can't say there are many people that I truly hate..

..but that fool makes my short list!

[BlooInBloo]

11. psst! Hey Clarence!

They'll never like or respect you. Never.

[cboy4]

13. Did you see the road rage all over his face when he was driving

that big bus on 60 Minutes?

All over the horn. There's no telling how many motorists he's shot over the years.

Angry, angry.

[KitchenWitch]

14. They interviewed both him and his wife on GMA

Basically his wife came out and boldly asserted that Anita Hill owes them an apology. The delusion is strong with those two.

[blondeatlast]

16. Oh, poor, dear, Ms. Ginny Lamp Thomas. Bleed for her, KW (sarcasm):

Heritage Foundation bigwig:

http://author.heritage.org/about/staff/VirginiaThomas.cfm

[BREMPRO]

20. wifey seems just as bitter

Her 2003 Heritage Foundation commentary "wake up call" on the federal court Estrada nomination has valid points but was mostly rabidly anti-liberal, blaming flaws with the process on a bunch of liberal senators sitting around trying to find ways to derail nominations through character assassination- AS IF THE REPUBLICANs HAVEN'T PLAYED THIS GAME (even worse) with nominations. frigin bitter hypocrite. What a pathetic family.

[KansDem]

17. What did Clarence Thomas say when someone spilled a soft drink in his lap?

"Hey, who put the Coke in my pubic hair!"

[Cleita]

18. Agreed.

We don't need him on the Supreme Court. He's not fit for the job.

[BronxBoy]

19. This guy is screwed up....

The conservatives who put him on the bench don't give a shot about him as long as he votes their way.

Most Blacks can't stand the guy not only because he consistently votes against our interests bit also because he had no problem taking advantage of the very things he now says Black Americans don't need.

I'm sure that deep down inside, he has this "Why am I not loved as Thurgood was? thing going" He'll never admit it but I'm sure it's a part of his bitterness. Think about it, the only other Black person on the Supreme Court is pretty much universally reviled by Black people.

Yeah he's a basket case.

Edited for grammer and missing words