Of course, he is not at all the kind of person liberals want on the court. Rather than having a justice there who is versed in the law and capable of disciplined thought, the liberals want someone who will make laws according to the contemporary liberal whim, a whim that changes rather frequently. Thus the liberals put Thomas through what historians will record as the cruelest Senate hearings in American history. No witness before a Senate hearing has ever suffered such injustice at the hands of the pompous poseurs who went after Thomas. Since surviving that historic atrocity, Justice Thomas has served on the Supreme Court with grace and distinction. For my money, he is the most noble public figure in American life today.
All that the liberals reviewing this book have been able to talk about is its anger. Frankly, I saw very little anger. One of the amazing things about Thomas is his disposition. He is positive, resolute, profoundly decent and cheerful. That the liberals miss this comes as no surprise. They are increasingly narrow. Thomas admits his failures and forgives his enemies. This is because Thomas is a profoundly religious man, who throughout his life has turned to prayer. "My Grandfather's Son" is a book about many things, among them spirituality, conservative ideas, modern politics and race. In fact, Thomas' account of race in modern America is the most reliable I have ever read. Thomas has suffered prejudice from Southern bigots, from other blacks and, to this day, from liberals of both races. He writes about it with no ax to grind but with a positive message to impart: One can suffer enormous injustice and not let the (expletive deleted) get you down. This is not a book about anger; it is a book about the satisfied triumph of a good man.