Comments on: NYT review of Clarence Thomas’ new book http://www.poligazette.com/2007/10/10/nyt-review-of-clarence-thomas-new-book/ News and Analysis from Different Moderate Perspectives Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:44:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: domajot http://www.poligazette.com/2007/10/10/nyt-review-of-clarence-thomas-new-book/#comment-5523 domajot Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:12:37 +0000 http://poligazette.com/nyt-review-of-clarence-thomas-new-book#comment-5523 Having never met the man, I come to my observations with caution and full acknowledgement that I could be totally wrong. However, from what I've seen of Thomas in interviews and C-Span coverage of book parties, I would definitely agree that this is a man in thrall to his emotions. While chatting amiably with some of those present, he often greets others with a reminder to keep to their chins up, even when there are no signs of them being down-hearted. Some appeared to be startled by the admonition,in fact. In a flash, he goes from being relaxed and chatty, to being melodramatically affectionate, to being driven to deliver some metaphysical message, to being angry or wary. Tense moments and a wonderful, infectious and full throated laugh replace each other with dizzying rapidity. All of this makes him a fascinating man for those like me who are interested in what makes people tick. None of this pertains to his judcial philosophy in a pre-ordained way, BTW. Emotions can drive a person in a number of different directions. . Having never met the man, I come to my observations with caution and full acknowledgement that I could be totally wrong.

However, from what I’ve seen of Thomas in interviews and C-Span coverage of book parties, I would definitely agree that this is a man in thrall to his emotions.
While chatting amiably with some of those present, he often greets others with a reminder to keep to their chins up, even when there are no signs of them being down-hearted. Some appeared to be startled by the admonition,in fact.

In a flash, he goes from being relaxed and chatty, to being melodramatically affectionate, to being driven to deliver some metaphysical message, to being angry or wary. Tense moments and a wonderful, infectious and full throated laugh replace each other with dizzying rapidity.

All of this makes him a fascinating man for those like me who are interested in what makes people tick.

None of this pertains to his judcial philosophy in a pre-ordained way, BTW. Emotions can drive a person in a number of different directions.

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