This is a post which I have wanted to write for a very long time,

[RobinA]

52. I've Always Wondered

about this. I didn't watch the hearings, but I did pay attention to what was going on. At the time, I didn't pay a lot of attention to Thomas, because I considered his type to be a dime a dozen. I paid attention to Hill as well as some of the Senators, for whom that episode was not their finest hour. I never doubted Hill, who would or could make that stuff up? Plus, it just rang true.

When I finally did get a glance at Thomas, I immediately noticed the resentment. I figured it would pass. Couple years later I saw a picture of him and not only had it not passed, it had multiplied to the point where resentment just oozed off of him. It continues to this day to the point where he appears to be consumed by it. I always wondered if it was the Hill episode or if he was always like that. Or maybe some of both. Plenty of politicians have been publicly raked over the coals in embarrassing ways, but they aren't glowering around town decades later. Makes me wonder.