There is no quick fix or instant makeover for society, the everyday work of equality is tedious and complicated and requires a long-term commitment. One need only look at the dismal approval ratings of Congress and the president to know that the divide in political representation exposed by the hearing still exists.

In 1991, I thought the Thomas hearing was an anomaly, a byproduct of the country's combined unresolved issues of gender, race, and power disparities. Today, I see the event as emblematic of many public disappointments that eat away at our confidence in government.

Recently Clarence Thomas published his autobiography.  That inevitably leads to a revisitation of his confirmation hearing, in which the testimony of Anita Hill almost torpedoed his confirmation.  In an op ed in today's Boston Globe Professor Hill revisits some of the issue that were exposed as a result of that hearing.

This is one of those mornings where I've got to take a deep breath and make myself believe help is on the way.

The key word here is believe. Today, I barely even believe help is on the way. And even if it is, will it be too little, too late?

And who will be the bearer? If you agree with bonddad, you've got to have mixed emotions about the abilities and motives of our saviors.

So if you're interested, I'll give you the reasons for my despair.

But before I do, the rage of the American people is building. Yesterday I spoke to a lifelong Republican, he said, "I'm finished with them!"

Well I say, and you know who this is addressed to, watch out when the levees break and anger floods the land.

1. Bonddad's diary. He's right. Have you ever had the pleasure of being in a room with a bunch of politicians? Not fun Awful, most many some of these people are such imbeciles you wouldn't trust them to make you a bologna sandwich.

Somehow, I get the impression that Clarence Thomas had convinced himself that the Anita Hill who inhabits his fantasies and nightmares is who she really is, when he sat down to write his memoir, "My Grandfather’s Son."

In a tone of voice I imagine is how Digby sounds,

"Jeebus, how much more deluded could he have been??!!??"

You had to know that Uncle Thomas was waiting for the day when he could finally tell a version of his story of the Anita Hill fiasco where he wasn't under oath and wasn't under the scrutiny of the media watching his every move, facial tic and breath to make sure that he was telling the truth.

Well, today's the day.

Update:  PLEASE, DO NOT USE REFERENCES TO "UNCLE TOM" OR "UNCLE THOMAS."  These addresses do not reflect my sentiments nor those of DailKos.  Thank you.

This diary is not a book review of Clarence Thomas's memoir, My Grandfather's Son.  The book is scheduled for release on Monday.  The Washington Post, however, found a copy and published a stunning article in today's edition.  This morning, Scott Simon interviewed Nina Totenberg on NPR and she indicated that a memoir of a sitting Associate Justice is unprecedented.