See this A.P. report. A snippet:

“What are you supposed to do when somebody brings a lawsuit?” Thomas asked University of Kansas law students. “You hear people say the Supreme Court jumped into the last election. I find it very ironic that the very people saying judges are interfering are bringing lawsuits.”
“What do you think? Donald Duck is going to decide it?”
When asked about the prospect of more litigation over the 2004 vote, Thomas said, “I would prefer not to have to decide it, but that joins a long list of things,” adding: “It’s my job.”

Of course, Bush v. Gore came up as a matter of discretionary review. The Court could have decided not to take the case.