The Senate Circus - Satirizing Itself

[mostillestballs]

In watching the Samuel Alito Senate Confirmation Hearings, I have never experienced such simultaneous feelings of entertainment and disgust. The confirmation hearings are being conducted in the most pitch-black humorist way, which I would enjoy but for the fact that there could not be a worse forum for conduct of this nature. The grandstanding,

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[mostillestballs]

I've changed my mind. A disappointing number of senators on both sides of the aisle may be making a mockery of the hearings, but a notable few (e.g., Senator Dick Durbin) are taking the opportunity to engage in a serious, thoughtful discussion of important issues with the nominee.