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Sometimes one has to be reminded about how inane our governmental processes can be. Sure, they are constitutional and properly legal and excruciatingly detailed... but that can be sooooo inane.
C-Span3 covered the Senate confirmation hearing for Sonia Sotomayor today and I really attempted to watch. But after a while it resembled a children's game of "tag." "You're it." "No, you're it." "I'm not it."
I finally had to quit watching as Sen. Charles Schumer of N.Y. made feeble attempts to pretend he was trying to "tag" Judge Sotomayor with "probing" questions. It was like a major league baseball player being asked to hit a "T" ball... you know, where the ball is placed on a short pole so that a kid has a chance to hit it without having to know how to hit. "Here's the answer as part of my question; please reword the answer." Oooooo, thank you sooooooo much!
As I wrote the other day, this is simply window dressing for the public. There is no substance to the confirmation hearing. Why bother? I can't see any reason why I should bother to watch further. Nothing to learn here... move along.
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