Our comic government
by Greg Krehbiel on 13 February 2013
I didn’t watch the state of the union. This article sums up my general opinion of the annual spectacle — Let the bleak times roll — and I particularly liked this.
President Obama leads the Democratic side of the chamber to a series of standing ovations for proposals that everybody knows won’t become law. Republicans show their seriousness of purpose by smirking or making stony faces ….
-- 2013-02-13 » Greg Krehbiel
16 February 2013 @ 9:24 am
It’s not just the speeches. Have you seen what passes for a Senate hearing?
At the hearings for Chuck Hagel’s nomination, McCain might as well have yelled “Teacher! He took my pencil!”
If I were Hagel, I’d have had a hard time not saying “Grow up. I am ashamed ever to have been a part of this body.”
Which again raises the question: Is serving in a position requiring Senate confirmation worth the humiliation and foolishness?