Senatorial follies

Tuned in to C-SPAN to get a taste of the judicial nominations marathon, and what did I find?

Rick Santorum is standing in front of a chart, talking about jobs, and Norm Coleman pipes up with some canned questions about last quarter’s growth numbers.  It’s so phony, so rehearsed.  I can’t help but liken it to the classic format of the minstrel show:

Mister Bones (Coleman, off camera):  “Mister Interlocutor, Mister Interlocutor!”

Mister Interlocutor (Santorum):  “Yes, Mister Bones...”

Mister Bones:  “Say, Mister Interlocutor, have you heard the news about the GDP?”

Mister Interlocutor:  “Why, no, Mister Bones.  Tell me the news about the GDP.”

Mister Bones:  “Well, Mister Interlocutor, I hear tell that it took a biiiiiig jump last quarter!”

Mister Interlocutor:  “You don’t say, Mister Bones!  And just how biiiiiiiig a jump was that?”

Mister Bones:  “They say it was 7.2%, and that’s a miiiiiiiiiiighty big jump!”

Mister Interlocutor:  “Do tell, Mister Bones!  And do they say how that great biiiiiiiiig jump came to be?”

Mister Bones:  “Well, Mister Interlocutor, a little birdie said it was the president’s tax cuts that did it.”

Mister Interlocutor:  “You don’t say, Mister Bones!"

And so on and so forth, deep into the night.  It’s amusing, in a strange and sad sort of way.  What this futile sideshow has to do with those filibustered nominees, or the entire legislative process that Santorum, Coleman, and the rest of the Republicans are putting in abeyance while they grandstand in front of empty seats and a few dozen TV-viewing insomniacs, is far beyond my capacity for comprehension.

Comments

Did you see what the “Daily Show” did to Santorum after the filibuster?

Shameless plug: I blogged about it Thursday.

Yeah, Rodger, I did see that night’s Daily Show.  Why is it that the “fake news”, as Stewart regularly bills his reports, is almost always more to-the-point than the alleged real reports?

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