Stuart Smalley Makes His Senate Debut
Morgen on July 13, 2009 at 12:12 pm
As most of you are painfully aware, the Democrats recently achieved the magical 60-seat number in the Senate when Norm Coleman conceded defeat to comedian Al Franken in the Minnesota election. I’m not sure where this proliferation of B-rate celebrities in government is headed, but you can see how well it’s worked out for us here in California. Anyway, somehow Senator Franken managed to finagle a seat on the Judiciary Committee. Here are the highlights from his opening statement at the Sotomayor hearing earlier today:
And believe me, that “highlight” could not come soon enough.
The hearing has concluded for the day. I’ll post a clip of Judge Sotomayor’s full opening statement when it becomes available shortly. It wasn’t long and she made a couple of statements which present an interesting contrast to her earlier comments which have generated so much controversy.
Things will get much more interesting tomorrow as the questioning begins.
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Some celebs are quite insightful, though. I don’t know about Al Franken, but we have a comedian called Stephen Fry who often appears on Question Time with Government Ministers, usually seeming more intelligent, well informed and compassionate. I think I’d vote for him over Gordon Brown, as would most of Britain.
July 13, 2009 @ 1:00 pmThis is the one aspect of democracy I enjoy – theatre. I especially enjoyed the quotes from former senator Obama concerning his no votes for Republican nominees that are in direct opposition to what he desires from his nominee.
In reality, the Republicans have been more measured than Deomocrats have been in these things. Ginzburg received 96 votes. Things have deteriorated since then.
Personnaly, I liked the snl version where Franken played Paul Simon, it was much more humorous and legitimate.
July 13, 2009 @ 1:10 pm