Alito hearings

Is it just me, or does the Senate Judiciary Committee look like a bunch of buffoons?

The "funny" part of all this is that they are sitting in judgment of Samuel Alito, but what they're really showing the American public is their own lack of qualifications. Well, at least a few of them.

I think Dick Durbin has been particularly snide. Chuck Schumer is as weasely as ever. (BTW, is "weasely" a word?) And, Ted Kennedy . . . what can one say about Teddy, except how in the name of all that is holy do the people of Massachusetts keep re-electing that jackass?!

And, what's with Joe Biden and the ball caps?

Even John Cornyn and Lindsey Graham look like blowhards in all this mess, and I usually like those two guys.

The only one on the committee that seems to have his head screwed-on straight is Arlen Specter. And, fortunately, since he's chairman, he has some control over the other blowhards. I just hope he can rein them in and get this little circus over and done with as soon as possible. It's clear to me that everyone up there shooting their mouths off has already made up their minds which way they're going to vote anyway. So, let's just get on with it and salvage whatever dignity may be left to the Senate.

What a display.

I can't believe this is how we confirm judges to the highest court in the land. Just disgraceful.