Ready, Break!

I got a good chuckle out of Hugh Hewitt's morning post as he paints the picture of what the Democrats will say in their morning huddle before the Roberts' confirmation hearings:

"When Senator Leahy pulls the Judiciary Committee Democrats together this morning, do you think he might say something like, 'Alright, folks, let's try and not make complete asses of ourselves again. That goes double for you Joe. Stay away from sports analogies and Schumer, for goodness sakes, leave the twenty-year old references to amigos out of it. I'll try and not slur my words if you'll let him finish a sentence Ted. Alright, go out there and show the world that at least one of us knows what we are talking about!'

Probably not, but he should. Long ago Lileks remarked on Senatitus, a peculiar condition affecting members of the 'greatest deliberative body in the world' that leaves them wholly unaware of their buffoon quotient, which is high even when in recess, and never higher than when preening on national television.

I confess, I am addicted to Slow Joe Biden. If he comes on the tube, I have to stop and stare, like every driver crawling past an overturned semi with ambulances and firetrucks and stretchers everywhere. Biden is quite simply the only cartoon with flesh I have ever seen, a wholly ridiculous fellow, but one who is completely unaware of his own absurdity."