I Am So Tired of the Petty Partisan Posturing by Republican Senators

[MineralMan]

in their interrogation of a nominee for the SCOTUS. Since it is a public forum, all of the Republicans are using it to pander to their constituencies, pretending to examine the nominee's qualifications for that lofty position in our judicial system.

They are giving carefully targeted campaign speeches. Nothing more. They already know how they will vote in the confirmation voting. We all know how they will vote.

The nominee will be confirmed, and a couple of Republicans will probably vote for confirmation.

This is a media show. This is a rare opportunity for those Republicans to speak on national television without interruption.

I have come to believe that such hearings should not be televised, simply because it gives a platform for pontification to puerile politicians.

I am sickened by their attacks on a superbly qualified jurist.

[Emile]

1. I'm with you MineralMan, so sick of Republican partisan bullshit. When

they made a deadly pandemic a partisan issue I found their bullshit as going way too far! When will people wake the hell up and vote these worthless idiots out?

[calimary]

2. They're trying to develop material to use in future campaign ads.

This is an election year for many of them. And there’ll be another round in two years.

[MineralMan]

3. Absolutely. They get half an hour of free time on national TV.

If this weren't televised, the hearing would have been over already. Like all politicians, they love to hear themselves talk.

[calimary]

5. Showboating. That's all it is. Strategic showboating.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. We all are sick of these free for republicans, televised hit series on the latest American to be ...

nominated for a federal office.

At least I get comfort in knowing that every one of these scumbags, snarling and spitting out their god-awful and stupid questions, will be remembered by the majority of the rest of us (in a negative way) for long into the future.

[MineralMan]

6. That is most certainly true.