Well, Thank-You, C-SPAN

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Now, now, before you go accusing me of being a super boring politics nerd, I have to tell you that I don’t watch C-SPAN all that often. I mean, sure. Sometimes I tune in to the morning show where the obviously sedated extremely calm host takes calls from both the right and the left as they discuss the topics of the day.

I get a kick out of the non-reactions of those C-SPAN folks when the callers scream that “THIS means civil war!!!” and “THIS is the end of civilization as we know it.” It’s good to get a laugh out of the news.

But I rarely watch actual Congressional hearings, with testimony and experts and all that good stuff.

Today, however, my close friend told me that her daughter-in-law would be giving testimony at one of the hearings and that she would be on live coverage. That sounded pretty exciting to me, so I tuned in right at 10 AM to see her give her professional and well-respected opinion on issues of national security.

I clicked on the set and was both surprised and nauseated to find myself listening to the brain-melting drone of Mitch McConnell as he scolded the Democrats for not passing a spending bill. “They refuse to take any action,” he whined, sounding shocked at the idea of Congress stonewalling for any reason.

Oh, the hypocrisy.