E Pluribus Unum

Sorry everyone, but I've passed on my chance to watch the hearings because, well, they bore the crap out of me. The man is going to be confirmed, so what's the point?

1. He'll (at least) be confirmed via a straight party line vote. Even if the Dems all vote no (which I wish they would) he's in.

2. The filibuster thing won't happen because the Gang of 14 has that locked away.

3. The whole confirmation process is so 19th century. There ought to be more modern ways to reveal the character and background of a nominee. How about majority- and minority-produced films about him? How about if he is required to make the rounds of talk shows across the spectrum -- including the Daily Show, the Colbert Report, Air America as well as Limbaugh and Hannity.

4. And the Senators themselves? Hopeless blowhards, every single one of them. Too talkative.

5. Lindsay Graham? Working the murder board at the White House?? WTF???

6. Besides, we already have Bush to interpret the US Constitution for us -- why do we need yet another SCOTUS Justice?