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Comedy This Morning: The Sotomayor hearings -- "And they say Al Franken is the comedian in the Senate" (Matt Davies)

Absurdist Theater*


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*You'll recall that Matt Davies posts his cartoons on his Lower Hudson Valley Journal News blog with some bit of background commentary on the creation of each. Here's what he has to say about this offering:

"A bunch of powerful white males lecturing a Hispanic female judge on racial sensitivity is rich. And they say Al Franken is the comedian in the Senate."


JUST ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE GOP
SENATORS' DISGRACEFUL PERFORMANCE

As I've already noted, "It's always possible that Judge Sotomayor's opponents will tell the truth about something (anything), but don't hold your breath." So far, I'll stand by that. Still, I can't help wondering, is there any reason why the earth doesn't simply open up and swallow these blobs of protoplasmic filth?

Okay, maybe one more question, about professional racist Jeff Sessions. Given that every word that comes out of his mouth is an out-and-out lie, how is that his toxic carcass isn't simply dragged out of the hearing room and deposited in Liars' Prison? At the very least, shouldn't he be sent to sit in the corner with the biggest dunce cap that can be found?


UPDATE: THE CARTOONISTS HAVE HAD THEIR SAY,
SO BRING ON THE COMICS. ENTER ANDY BOROWITZ!

Noah passes on this gem from Huffington Post today:

Andy Borowitz
BorowitzReport.com
Posted: July 15, 2009 10:37 AM

CNN Urges Senators to Ask Sotomayor
More Questions About Michael Jackson

CNN criticized the conduct of the Senate Judiciary Committee today, arguing that the senators were spending too much time probing Supreme Court nominee Sonya Sotomayor about her legal philosophy instead of asking her questions about Michael Jackson.

"Our viewers want to know who's going to have custody of Blanket and the other Jackson children, and none of that is being addressed in these hearings," said CNN's Larry King. "Frankly, our viewers are watching these proceedings in disbelief."

On his "Situation Room" program yesterday, Wolf Blitzer echoed those sentiments, adding, "It's hard to believe that Sonya Sotomayor has been grilled for two days straight and the subject of Debbie Rowe hasn't come up once."

CNN is also demanding that there be additional autopsies of Michael Jackson and additional funerals, if possible. More here.

Andy Borowitz is a comedian and the author of Who Moved My Soap?: The CEO's Guide to Surviving Prison: The Bernie Madoff Edition.

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