The hottest competition in Washington this week is among House Republicans vying for a seat on the Benghazi kangaroo court, also known as the Select House Committee to Inflate a Tragedy Into a Scandal. Half the House has asked to “serve” on the committee, which is understandable since it’s the perfect opportunity to avoid any real work while waving frantically to right-wing voters stomping their feet in the grandstand.
They won’t pass a serious jobs bill, or raise the minimum wage, or reform immigration, but House Republicans think they can earn their pay for the rest of the year by exposing nonexistent malfeasance on the part of the Obama administration. (our emphasis)It's nice to see a few "opinion leaders"/media outlets beginning to characterize the charade about to commence in the House as the charade that it is. Too bad there aren't more that aren't afraid to speak out.
BONUS: BooMan adds his personal perspective and prediction:
I was always interested in politics, but it was the decision of the House Republicans to impeach President Bill Clinton rather than censure him that really woke me up and turned me into a political junkie. It was the stolen election in 2000 that turned me into an organizer. I think this Benghazi! nonsense is going to wake up a whole new generation of people who weren't previously very involved in politics.
Public displays of insanity will do that.This is why Democrats need to stay away from this nonsense; cooperating by sitting on the kangaroo court won't stop the crackpots from doing whatever they're going to do, and it will just add a veneer of legitimacy to the whole stinking, rotten mess.
