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LakeSuperiorView

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7. Anything. The hearing was a waste of time.

Reply to msongs (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 8, 2019, 04:44 PM

Feb 2019

Dems ask Yes/No questions and get rambling nonanswers, Repubs ask irrelevant questions to give him a break. Flip the House and flip the above. It doesn't work.

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Why dosen't Congress get rid of this shitshow format? [View all] LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 OP

Congressional hearings are useless in the tv age theboss Feb 2019 #1

Also since the objective is never to actually learn anything, but rather to score partisan points... theboss Feb 2019 #2

Which aren't very impressive, tbh. Fuzzpope Feb 2019 #4

Wouldn't the same apply to Kamala Harris? brooklynite Feb 2019 #5

That's a good point theboss Feb 2019 #6

and replace it with what? nt msongs Feb 2019 #3

Anything. The hearing was a waste of time. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #7

I think there are a few ways to do this theboss Feb 2019 #8