If real principles – or lack thereof – are only shared behind closed doors with select politicians trying to advance an agenda, the whole purpose of public hearings is exposed as fraudulent theater, a dishonest performance with the sole intent to manipulate the voting public. [More]
It’s rare to hear a public figure admit the hearings are just predetermined performances for show and the real quid pro quo agreements happen out of earshot.
We’ve always known the supplicants kiss the rumps of the mandarins, then pontificate, prevaricate and postulate for public consumption. Sheesh, most of the public interchange reeks of hypocrisy, stupidity and pure pandering.
From city halls to state houses to the biggest clown show on earth up on the Hill.
We are truly absolved from observing any edict, rule, law, regulation or other instruction that emanates from the bowels of .gov.
One can only wonder why Rep Thomas Massie calls the place “Mordor on the Potomac”