Ass Clown Special Award

I find it necessary once again to present an out-of-cycle special award for ass clownery above and beyond the call of intelligence and common sense. Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, without further ado, I announce this

Ass Clown Special Award

to

Attorney General Pam Bondi

Last Thursday, Attorney General Bondi grudgingly appeared to testify at a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee. Such appearances are intended to give members of Congress the opportunity to question various government officials about the activities of their departments, and for those officials to provide information Congress can use for its oversight and legislative responsibilities.

Her appearance was a disgraceful circus that demeaned both Congress and Ms Bondi and continued the present administration's emphasis on making the United States a laughingstock in front of the world.

She exhibited complete contempt for Congress*, relying on childish insults** and juvenile body language and refusing to answer any question she didn't like. You can watch the whole disgusting performance in the C-SPAN recording here, but probably the best coverage of her ludicrous clown show was done by the nation's editorial cartoonists, who probably thought they'd died and gone to heaven ...

I am, quite uncharacteristically, at a loss for the words to adequately describe the shame and embarrassment I feel as an American citizen at the behavior of the nation's most senior justice official. There can be no excuse for such a dismal performance. And I'm hardly the only one who feels that way, as this marvelous piece by John Pavlovitz proves.

I'm done, with Pam Bondi and the entire juvenile, arrogant, utterly despicable administration that has inflicted her and her like on our once-great nation.

Have a good day, and don't expect anything resembling respect for justice and the rule of law from this administration and its lapdogs.

More thoughts coming.

Bilbo

* In the interest of full disclosure, I have contempt for Congress, too, but then I'm not the Attorney General.

** She came equipped with a huge binder full of them, indexed by Member of Congress, and had her assistants feeding her zinger lines on cards at appropriate times.