Posted 3:43 PM by Gene

I'd prefer not to have to link to EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW!, but the guy engaged in his hearts-and-flowers gag...reflex:

I just heard from Sen. Lautenberg’s office, responding to my request to testify before today’s Commerce Committee decency hearing. Doug Mehan, a legislative assistant, explained that even Lautenberg has little influence on the witness list. It’s a prerogative of the chairman, he said. The chairman decides whom to hear — or more to the point, not to hear. They should call them Senate unhearings.

I said it is shameful that Brent Bozell is heard — though he does not represent mainstream America — and no one is called on to speak for First Amendment rights in a Senate hearing about government restricting speech. He was sympathetic but shrugged. Politics. Washington. Power.

Sniff sniff, it's enough to make a grown man cry. Why didn't you turn to the broadcaster-backed Abramoffs whose lobby you cofounded? Why didn't you turn to the dozen or so BIGMEDIA firms you worked for? Why didn't you call your pal ZONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN? This is posturing every bit as raw as The Great Alaskan Boar's, and every bit as offensive.

Millionaires and bums, Buzzes and Brents, they all taste about alike to me.