Glenn Greenwald, He Funny

Liveblogging the Mukasey confirmation hearings:

Lieberman, who has known Mukasey for 43 years, assures the Committee that Mukasey has a “great sense of humor” and a “ready smile.”

Lieberman also assures us that Mukasey is “a man of law, not a man of politics” — is there any individual less suited to make that judgment than Joseph Lieberman?

And, says Lieberman, in the midst of our “war on Islamic fascism,” Mukasey has ideal insight into “how to balance security and liberty.” I ask the same question — is there any individual less suited to make that judgment than Joseph Lieberman?

In a word: No.

But it will be nice to watch all our Senators confirm this “very serious man” who will not say that the President does not have the right to detain US citizens seized on American soil indefinitely without charging them.

We’re ruled by moral pygmies.

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