I have two objections to this article. The first is that the only examples given are of Republicans doing this shuffle, while we all know all parties do it. And we watch, certainly more for the entertainment that for the remote possibility of gaining the actual truth about an issue.
Which brings me to my second objection. And that is the author fails to point out the role played by the senators sitting on the committees. Far too often, their so-called questions are nothing more that face time opportunities to make long, convoluted speeches pressing for their personal agendas or attacking whatever they want to attack, regardless of how it fits into the issue at hand.
You see the witnesses answering the same questions time and again. Not because their response wasn't clear the first time, but because the questioner wants to raise the question so s/he can make their point, or because the questioner apparently cannot think of any other question to ask but cannot bear to pass without getting some face time.
The idea that something meaningful might come from these dog and pony shows is laughable.
