"Everybody Wants Ta Get Inta Da Act!"

That was Jimmy Durante's tag line, and it was my first thought after reading that after countless House hearings and reports over the past two years and yet another House investigation on the schedule, now there are 37 Republican Senators who want to hold their own hearings on . . . Benghazi!!!

Among that group is Ohio's Rob Portman.  Robbie's rationale:  "Here in the Senate, we're sick and tired of watching the House of Representatives have all the Benghazi fun.  We're confident that the Senate can stage a useless one-sided theatrical production and waste everyone's time just as effectively as the House can."     

There's no chance of a duplicate Senate hearing and certainly no need for one.  But the GOP's foamy-mouthed mania about flogging this dead horse has become a bad joke.
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(What follows was borrowed/stolen from blogger buddy Joe Todd.  Thanks/apologies, Joe!  You can find Joe's "Quality Time" blog in Buster's Links)



Flogging a dead horse:  "To waste effort on something when there is no chance of succeeding."

However, some politicians have developed advanced techniques to prolong the flogging indefinitely, such as:

Buy a stronger whip.
Appoint a committee to study the horse.
Change riders.
Visit other countries to see how different cultures flog dead horses.
Lower the standards so that the dead horse can be included.
Reclassify the dead horse as "living impaired."
Hire outside contractors to flog the dead  horse for you.
Harness several dead horses together to increase speed.
Provide additional funding to improve the horse's performance.
Rewrite performance expectations for all horses.
Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position.