The problem with hearings such as this is not the substantive questions or the answers, which are all known well in advance.
The problem is that we will have half dozen or so unscrupulous Democrat Senators droning on in long, scripted, false and slanderous diatribes, preening before the cameras, knowing that the nominees are powerless to call them out on their lies and distortions.
It is impossible to watch without wanting to either throw up or throw something at the television monitor.
And it's all for nothing. They will be voted on and confirmed.
Because, to quote our worst-ever President: 'Elections have consequences.'
Deal with it.