Billmon: Quiz Show

The Washington Post's Dana Milbank isn't usually completely clueless -- only about 60% of the time, which isn't a bad batting average for a corporate journalist. But he swung at a real sucker pitch in his coverage of yesterday's congressional flogging of Mike Brown:

The House Select Committee on Hurricane Katrina did a heck of a job on Brownie yesterday.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) ordered a Democratic boycott of the hearing, calling it a "sham" and a "photo opportunity." But, as defrocked FEMA director Michael D. Brown can attest, Pelosi's concerns about a whitewash proved unjustified.

The story is filled with examples of Republicans (plus the two Demopublicans who showed up for the hearing) saying nasty things about Brown, and even more examples of Brown tripping all over his own tongue in his pathetic attempts to defend himself.