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They've been holding these 'hearings' on their own because Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner has been loath to commit valuable time to the rantings of Conyers and fellow Clinton defenders Maxine Waters, Marty Meehan and Barney Frank. In reality, the gathering was little more than a dreary protest against the Iraq War and President Bush.

Nevertheless, C-SPAN carried an hour of the meeting where the tiny room was clogged with anti-war Democrats ringed by posed American flags in another reiteration of the left's favorite message to our troops: Of course we support you, it's your phony, botched, illegal mission and your Commander In Chief we hate and we'll stop at nothing--not even propaganda that puts you at risk-- to make sure they don't succeed.

But it looks like they will have to find another venue to stab the American military in the back. According to The Hill, a Sensenbrenner staffer recently wrote to his minority counterpart, "I'm sitting here watching your 'forum' on C-SPAN. Just to let you know, it was your last. Don't bother asking [for a room] again." (web site)

In the House, the majority party can extend or deny such privileges to the minority should it choose. But unlike Senators who can obstruct the proceedings via filibusters, Democrats in the lower chamber can do little but hold phony underground photo-ops.

And should the minority party continue to leave their left wing exposed and flapping loudly, they will stay that way for a long, long time.

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Lisa Fabrizio is a columnist who hails from Connecticut. You may write her at mailbox@lisafab.com.

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Note -- The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, views, and/or philosophy of GOPUSA.

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