Carl Levin gave Senator Ratchet the clap . . .

. . . directive.

From yesterday's Glenn Beck TV show:

[BECK:] Although Claire McCaskill said -- and I thought it was a shocking moment of honesty. Said today that she was actually watching Carl Levin to figure out when to stand during the applaud. When should I clap, when should I stand?

It is sad that my senator does not trust her own ability to decide when she should clap.

What do the feminists say about a woman who lets a man decide for her when she can clap?

Outsourcing one's intellect is never a good thing.

What if Senator Ratchet and Carl Levin have different standards about what is clapworthy?

Oh, I forgot. In groupthink, there ARE no different standards.