Ok so the easy mea culpa today would go to David Letterman for his apology in the case of his lame and insulting Sarah Palin joke. But we prefer to reward the truly brave: A journalist admitting she was the one who made news in an Albany courtroom this morning.

Daily News uber-blogger-reporter Liz Benjamin was in the courtroom today for yet another hearing with Supreme Court Justice Thomas McNamara on the “Who’s in Charge of the Senate” case. You’ll recall the Dems and Republicans have been in McNamara’s court seemingly every couple of hours for the past few days with the same result: McNamara tells them to go act like adults, figure out a compromise, and let the court deal with court stuff.

So when he adjourned today’s hearing with the same sentiment someone laughed. Out loud. And reporters took note. Now Liz has fessed up:

I have to confess that it was me who laughed audibly from the back of the courtroom when the judge said he was adjourning this matter yet again. That sparked the following response from the bench.

“The laughs that I hear are understandable. And I’ll be honest with you, coming out here today and going through this ritual is not something that I’m really getting enjoyment out of.”

“However, given the importance of what we’re dealing with and the resolution of which, in my opinion – I’ve expressed this throughout this entire proceeding – is best left to people of another branch of government despite the understandable reaction I think I have an obligation personally…and in the function of my job to allow the process to continue in a manner if I feel that progress is being made and if the system that I represent is not being abused.”

McNamara warned – again – that he is, “at some point,” going to reach a moment when he will “do my job,” adding: “But with the hope of a resolution that could be reached by the parties, I am willing to allow it to continue to go forward.”

Ha hahahahahahaha. Kudos to Liz for both admitting she was the “guilty” party and for doing the right thing: Laughing at the pathetic circus that 62 men and women elected and paid to legislate have instead created. The judge should take a hint from Liz and laugh in the faces of the lawyers and their clients. “Screw you! Fix it yourselves!” That’s the quote we’d like to see.

UPDATE

Apparently the judge agrees with us. McNamara finally ruled and now the real fun begins. Bipartisan compromise. I kinda miss Joe Bruno right about now…