Song of the Day 9/2: Friends of Distinction, “Grazing in the Grass”
This song just missed topping the charts twice -- the first time as South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela's instrumental version, which reached No. 1 in 1968, and again in 1970,…
One thing Republicans did for years, electeds and certainly the broader conservative moment, was to demonize portions of the judiciary. There was no 9th circuit, just THE LIBERAL 9TH CIRCUIT, and news reports generally reflected this, making all their rulings sound somehow illegitimate (The 9th circuit is no longer liberal).For whatever reasons, Dems don't do that, preferring to maintain happy illusions about an increasingly corrupt and illegitimate system. - via EschatonIsn't it strange how Democrats never push back in that nonsense? We are both too clean to take part in that dirty stuff and too busy speaking about the merits of bipartisanship at Notre Dame University.