Tillis no David Letterman
Here is one from the department of redundancy department. Rep. Thom Tillis from Charlotte is one of the leaders of the House Republicans spin brigade, blaming House Democrats for everything from the budget crisis to the poor play of the Carolina Panthers.
The extreme right’s wacky plans to wreck the public schools
One of the Big Lies of the modern political era is the American far right’s unrelenting effort to portray any judge who happens to be less conservative than Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia as a “liberal activist.” Ever since the days of Earl Warren (a progressive Republican who had the audacity to lead the U.S. Supreme Court in giving some actual meaning to the Bill of Rights), the term “liberal activist judge” has been a slur hurled by many conservatives. The intent, of course, is to give the impression of reckless, on-the-fly lawmaking: to conjure up the impression that the judge in question has an agenda above and beyond enforcing the law or the Constitution.
The contentious battle for control of the Wake County Board of Education continues after the State Board of Elections ruled this week that a runoff election for the District 2 seat must be held. [Continue Reading...]
