[junta]

Partly they live in a fantasy land caused by them being in a closed loop feedback system. I think liberalism or what passes for it is propped up by a few thousand hacks of the political left and right and little else. Joe Sobran has written well on the "dying ideology" of liberalism.

[WRhine]

Partly they live in a fantasy land caused by them being in a closed loop feedback system.

The cushy Beltway Life of Luxury can have that effect on many a politician. Good Point. There is little in the way of reality in that town and political incest across party lines is the norm.