Endangered Species?

Have you ever noticed the irony in the names so many leftists give their organizations? The American Civil Liberties Union, People for the American Way, Move-on.org (which couldn't seem to move on from the WMD question), etc. They seem to need to include propaganda in the very names of their groups. Now, the name Democrat is being added to the category. There's a new one, Save the Filibuster dot Org. It leans heavily on Mr. Smith Goes To Washington and James Stewart's dramatic filibuster at the end of that movie. There may be valid reasons to filibuster, but I'm not sure that preventing judicial nominees from getting a vote by the whole Senate is one of them. What this is about is trying to stave off the results of having lost elections. Kind of an odd cause for people who call themselves "democrats," isn't it?

I read Profiles in Courage when I was in high school and I understand that there are times when you have to stand up against the majority, but this is also fodder for a lot of demagoguery, as cynical pols wrap themselves in the Constitution and the Flag as they attempt to save their waning power. This is hardly the sort of issue that Jeff Smith would have been moved to filibuster over.