Whatever you think about Howard Dean or Tom Delay (or even if you’d rather not, ever, think about either of them), I hope you’ll agree that American politics on both sides of the fence needs a little more humor. Rachel’s the one who said, “Now that’s a cool country,” when she heard that Britain has a Monster Raving Loony Party.

Democracy for America was born from Dean for America, and they’ve launched a campaign to follow George W. Bush’s example and create a “people’s court”–click here to read about it and nominate your friend for the U.S. Supreme Court. We could do with more humor like this, it seems to me, in a world where the news seems increasingly grim.

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