Reply #9: Dang! Beat me to it!

[eridani]

My brief note to the P-I on the subject--

Judge John C. Coughenour's comments on the Ressam sentencing were almost enough to make me throw out my entire canonical collection of lawyer jokes. What a stellar summary of our hallowed tradition of the rule of law! He makes the current Supreme Court nominee look like a fourth-rate legal mind by comparison. Sadly, we will never have any first-rate nominees like Judge Coughenour to higher courts as long as the current faction of the Republican party is in control of government.

One of my email contacts informs me that he was recommended by Slade Gorton, no less! Looks like Repubs in the mold of Dan Evans haven't completely expired in our fair state.