An Aristocracy of Losers

How do the media select the Democratic Occasion’s “rising stars”? Even by the requirements of the Washington Publish, Sunday’s function on Stacey Abrams was exceptional. And by “exceptional,” after all I imply, ludicrous. The hagiographic profile, which ran to greater than 5,000 phrases, likened her to “a runway supermodel” and included a silhouette photograph of Abrams, enshrouded by machine-made fog, that provoked widespread derision on social media. After all, any criticism of Abrams will instantly be denounced by liberals as racist and sexist, which is the obvious purpose why Abrams has been promoted as a “rising star” of the…