Absolute Power April 4, 2005March 1, 2017 BEST POLITICAL AD I EVER SAW This month, after 200 years, we may lose the filibuster, the final ‘check and balance’ that keeps the rightwing of the Republican Party from absolute power. If that happens, look for a rightwing Supreme Court for decades. Click here and watch the ad. (That’s the Quicktime broadband link. There are other choices.)