A Message to ACORN and SEIU On the Eve of MA Special Election

Nice Deb "...• One national and several Massachusetts news organizations told us they would be investigating both of your organization’s activities on election day; • Nearly 3000 people have told us they’d be bringing video cameras to polling places just to video you and yours “having election day fun.” (You wouldn’t [believe] where people told us they’d be hiding cameras!) "

Matthews Plays Religion Card: Reminds Voters Brown Protestant, Coakley Catholic

Another reason to avoid MSNBC "Matthews' smirking little laughter revealed he knew precisely what he was up to: attempting to stir up those "tribal" instincts. Can Matthews and the MSM sink much lower? Can you imagine the howls of liberal protest if a Republican pundit tried a similar stunt? Shame on Chris Matthews. Note: NB editor Ken Shepherd points out it's odd of Matthews to tout Coakley's Catholicism, given the way she looks down on devout Catholics."

Clinton’s Little White Lie About Haiti

Sweetness & Light "So we believe it is fairly safe to say that Mr. Clinton was er… mis-remembering, as the Clintons are wont to do. But at least there weren’t any churches being burned in this latest fantasy. Or, sniper fire. Anyway, Mr. Clinton is probably not the person who should be writing about what Haiti needs, since he used the US military to restore Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power in 1994. And we know how well that turned out."

GOP lawyers say Paul Kirk will no longer be a [Massachusetts]senator after election day.

Fred Barnes In The Weekly Standard "If Brown wins narrowly and a recount is being conducted, Democratic lawyers might claim that he hasn’t been “duly elected.” Republican attorneys believe, however, that a candidate has actually been elected, though it won’t be clear who that is until the recount is completed. In Massachusetts, a recount can occur if the margin of victory is less than half a percent of the total vote."

The Legal Assault on our Counterterror program

Blackfive "This will not be the last challenge to this program.We suggest a treaty that enshrines such a right similar to pacts that recognize piracy as a borderless crime. Failure to do so could leave our forces in danger of actions from organizations that claim a Universal Jurisdiction over what they consider war crimes. "

Poseur Alert- Do you know this wanker?

Blackfive "The guy in the picture ... is wearing a one star General's mess dress uniform w/ so many medals and badges it is hard to know where to start. Either he is the youngest one star John Wayne/Audie Murphy combo, who decided to set a new trend by sporting a soul patch and an earring."

Political Cartoons by Lisa Benson

Townhall

Picture emerging of Obama as arrogant, bored, and 'peevish' about campaign

Ed Lasky, AT "Running throughout the book is the pass that major media continually gave Barack Obama. All these instances of his conduct and revelations of his feeling bored, fatigued, irritated, annoyed were readily available real time in 2008. Instead the media fell into line and refused to report." ...."why does Barack Obama always get a pass from the media -- always?"

The measure of a man

Jeannie DeAngelis, AT "Yesterday, America witnessed a similar display of humbleness. George W. Bush, criticized, mocked, humiliated, blamed and dishonored by both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, put the needs of the Haitian people before personal feelings and pride."

Secrets of TV news: Confessions of an anchorman

Daily Caller "Here’s the formula. Highly trained Anchorman (booming authoritative, focus-group-tested voice at the ready) or better yet, Anchorwoman (compassionate voice and pouty face, furrowed brow at the ready), reads the headline, tosses to reporter. Hyperventilating reporter further frightens with victim sound bite, followed by sound bite from plaintiff attorney (”This poor victim needs to be compensated.”). Followed by politician sound bite (”I’m introducing legislation …”) followed by reporter tag, which may or may not include response from big, bad, deep-pocketed corporation." ....“The XYZ company was unavailable for comment at news time.”

Democratic 'tolerance' rears its ugly head in Mass. Senate race

Beltway Confidential "With Democrat Martha Coakley on the ropes and having run a very negative and below-the-belt campaign, she's set quite a tone for her supporters. The Democratic base are now lashing out at Scott Brown supporters in the streets. It's not a pretty sight -- be forewarned, strong language ahead:"

Sarah Palin at Mid-Career

Thomas Lifson, AT "Sarah Palin's debut on FOX News last week engendered the usual disdain from the usual suspects, but more significantly, not much enthusiasm from her fans. The ratings were great, but it is clear that the governor has not yet mastered the skill set of a television pundit. Still, it is too soon write her off as a figure not taken seriously in public life -- a twenty-first century Dan Quayle And this: Palin's Curious First Week at Fox "So while the O'Reilly segment was first and full of interruptions, let's start with the unorthodox Beck interview."