Mike Ramirez, Townhall

Christopher Coates Testifies to the United States Civil Rights Commission

American Hero: Coates Negates a Year of Justice Department Spin on New Black Panther Case    "In a dramatic hearing in Washington, D.C., Coates simply destroyed the year-long spin from the Justice Department regarding the dismissal. Coates is the former Voting Section chief, and served as lead attorney on the Black Panther case. He has practiced voting rights law longer than any other lawyer at the Justice Department. His testimony today was the worst possible nightmare for the Obama political officials responsible for the dismissal."

Nice Deb  "Today, in the twilight of his career, former Voting Section Chief Christopher Coates,  defying DOJ instructions  heroically stood up  for truth and justice, against the lies, corruption and racial bias that infests the Obama/Holder Justice Dept."

Civil rights panel hears testimony in '08 voter intimidation case  "Coates also argued that there was evidence for broader prosecution of the New Black Panther case. "We had eyewitness testimony. We had videotape. One of them had a weapon. They were hurling racial slurs," said Coates, who originally brought the Panther case. "I've never been able to understand how anyone could accuse us of not having a basis of law in this case." "

Full Text of Christopher Coates’ Testimony to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (PJM Exclusive)  "Today's entire testimony from former Department of Justice Voting Section Chief Coates regarding the New Black Panther case and DOJ hostility to race-neutral law enforcement."
 From Pajamas Media

Coates Testimony: Dismissal of New Black Panther Case a “Travesty of Justice”   "His testimony was “lengthy and detailed” and detailed the DOJ’s “‘hostile atmosphere’ against race-neutral enforcement of the Voting Rights Act”."

Christopher Coates  Posts  "Coates is the ex-chief of the Voting Section who was transferred over Christmas break at his request, according to the Justice Department. He had approved cases against the New Black Panther Party and against black defendants in Noxubee County, Miss"

Democrat silliness: Colbert Explains ‘Corn Packer’ to Congressman (Updated)

Lofgren

Doug Powers "This was all taking place while Christopher Coates was testifying before the US Civil Rights Commission exposing the lies, racial bias and corruption of the Obama/Holder Justice Department.
"Guess which story is getting the most media play? Colbert’s “lookie over here” appearance was so circus-like that it’s almost as if it was a planned distraction."

Colbert embarrasses Dems; Conyers asks comedian to leave  "...the presence of [Zoe Lofgren's] star witness, Colbert, had caused a number of strange and awkward moments, ones that could come back to some of the Democrats on the panel in the campaign ahead."  More here:
Lofgren is a California Democrat from the Bay area. 'Nuff said.

Obamacare is even worse than critics thought

Examiner Editorial  "Six months ago, President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rammed Obamacare down the throats of an unwilling American public. Half a year removed from the unprecedented legislative chicanery and backroom dealing that characterized the bill's passage, we know much more about the bill than we did then. A few of the revelations:"...h/t to Neal Boortz

Remembering the Words of Candidate Obama

Bob Gorrell, Townhall

American Thinker  "Here's an excerpt from the transcript of the Democratic debate in Philadelphia in April 2008. Senators Obama and Clinton were the participants. NBC's Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos were the moderators.

"We enter the debate soon after the topic focused on the economy. Particularly interesting comments by then Senator Obama appear in italics."

Congress committee hearings: Devastating Black Panther voter intimidation testimony today; Steven Colbert (Updated)

New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case: 'Bombshell' for Obama? "The case could damage the Obama administration, says Mr. Lichtman at American University. But he also argues that most Americans understand that the Voting Rights Act was intended to correct gross and historic injustices, not nit-pick along partisan lines.
""You can try to force [the Voting Rights Act] to be equal, but it's not," he says. "If these are the worst examples you can find, then, by God, white people in America are pretty safe.""

Thomas Lifson  "This outrageous behavior by the top law enforcement agency of the United States, denying equal protection of the law to white voters, has the potential to seriously damage AG Eric Holder, and the man who appointed him, Barack Obama, and the entire Democratic Party. The DoJ's inspector General is already investigating, and and if Republicans control, the House of Representatives next year, we can expect serious investigation armed with subpoena power."
"Zoe Lofgren's contemptible summoning of satirist Steven (sic) Colbert to testify before her committee -- only to have the comedian be asked to leave by the more level-headed John Conyers -- may well have been a diversionary effort, to suck away the media spotlight."

Colbert asked to leave Judiciary hearing  ""I certainly hope that my star power can bump this hearing all the way up to C-SPAN1," he quipped.
"His testimony at times bordered on the absurd.
" "The obvious answer is for all of us to stop eating fruits and vegetables," he said at one point. At another, he said, "Maybe the easier answer is to have scientists create vegetables that pick themselves." "

An Apologetic 9/11?

Victor Davis Hanson "If the Imam Raufs of America would spend three times as much time condemning madrassas, Wahabbism, anti-Muslim oppression by others abroad, and the silence of so many in the Muslim community about the radicalism that spreads among them as they do warning us to be more liberal — or else — then there would be far fewer Major Hasans and his fellow zealots who on over 30 occasions have tried to trump the mass murder of 9/11.
"What a weird society — each time a radical Islamist is stopped before killing the innocent, we keep going back to the single Timothy McVeigh murdering of 15 years past, and mouth some banality like “there are all sorts of terrorists.”
"So maybe just a tiny bit of George Patton and a bit less of Tony Robbins."  Emphasis gleefully added.

Let Us Euthanize Obamacare Before it Euthanizes Us

Big Government  "He claimed in Maine that people could keep their own health insurance, in Maryland that people could keep their own doctors. In Washington, DC, he promised that his plan would cut costs but would not lead to the rationing of care. He has consistently claimed that it would not fund abortions, and that its “end-of-life visits” would not lead to euthanasia.
"Six months later, all of these claims are being questioned by taxpayers who see people losing their health care plans and paying more for health insurance. More and more Americans are realizing that they and their children will be stuck with the bill as healthcare costs rise, and that they will be paying for “family planning services” that include not just sterilizations and contraception, but abortions as well."  Steven Mosher

Equality -- or Freedom? The Paycheck Fairness Act

Pat Buchanan  "In short, women alleging sexist practices by their bosses do not have to prove their guilt. The boss must prove his innocence. This is another way of saying businessman are to be presumed guilty when charged.
"If that is not un-American, it surely once was.
"Should this bill become law, the effects are predictable: more forms to be filled out by businesses, more bureaucrats for the EEOC, more charges of sex discrimination, more class-action suits, more fines, more lawyers getting rich via the litigious looting of the private sector.
"America's decline is directly related to the growth in government power and the concomitant loss of freedom. "
If conservatives stand up to this you better believe they will be demagogued in Congress and by writers of TV programs. (That's the new paradigm)

Report on Afghanistan

Oliver North  "Negative news infatuation disorder is the only rational explanation for the exuberant coverage of the palace intrigues perpetrated by Washington insiders depicted in Bob Woodward's new book, "Obama's Wars." Instead of covering the troops fighting this war and concentrating on the far more relevant issue of how it is being fought, it's far easier -- and apparently more fun -- to focus on internecine battles within the present administration."
Cross-check the above article with this post:  Is Obama Complacent about Terrorism?

Six Months Closer to Repeal

Heritage  "When Obamacare first passed six months ago today, Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner promised: “Obamacare is today’s Intolerable Act. And just as the colonists banded together to enact change after those acts were passed, so should America respond to Obamacare. This law must be repealed.” In Heritage’s “Solutions for America,” we note that, “The easiest way to address all these grievances: repeal Obamacare.” That is why it is so encouraging to see conservatives in the House embrace the repeal cause in their new document: Pledge to America. And our sister organization, Heritage Action for America has announced bipartisan support for Discharge Petition #11 which would force a vote on repealing Obamacare. The Road to Repeal is well on its way, thankfully."

Gary McCoy, Townhall

Peter Wehner on our commander-in-chief

Bookworm Room  "I wonder if our troops ever resent the ordinary Americans who marched to the polls to elect a president who would march them to meaningless (in the President’s own mind) deaths?"
But, but...Bruce Springsteen said to vote for Obama!