Gwen Ifill Wonders Why Barack Can't Be President Now

Gwen Ifill, the PBS news host who was allowed to moderate a vice-presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden despite a clear conflict of interest in which she has a book deal in the works that harps praise on Barack Obama, is now wondering aloud why we can't just ignore the Constitution and allow Barack to be president now:

In the midst of a discussion about President-elect Barack Obama's national security team, Washington Week host Gwen Ifill on Friday night's program sought confirmation for her theory that “what people are beginning to say is that this President-elect should be President now” as “people are saying why isn't Barack Obama leading the fight about the auto-makers?”

New York Times reporter Peter Baker agreed: “That's right, exactly.” He proceeded to fret over how “people voted for change and this strange, odd 77-day waiting period that we impose...between our election and our inauguration” just isn't compatible with the “hyperactive 24/7 fast-moving culture that we have today.” Baker admired how “Obama is trying to find some balance between respecting President Bush,” whom Baker conceded is “still in charge,” and “finding a way to assert leadership.”

Indeed, despite a Democrat just winning a presidential election by a landslide, liberals can't enjoy themselves for a couple of months without continuing to take potshots at President Bush, a man who has been nothing but gracious and cooperative to the President-elect. It's just the way they are.

No More Party Time For O.J.

CNN.com:

Former gridiron great O.J. Simpson was sentenced Friday to at least 15 years in prison for his role in an armed confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel in 2007.

He must serve at least nine years before he can be considered for parole.

Grimacing, Simpson was escorted from the courtroom in shackles.

The sentence was imposed after Simpson, his voice shaking, told Judge Jackie Glass that he was sorry for his actions but believed that he did nothing wrong.

Glass brushed his apology aside.

"Earlier in this case, at a bail hearing, I said to Mr. Simpson, I didn't know if he was arrogant, ignorant or both," Glass said. "During the trial and through this proceeding, I got the answer, and it was both."

She stressed that the sentence was not "payback for anything else," apparently referring to Simpson's acquittal 13 years ago in the slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman.

Good riddance killer. Make sure you don't drop the soap.

Sean Avery And Free Speech

I don't pretend to know much about hockey or its rules, but no matter how crude his comment may've been, the idea that a professional athlete can get an indefinite suspension for a remark he made off the playing arena just bewilders me:

On December 2, 2008; during the morning skate prior to the Stars' game against the Calgary Flames, Avery gathered a crowd of reporters and made the following comment about Flames defenceman Dion Phaneuf, who is dating Avery's ex-girlfriend Elisha Cuthbert:

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I'm just going to say one thing. I'm really happy to be back in Calgary, I love Canada. I just wanted to comment on how, it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don't know what that's about, but enjoy the game tonight.[24][25]

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Within hours of the remarks, the NHL suspended Avery indefinitely for "conduct detrimental to the league or game of hockey." Avery is scheduled to meet with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on December 4 to discuss his comments. It is believed to be the first time in modern NHL history that a player has been disciplined for comments made off the ice.^[23]

Avery's comments were met with near-unanimous condemnation by the Stars. Owner Tom Hicks said in a press release that the Stars would have suspended Avery had the league not acted first and added that the team "would not tolerate such behavior, especially from a member of our hockey team."

"Sloppy seconds"?!? Seriously, big effin' deal. If anything Avery comes off as an insecure and jealous jock lamenting that his ex-girlfriend is with another player now. Ok, now move on already. Who knew that hockey had become so PC now? I'm sure the guy's longstanding bad rep in the NHL is playing a huge part on all if this, but still people really need to get a grip.

Clarence Thomas Trying To Put A Stop To Barack's Election?

Seems that some empty-headed, Black liberals rags are tossing around this rumor that Enemy No. 1 on the Black Lib list, Clarence Thomas, is making a concerted, albeit longshot, effort to halt Barack Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration. Apparently, after David Souter quickly rejected it, a lawsuit by New Jersey resident Leo Donofrio challenging Obama's U.S. citizenship will still be reviewed by SCOTUS tomorrow after Thomas insisted on it:

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Friday whether to take up a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship, a continuation of a New Jersey case embraced by some opponents of Obama's election. The meeting of justices will coincide with a vigil by the filer's supporters in Washington on the steps of the nation's highest court.

The suit originally sought to stay the election, and was filed on behalf of Leo Donofrio against New Jersey Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells.

Legal experts say the appeal has little chance of succeeding, despite appearing on the court's schedule. Legal records show it is only the tip of an iceberg of nationwide efforts seeking to derail Obama's election over accusations that he either wasn't born a U.S. citizen or that he later renounced his citizenship in Indonesia.

The Obama campaign has maintained that he was born in Hawaii, has an authentic birth certificate, and is a "natural-born" U.S. citizen. Hawaiian officials agree.

Among those filing lawsuits is Alan Keyes, who lost to Obama in the 2004 Illinois Senate race. Keyes' suit seeks to halt certification of votes in California. Another suit by a Kentucky man seeks to have a federal judge review Obama's original birth certificate, which Hawaiian officials say is locked in a state vault.

This is funny, especially if Clarance Thomas is really behind it...considering all the hate and abuse Clarance has taken from Black libs over the years I wouldn't past him to say, "f-ck it" just so he could get his hands a little grimy by trying to put a stop to the Messiah. Then too, this whole thing could be fixed if Barack just showed us all his damn birth certificate. What's the big deal? What's he got to hide? Surely no one lost the key to the vault? Ok, now I'm sounding like another dumb, conspiracy theorist. God knows if BO ever did produce his birth certificate, the conspiracy nuts would then claim it was forged.

President Bush Interview With Charlie Gibson

Excerpts from a recent exit interview with Charlie Gibson in which the President, along with his wife Laura, reflects on his time in office, intelligence failure on the Iraq war and his legacy.
(h/t: Amy Proctor)

You can read a transcript of the entire interview HERE.

Elton John Opposes Gay Marriage

Gee, who would've thought. It's not just Christians, Mormons, Blacks and Hispanics who oppose same-sex marriage, so does openly gay, pop superstar Elton John:

Elton John, accompanied by his longtime partner, David Furnish, had some choice words about California's Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage that passed on Nov. 4.

In December 2005, John and Furnish tied the knot in a civil partnership ceremony in Windsor, England. But, clarified the singer, "We're not married. Let's get that right. We have a civil partnership. What is wrong with Proposition 8 is that they went for marriage. Marriage is going to put a lot of people off, the word marriage."

John and Furnish, and their two cocker spaniels, Marilyn and Arthur, were in town for Tuesday's annual benefit for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

"I don't want to be married. I'm very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership," John says. "The word 'marriage,' I think, puts a lot of people off.

"You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships."

Wonder how the angry, racist, anti-Prop 8 mobs will feel about this since they like to think that they speak for all gays. Will they hurl the same level of vitriol & hate at Elton and boycott his music the same way they have the business' of California voters who dared to voice their opposition to gay marriage last month? Stay tuned.

Saxby Chambliss Wins Georgia Senate Seat

Reuters.com:

Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss easily won a run-off election in Georgia on Tuesday, denying Democrats the chance for a 60-seat "super majority" in the Senate that would have enabled them to pass legislation virtually at will.

Chambliss, an incumbent who first won his U.S. Senate seat in 2002, defeated Democrat Jim Martin for the seat in a race that gained national significance because Democrats and their independent allies held 58 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate after the November 4 election.

One seat in Minnesota, subject to a recount because the vote count was so close, remains undecided.

A 60-seat majority would have enabled Democrats to overcome procedural hurdles set up by Republicans, who are the minority in the Senate. Such a majority would have been particularly potent with a Democratic president, Barack Obama, moving into the White House on January 20.

"You have delivered tonight a strong message to the world that conservative Georgia values matter," Chambliss, 65, told cheering supporters in his victory speech.

Martin, a 63-year-old former state legislator, thanked his supporters and said the defeat was "a sad moment."

A filibuster-proof Senate is never a good idea no matter which party holds the majority. America is a democracy for a reason, not a dictatorship where one ideology should run wild, especially when it's something which really only benefits those who are unable or CHOOSE to be non-self sufficient.

Jon Stewart: MSNBC Now The Same As FOX

Shocker:



FOX may be slanted toward the right, but it's nowhere as overt as liberals like to pretend it is.Besides the radio FOX is the ONLY option for conservative issues and they create better ratings by giving the opposition airtime. The fact that Sean Hannity had a show with Leftwing loon Alan Colmes all these years is proof alone that FOX has made a better effort at providing a counter balance.

Long desperate to garner ratings and at least be competitive with Bill O'Reilly, MSNBC took to using radically Left talking points with attack dog paranoia that never relent on biased opinions. Sure it has made for an audience (so does HuffPo), but damn the facts, any sense of a counter balance and only a self-righteous leftwing loon can tolerate the likes of Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow on a daily basis. There's no sense of journalism taking place anymore at MSNBC, it's just a conservative hatefest that makes a mockery of the news.

With Hillary On Board Barack Needs To Keep One Eye Open

TIME.com:

She won't be answering the White House telephone at 3 a.m., but Hillary Clinton may still play a powerful role in the next administration. On Monday, President-elect Barack Obama introduced Clinton as his choice for Secretary of State, ending a weeks-long saga of rumors, press leaks, political back-biting and negotiations with Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, who eventually agreed to release the long-secret list of donors to his charitable foundation to avoid any conflicts of interest. Bitter campaign rivalry aside, pundits and politicians have praised the choice, noting that Clinton's high-profile status is well-suited to the role of America's top diplomat — a daunting post made more difficult by deteriorating relations with Iran, North Korea and Pakistan. Still, some wonder if her outsized ambitions might be too much for the job.

I know that I really shouldn't be too upset at Hillary being named Secretary of State, for one it gets her out of New York where she literally did nothing for like 8 years and secondly, the Clinton's being the centrists that they truly are will certainly make the Obama administration a little more tolerable and interesting, to say the least. It's just the in-your-face sleaziness and treacherous nature of Billary that should make all of us, including Barack Obama, very worried.

ALSO: Rush Limbaugh Calls Clinton Pick 'Brilliant"

Democrat Mayor Larry Langford Arrested, No Party Affiliation Listed By Liberal Media

BirminghamNews.com:

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford was arrested this morning on federal charges and is being held at the federal courthouse, the FBI and other federal officials confirm.

.... A special grand jury for several months has been investigating county bond deals and Langford's financial dealings. Langford was Jefferson County Commission president 2002-06.

..... The Langford, LaPierre and Blount indictments are under seal, so details of the charges are not available.

Langford, LaPierre and Montgomery investment banker Bill Blount are accused in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit of not disclosing $156,000 in payments to Langford. The SEC has accused Blount of paying Langford through LaPierre as part of a plan to secure Jefferson County financial business when Langford was Jefferson County Commission president. (Read the May 2008 story)

The SEC lawsuit against Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford fails to show how friends' personal payments to Langford led to $6.7 million in government business, their lawyers said in a filing seeking dismissal of the suit this summer.

When it comes to media bias for Democrats, again there's no shame in their game.

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