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Thursday, October 23, 2008
John McCaslin :: Townhall.com Columnist
Not Pillow Talk
by John McCaslin
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Was the Copenhagen Global Warming Summit Walk-Out a Win for the U.S.?


"I guess your husband would agree with me on this!" Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, told a surprised MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell during an interview Wednesday afternoon on the pros and cons of tax plans offered by the two leading presidential candidates, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.

Mr. Hatch, on second thought, immediately apologized to the anchor, saying he should "not bring him into this." But Mrs. Mitchell assured the senator that it was OK, insisting she does not "discuss economics" with her husband, former Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan.

NO PUN INTENDED?

Pedestrians strolling along busy King Street in historic Alexandria are doing double-takes when passing beneath the brightly-lit Old Town Theatre marquee displaying the pair of featured movies: "W. BODY OF LIES."

ELECTORAL 101

With Election Day less than two weeks away, no better time for a refresher course on the confusing Electoral College: 538 electors in all, one for each of the nation's 435 congressmen and 100 senators, and three for the District of Columbia.

Few are aware that the National Archives, charged among other vital tasks with preserving the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, carries out another "little-known" function: the administration of the Electoral College, ensuring that the "complicated and sometimes confusing steps in the electoral process are followed exactly."

The steps being?

"Immediately after Election Day, the governors of each state and the mayor of the District of Columbia must prepare certificates of ascertainment that identify their slate of electors," Archives notes. "The states send these certificates by registered mail to the Archivist of the United States, who is required by law to administer the Electoral College."

Not until Dec. 15, more than a month after Americans will have gone to the polls, do the electors then gather in each state to cast their votes for president and vice president. It is then up to the National Archives to ensure that the votes, recorded in certificate form, are delivered to Congress and held under seal until Jan. 6, 2009. Continued...
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John McCaslin is a contributing columnist on Townhall.com and author of Inside The Beltway: Offbeat Stories, Scoops, and Shenanigans from around the Nation's Capital .

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Reply # 1
Date: Oct 25, 2008 - 10:41 AM EST
Ignore MSM and Polls--Vote Republican
The MSM media has no more credibility than does the Democrat Party and their Hand Picked Hand Puppet Obama. They are doing everything they can to Steal this election and hand us over to Socialism which would be complete should we Americans be foolish enought to elect this Questionable Candidate, Barack Obama. With a packed congress of Socialists such as Pelosi and Frank and others and a Puppet of theirs, Obama, every piece of legislation that the Marxists are sitting on would be rushed through congress and handed over to their Puppet, Obama to sign into laws. Things like taking away all State's Rights guaranteed by the Constitution, such as eradicating all state laws that put any limits on Abortion, such as Parent Notification for minors. Obama and the Liberal Democrats do not think that parents have any rights over their own children's lives. They want all the Children to Belong to the State. Things like the so-called Fairness Doctrine, which would end free speech on radio talk shows. Things like Abolishing The Right To Own Guns, a second amendment guarantee that we have so that we can defend ourselves from Thugs and Despots. Things like destroying the military and spending the monies now being spent on defense to fund UN initiatives such as World Welfare and expanding American Welfare to Illegal Aliens and others. Also, this Marxist Congress with a Marxist President would pack the courts with Marxist Judges, and the end of American Democracy with Checks and Balances as is our tradition and Right.

Better wake up America, An Obama Presidency is a Clear and Pesent Danger to our National Sovereignty and individual freedoms.
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Date: Oct 25, 2008 - 10:40 AM EST
Ignore MSM and Polls--Vote Republicans
The MSM media has no more credibility than does the Democrat Party and their Hand Picked Hand Puppet Obama. They are doing everything they can to Steal this election and hand us over to Socialism which would be complete should we Americans be foolish enought to elect this Questionable Candidate, Barack Obama. With a packed congress of Socialists such as Pelosi and Frank and others and a Puppet of theirs, Obama, every piece of legislation that the Marxists are sitting on would be rushed through congress and handed over to their Puppet, Obama to sign into laws. Things like taking away all State's Rights guaranteed by the Constitution, such as eradicating all state laws that put any limits on Abortion, such as Parent Notification for minors. Obama and the Liberal Democrats do not think that parents have any rights over their own children's lives. They want all the Children to Belong to the State. Things like the so-called Fairness Doctrine, which would end free speech on radio talk shows. Things like Abolishing The Right To Own Guns, a second amendment guarantee that we have so that we can defend ourselves from Thugs and Despots. Things like destroying the military and spending the monies now being spent on defense to fund UN initiatives such as World Welfare and expanding American Welfare to Illegal Aliens and others. Also, this Marxist Congress with a Marxist President would pack the courts with Marxist Judges, and the end of American Democracy with Checks and Balances as is our tradition and Right.

Better wake up America, An Obama Presidency is a Clear and Pesent Danger to our National Sovereignty and individual freedoms.
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