SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:51 P.M. ET: 

MADNESS – FROM FOX:    Leaders at the church that George Washington attended decided that a plaque honoring the first president of the United States must be removed.  Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia will take down a memorial marking the pew where Washington sat with his family, saying it is not acceptable to all worshipers.  “The plaques in our sanctuary make some in our presence feel unsafe or unwelcome," leaders said, a reference to the fact that Washington was a slaveholder.  "Some visitors and guests who worship with us choose not to return because they receive an unintended message from the prominent presence of the plaques.”  I guess we'll tear down the Washington Monument next, and replace it with a statue of Jane Fonda. 

AND THE VERDICT PLEASE – FROM CNBC:  Former President Barack Obama will serve on a jury in Cook County sometime next month, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.  Chief Judge Tim Evans told county commissioners this week that although Obama resides in Washington, D.C., the former president will report for duty next month, the publication reported.   Obama is registered to vote in Illinois.   They probably won't pick him to serve, as the first words out of his mouth are likely to be, "The cop is always guilty."

BUSH 41 GETS UNWANTED HEAT – FROM THE PORTLAND PRESS HERALD:  The number of women accusing former President George H.W. Bush of groping them has grown to five, with two of them saying he did so during photo shoots in Maine.  The women include two actresses, a Pennsylvania journalist, a best-selling author raised in Bangor and a former Maine Senate candidate.  Amanda Staples, a former Republican state Senate candidate from Standish, wrote in an Instagram post that Bush fondled her in 2006. Staples, who was 29 at the time and running for the Kennebunkport area’s Senate seat, visited the former president at Walker’s Point when he “grabbed my butt and joked saying ‘Oh, I’m not THAT President,’ ” Staples wrote alongside a picture of her standing next to Bush.  I don't defend what Bush is alleged to have done, but can someone tell me why Bill Clinton continues to receive a pass from the very people who are so "outraged" by that kind of behavior? 

October 28, 2017