SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:32 P.M. ET: 

NO KIDDING – FROM DAILY CALLER:   FBI director James Comey on Wednesday said that an FBI agent who operated a private email system similar to Hillary Clinton’s would be “in big trouble” at the bureau.  Comey was responding in a House Judiciary Committee hearing to an allegation from Ohio Rep. Steve Chabot that the decision to not charge Clinton with mishandling classified information showed a “double standard.”  Comey said that he disagreed with that characterization. But he added that she would not get off scot-free. “If we were to recommend she be prosecuted that would be a double-standard,” Comey said. “Because Mary and Joe at the FBI or some other place, if they did this, they would not be prosecuted.”  But they would be punished, Comey said.  Hillary is being punished by being put in the Oval Office.  Now that's a double standard.  Comey is fast losing prestige.

SERVES THEM RIGHT – FROM BREITBART:   For the third consecutive week, ratings for the National Football League (NFL) have plummeted, as players continue anti-American protests during the playing of the national anthem. This week’s drop-off also coincided with the Monday broadcast of the first presidential debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton.  Ratings for Sunday Night Football featuring the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys scored a 12.9 Nielsen rating, down from the game’s 13.7 rating last week. Week two, in turn, was down from week one’s 13.9 rating, according to Sports Business Daily. Ratings also dropped more than they did during week three a year ago for the slate of midday regional games, falling by 18 percent.  Maybe the league will wake up and realize that political demonstrations during football games are not popular fans, and do not have to be permitted.  The players are on someone else's property and on someone else's time.

DEMS BORED – FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER:   Uninspired by their choice for president, Democrats who "will definitely vote" in the fall election is at a 16-year low, according to a new survey.  Just 65 percent of Democrats plan to vote in the election, and it's just 47 percent among all voters aged 18-34, a trend that has the party worried about the lack of enthusiasm for Hillary Rodham Clinton...Republicans hold an 11-point advantage in those planning to vote, 76 percent to 65 percent, but the GOP vote is also at a 16-year low, but by three points compared to nine for the Democrats.  Not exactly a great advertisement for American democracy.  The parties will have to do much better in 2020, and they can begin with their nominating systems.  Repair work required. 

September 28,  2016