Our guest columnist this morning is Mr. Gordon Warren Epperly of Juneau, Alaska. While unknown to the general public, Mr. Epperly is said to be prominent in the Birther Movement.

December 20, 2010

Director, Gail Fenumiai
State of Alaska
Department of Elections
P.O. Box 110017
Juneau, Alaska 99811-0017

In Reg: Objection to Certification of Elections

Dear Director of Elections, Gail Fenumiai

We just finished up a contentious election for the Office of Senator for the Congress of the United States. It appears that Lisa Murkowski has received the majority of votes cast, but there is a problem — Lisa Murkowski is not qualified for the Office of U.S. Senator as she is not a citizen of the United States under Article I of the Constitution for the United States.

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Title: “63 Documents the Government Doesn’t Want You to Read”

Authors: Jesse Ventura and Dick Russell

Rank: 7

Blurb: “The official spin on numerous government programs is flat-out bullshit, according to Jesse Ventura. In this incredible collection of actual government documents, Ventura, the ultimate non-partisan truth-seeker, proves it beyond any doubt… Although these documents are now in the public domain, the powers that be would just as soon they stay under wraps.”

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Sidney Lumet dies at 86; prolific ‘actor’s director’ steered clear of Hollywood [LAT]

We’re not slow to criticize CNN as The Most Trusted Name in Abdicating News, so we were naturally curious about a Friday segment that TPM described as distressingly squishy:

CNN got in on the action Friday afternoon with a little segment that lets “you decide” whether Trump’s rants are valid or not, treating a point of fact as though it were theory.

“Donald Trump says Obama wasn’t born here,” CNN anchor Deborah Feyerick says, in a teaser for the segment. “We’ll show you the evidence, and let you decide.”

Well, we’ve watched the segment a couple of times, and it does a solid job of describing the Hawaii birth certificate and its legal status, as well as reviewing — and dismissing — the claim that Obama’s grandmother said he was born in Kenya. Maybe the teaser was ill-advised, but it looked like a decent fact-checking segment from here.

And really, CNN should be commended for the best one-line description we’ve seen of Donald Trump since Short-Fingered Vulgarian.

CNN Lets ‘You Decide’ About Trump’s ‘Birther’ Claims [TPM]

Let’s get this over with…

Multiple-chin enthusiast Blake Farenthold defeated 28-year congressgritter Solomon Ortiz last fall in the Texas 27th. But not before Ortiz made merry with a photo of Farenthold in his jammies with Corpus Christi’s “Crush Girls”, who describe themselves as “ambassadors to the community [who] actively contribute as volunteers for nonprofit/charitable activities and events.”

The San Antonio Express-News called the play last October:

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[Hershey’s TV ad, seen Thursday night]

“As Republicans, we promised in the pledge to America to cut $100 billion off of Obama’s plan. If we’re going to come back with less than that, we’ve got to come back with some policy riders to say look, I took less than $100 billion, but I’ve defunded Planned Parenthood or abortions in the District of Columbia.” [TPM]