SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:54 P.M. ET: 

VULGAR – I'm no fan of Donald Trump as political entry, but Hillary Clinton's linking of Trump to the Charleston horror is beyond the pale, even for her.  From Breitbart:  "GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump says he thinks Hillary Clinton lost all credibility when she blamed him for the massacre at a church in South Carolina.  The 2016 Democratic presidential frontrunner hinted that the shooting at a church in Charleston, South Carolina is in some way connected to Donald Trump’s recent presidential announcement. Clinton told an interviewer:  'Public discourse is sometimes hotter and more negative than it should be, which can, in my opinion, trigger someone who is less than stable. I think we have to speak out against it. Like, for example, a recent entry into the Republican presidential campaign said some very inflammatory things about Mexicans. Everybody should stand up and say that’s not acceptable.'"  After the Oklahoma City bombing, President Bill Clinton tried to link it to talk radio.  I guess we know where Hillary's observation came from.

TOUGH GUY – Governor John Kasich of Ohio is getting set to enter the Republican presidential race, and it sounds as if his gloves are already off.  From CBN:  "In an exclusive one-on-one interview with The Brody File, Ohio Governor John Kasich says that if he runs for president of the United States he’ll enter the race as a man of accomplishment. 'It’s experience and record. Amateur hour is over,' Kasich tells us from the Faith and Freedom Road To Majority Conference in Washington DC.  Kasich is a popular governor who can tell an economic turnaround story in a key swing state. Impressive credentials indeed. 'We have come back almost from the dead and the record is good and I think if you have that experience and you have the record, it’s not about ‘tell me’ it’s about ‘show me’ and I think its time that we’re able to support somebody that has a solid record of accomplishment because that’s what we need in America. No more on the job training.'"  Comments like that may not make Kasich too many friends among the candidates.  He has a tough road ahead anyway, but he's worth listening to.  I'd like to know more about his national-security positions.

ANOTHER SCANDAL? – From Fox:  "EXCLUSIVE: A former charity executive who helped expose a questionable $500,000 donation to the Clinton Foundation is now being threatened by her old bosses with a lawsuit seeking tens of thousands of dollars, FoxNews.com has learned.  Sue Veres Royal, former executive director at the Happy Hearts Fund, was initially quoted in a May 29 New York Times article that said the charity lured Bill Clinton to a 2014 gala only after offering a $500,000 donation to The Clinton Foundation. His office previously had turned down the charity's invitations, but this time he accepted; the accompanying donation amounted to almost a quarter of the gala's net proceeds.  Veres Royal, who spoke to FoxNews.com about the fallout from that report, is now embroiled in a legal battle with the charity. She filed a formal complaint June 4 with the New York attorney general's Charities Bureau, as the charity itself threatened her with legal action for allegedly breaking her confidentiality agreement."  This is just developing.  Stand by for more details.  With the Clintons, it's always something, and it's rarely pretty.

DIGNITY – Relatives of the Charleston victims appeared in court today as the alleged murderer was being charged.  They were permitted to speak, and conducted themselves with complete dignity, even forgiving the alleged assailant, in the Christian manner.  Their dignity and class made a mockery of the political phonies who simply use tragic moments like this for their own advancement.  And they made a mockery of the president, who politicized the tragedy immediately, then ran off to fundraisers. 

June 19, 2015