SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:53 P.M. ET: 

OBAMA SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS FIRST – Rather than trying to tackle big-league things like the Mideast.  From EAGnews.org:   MILWAUKEE, Wis. – A pregnant girl was rushed to the hospital after she was involved in a melee involving 30 to 40 students at a high school named in honor of President Obama.  Milwaukee police descended on Barack Obama School of Career and Technical Education at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday after getting calls that students were brawling, the Journal Sentinel reports.  The large number of people fighting included “outsiders,” according to police.  The pregnant girl was transported to the hospital and while en route, she allegedly kicked a paramedic, who is also pregnant, Fox 6 reports.   After the melee, Milwaukee Public Schools spokesman Tony Tagliavia issued a statement saying, “We are cooperating with the Milwaukee Police Department as it investigates an incident that happened at the school at about 2:30 p.m. We will take appropriate disciplinary action against any student involved.”  No one has been arrested and police say the investigation is “on-going.”  The idea is to have all the perpetrators invited to the White House where they can be commended for school spirit.

MR. SMALL TIME – Mr. Obama has mastered the art of pettiness.  From Breitbart:   Breitbart News has learned that President Obama called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power into a video conference before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.  “Ambassador Power and Secretary Kerry were unable to attend Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech before the General Assembly because they were called into a meeting with President Obama, which they participated in via video teleconference,” a State Department Official told Breitbart News.  Obviously intentional, as a snub to Netanyahu.  Nothing like class in the White House.

SIGN OF OUR TIMES – From WaPo:   The news that Hillary Clinton is expected to appear on "Saturday Night Live" represents a clear recognition by her campaign that she has an image problem with the American public that needs fixing — and fast.  How important is fixing Clinton's image problem to her campaign? Writes the New York Times's Amy Chozick:  "In order to appear, Mrs. Clinton turned down the chance to give the keynote address to the influential Human Rights Campaign, the country’s most powerful lesbian and gay rights group, which will allow her to make the debut SNL appearance of her 2016 campaign, said several people with knowledge of her schedule who could not discuss private planning for attribution." The world is blowing up, and a potential president tries to polish her image by going on "Saturday Night Live."  What a message to the world about the state of our nation.

October 1, 2015