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OK...let's review...Tea Party Candidates extol the virtues of the Constitution of the United States, and decreasing the amount of taxes . But when asked about the constitution Christine O'Donnell does not have a clue....

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SO THIS ONE IS A CLASSIC:

Geez, slo-mo – constantly having to straighten you out is getting rather tiresome.
There is a vast difference between what actually occurred and the manner in which it was reported.
If you had heard the actual sound bite of this exchange, which I have, you would quickly realize that O’Donnell was responding to the false implication by Coons that the ‘separation of church and state’ is somewhere to be found in the First Amendment, which it very clearly is not. The media have spun it to make it appear that O’Donnell does not know what is in the First Amendment when, in fact, it is Coons himself who publicly proved his ignorance, although very few media outlets are reporting it. And when he was caught displaying his ignorance, he had to run for cover behind the moderator, because the big, mean Tea Party lady was picking on him.


http://michellemalkin.com/2010/10/19/ch ... amendment/

Chris Coons can’t name the five freedoms in the First Amendment

By Michelle Malkin • October 19, 2010 12:57 PM

That’s right. Delaware Democratic Senate candidate Chris Coons can’t name the five freedoms in the First Amendment.
But all you’ll hear from the MSM today is that Christine O’Donnell — correctly — questioned Coons’ claim that the phrase “the separation of church and state” appears in the First Amendment.
Coons’ ignorance doesn’t fit the O’Donnell bashers’ narrative. So they’ll pretend this didn’t happen:
Read:
Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell questioned on Tuesday whether the Constitution provides for the separation of church and state.
The comment came during a debate on WDEL radio with Democratic opponent Chris Coons, who argued that local schools should teach science rather than religion, at which point O’Donnell jumped in. “Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?” she asked.
The audience at Widener Law School was taken aback, with shouts of “whoa” and laughter coming from the crowd.
Coons then pointed to the First Amendment, which states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
“You’re telling me the First Amendment does?” O’Donnell interrupted to ask.
Following the next question, Coons revisited the remark — likely thinking he had caught O’Donnell in a flub — saying, “I think you’ve just heard from my opponent in her asking ‘where is the separation of church and state’ show that she has a fundamental misunderstanding.”
“That’s in the First Amendment?” O’Donnell again asked.
“Yes,” Coons responded.
O’Donnell was later able to score some points of her own off the remark, revisiting the issue to ask Coons if he could identify the “five freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment.”
Coons named the separation of church and state, but could not identify the others — the freedoms of speech, press, to assemble and petition — and asked that O’Donnell allow the moderators ask the questions.
“I guess he can’t,” O’Donnell said.
Yep, when he got caught with his own intellectual pants down, Coons runs to the moderators for cover.
It’s obvious from O’Donnell’s very specific challenge to Coons during the debate that she knows perfectly well about the establishment and free exercise of religion clauses in the First Amendment.
It’s obvious that Coons is not only unfamiliar with the rest of the First Amendment, but also that he is wholly unfamiliar with where the phrase “separation of church and state” originated.
And it’s obvious from the warped, gleeful spin on this exchange just how in the tank for Democrats the “objective” press — protected by our precious, poorly understood, and frquently squandered First Amendment — really is.
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Witness in Blagojevich trial accused of shoplifting

A prominent businessman in Chicago's Indian community and an appointee of Rod Blagojevich who testified at the former governor's trial faces a felony retail theft charge in connection with a shoplifting accusation at a Far North Side home repair store, police said tonight.

Rajinder Bedi, 58, was expected to appear Saturday in Cook County Central Bond Court after being arrested at the Home Depot at 6211 N. Lincoln Ave. about 1 p.m. today, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala.

A law enforcement source confirmed the arrested man had been involved in Blagojevich's trial.

Bedi testified in the trial that he was present when U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., and a supporter discussed fundraising and the congressman's interest in President Baraack Obama's U.S. Senate seat. Prosecutors said Bedi could testify he was present when the supporter told Jackson he would offer to raise $1 million in return for Blagojevich naming Jackson to the U.S. Senate, but the judge in the trial barred Bedi from testifying about that part of the meeting with Jackson.

Bedi, at the time a newspaper editor, was a prominent backer of Blagojevich and a member of his transition team when the ex-governor took office. Bedi also worked for the state under Blagojevich, including in the Department of Economic and Community Affairs at a salary of $115,000 yearly during Blagojevich's last year in office, 2008.

The former governor has referred to Bedi as "my Sikh warrior." Last year, Bedi resigned his state post after he was informed Gov. Pat Quinn planned to fire him.

Today, store security saw Bedi, of the 2500 block of West Lunt Avenue, taking some items from the store and detained him until police arrived and arrested him, Zala said.

Bedi is charged with stealing more than $150 worth of merchandise, but a police report on the case does not detail the items alleged to have been taken.

Bedi was being held in Chicago police custody until he is sent to Cook County Jail for his bond hearing, police said.

Duke lacrosse accuser convicted of child abuse


DURHAM, N.C. -- A woman who authorities said falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape four years ago has been found guilty by a North Carolina jury of misdemeanor child abuse and damaging property.

A Durham County jury on Friday convicted 32-year-old Crystal Mangum of contributing to child abuse or neglect, injury to personal property, and resisting a public officer stemming from a February confrontation with her live-in boyfriend. Mangum was sentenced to time already served before she was released on bail earlier this year.

The jury deadlocked 9-3 on a felony arson charge, and Superior Court Judge Abraham Jones declared a mistrial.

Police said Mangum piled her boyfriend's clothing into a bathtub and set it on fire while her three children and two police officers were inside the apartment.