South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson wasn’t sure what Dick Cheney meant when he accused President Obama of “dithering” on Afghanistan.  On a radio show, Wilson admitted he had to look it up to figure out what Cheney meant.

And, much like with real wars, the War Powers Act is totally disregarded.  Catholic League President Bill Donohue has made the declaration.

(h/t RightWingWatch)

For almost three decades, there has been a Christmas parade in Amelia, Ohio, a village outside Cincinnati. But this year there will be none. That’s because one person complained, village solicitor Laura Abrams. Her complaint: the word “Christmas.” In response, the village changed the name to the “Holiday Parade,” though it did not say what holiday was being celebrated. Understandably, this dishonest scheme created a furor, the result being–just to play it safe–there will be no parade.

There will be no Christmas tree this year on the Capitol lawn in Frankfort, Kentucky. The word “Christmas” was deemed offensive. Instead, there will be a “Holiday Tree.” The official line is that the “Holiday Tree” is inclusive of Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s, though no one has ever heard of a “Thanksgiving Tree,” “Hanukkah Tree” or “New Year’s Tree.”

That’s just a couple of examples of how the culture, and the Catholic League promises there’ll be more where that came from.

Make no mistake about it: The declared enemy of these cultural fascists is religious speech, and they will stop at nothing to censor it. Stay tuned—we’re only in early November.

It’s being called “The Hottest Ticket in Political History.”

The debate, including a question-and-answer segment, is part of a MSG speaker’s series, “Minds That Move the World.” The two willl “debate topics ranging from the economy, to foreign policy, to the current administration,” MSG promises.

Tickets will range from $60 to $1250.

UPDATE: The New York Post reports the event has been cancelled.

This seat had been held by Republican John McHugh. The region had been considered solidly Republican for more than 100 years.  It was the most closely watched race of the night.

He defeated Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, who was backed by national conservative and GOP leaders, who was disenchanted with the positions taken by Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava. Scozzafava, out of money and running a poor third in the polls, dropped out of the race on Saturday and endorsed the Democratic candidate on Sunday.

Ben Smith at The Politico reports on the NYC mayoral race:

NBC called it for Bloomberg — but just reversed that call. The New York Times continues to indicate that Bloomberg has won.

UPDATE: Bloomberg ended up winning anyway.

Republicans will consider this a referendum on Obama.

• Political Analyst Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics joins Alan to analyze the results of today’s elections.

• Are Republican victories at the polls a referendum on President Obama? We’ll debate it.

• Travel guru Rick Steves, author of Travel as a Political Act, explains why he believes America needs to join European countries in decriminalizing drugs.

The Louisiana Justice of the Peace who refused to marry an interracial couple has resigned.  Keith Bardwell refused to perform the honors when Terrence McKay and Beth Humphrey got hitched.

Bardwell has acknowledged he routinely recuses himself from marrying interracial couples because he believes such marriages cause harm to the couples’ children.

Another justice of the peace eventually married the couple.

Humphrey and McKay have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Bardwell.

Police were called to at least two polling places in St. Lawrence County because of “overzealous electioneering”.  June O’Nell, former Democratic state chairwoman reported this to the NY Daily News, calling it “voter intimidation.”

“We’ve gotten reports that people are standing there, covered with Hoffman stickers and yelling anti-choice stuff at voters,” said O’Neill, a St. Lawrence native who has been running the party’s GOTV effort for Bill Owens in NY-23.

“Apparently, there’s some woman claiming to be a commissioner,” O’Neill continued. “Commissioner of what, I don’t know. She’s from Texas, I think, and she won’t leave.”

“This is not the way we roll in the North Country.”

GOP Elections Commissioner Debbie Phaler had this comment:

“We had electioneering within the 100-foot polling marker,” Phaler said. “It’s my understanding that they were asked to leave and wouldn’t leave.”

“If people are electioneering within the marker and don’t stop when we ask them to, our inspectors are instructed to call law enforcement to assist them. I don’t think anybody was arrested.”

Conservatives who claim they love capitalism somehow resent that Al Gore invests in what he believes, and that it’s paying off.  The headline in the UK’s Telegraph, “Al Gore could be come world’s first carbon billionaire,” really annoys the global warming deniers.

Last year Mr Gore’s venture capital firm loaned a small California firm $75m to develop energy-saving technology. The company, Silver Spring Networks, produces hardware and software to make the electricity grid more efficient.

The deal appeared to pay off in a big way last week, when the Energy Department announced $3.4 billion in smart grid grants, the New York Times reports. Of the total, more than $560 million went to utilities with which Silver Spring has contracts.

The move means that venture capital company Kleiner Perkins and its partners, including Mr Gore, could recoup their investment many times over in coming years.

Right-wing websites are blaring the UK headline, with bitter commentary about Gore’s investments.  But, for his part, Gore says, “Of course I invest according to my beliefs and values. I put my money where my mouth is. If I didn’t they’d criticize me for being a hypocrite.”  Viva la capitalism!