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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
The Factor Rundown
Talking Points Memo & Top Story
Factor Follow Up Segment
Impact Segment
Body Language Segment
Miller Time Segment
Back of Book Segment
Factor Mail
Pinheads and Patriots
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Is the ACLU actively aiding al-Qaeda?
"This is an amazing story that you most likely will see nowhere else. President Obama and CIA chief Leon Panetta have wreaked havoc in the ranks of Al Qaeda by using predator drone missiles to attack terrorists. But the far left opposes the drone attacks and the ACLU has filed a back door lawsuit intended to stop the campaign. Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen, has been designated a 'global terrorist' by the U.S. government, which means he is a prime target. The ACLU is suing in federal court, saying al-Awlaki and others are being denied due process because they are attacked by U.S. authorities without warning. The ACLU has always been a far-left outfit, but it is now actively helping terrorists who kill people all over the world. If the ACLU had its way, Obama and Panetta would not be allowed to launch the predator attacks. How many Americans support the ACLU's actions? Five percent? Maybe ten percent? But you don't hear a word in the media about the ACLU's subversive activities, even when they are trying to help the Al Qaeda leadership. The ACLU has a right to exist, but I have a right to expose it. That organization is putting every single American in danger and it is disgraceful."

For an opposing view, The Factor welcomed attorney Scott Fenstermaker, who has represented detainees at Guantanamo Bay. "I don't want drone attacks on Mr. al-Awlaki," Fenstermaker said, "and I don't want drone attacks in Pakistan. It's a contravention of law and I want any illegal action by the U.S. government to stop." When The Factor described al-Awlaki and others as "the enemy," Fenstermaker quickly objected. "I disagree with you that they're necessarily the enemy. I don't know whether Mr. al-Awlaki is part of Al Qaeda and I don't think Al Qaeda is posing any threat to us." The Factor was taken aback by Fenstermaker's rationale: "You don't believe President Obama and CIA chief Panetta when they say this guy is a terrorist, and you don't think Al Qaeda is trying to kill Americans! You're an American and if Al Qaeda could get you they would cut your head off."
Response to CAIR on Ground Zero mosque
On Tuesday night's program, the director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations denounced Pamela Geller, whose group opposes building a mosque near Ground Zero. The Factor invited Geller to respond. "I'm one of many people opposed to the mosque," Geller proclaimed. "I love Muslims but the Ground Zero mosque is an offensive insult and a stab in the eye. There is an Islamic history of building triumphant mosques on conquered lands. Pointing out the dishonesty and subversion is not bigotry or racism, and we know the imam in charge of this has been dishonest about the funding. He's tied to terrorism and CAIR's leadership has been convicted of terror."
Waters and Rangel trials rapidly approaching
Some observers are insinuating that ethics charges against black House members Charles Rangel and Maxine Waters are racially motivated. Professor Marc Lamont Hill entered the No Spin Zone with his take on the issue. "If they did something wrong," Hill said, "they need to be punished. Do I think that the investigation itself is racist? I would say no. But I think some of the conversation around the investigation has become racialized. It's worth asking that if everybody being investigated is black, are they not targets?" The Factor told Hill he was way off base: "I don't know who's raising the race card other than far left people and I haven't heard anybody saying the Congressional Black Caucus is pernicious in any way. More white guys than black guys have been taken down in these investigations."
Body language: Obama on The View
Tonya Reiman began her body language analysis with President Obama's appearance on The View. "When he was asked about Mel Gibson," Reiman observed, "you could see the tension in his face. I think he felt the anger because this put him in a very tough spot. And when it got to Snooki, I think he really doesn't know who she is. There were absolutely no signs of deception and he was really relaxed." Reiman also analyzed Bill's appearance with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show. "I loved the way you started off," Reiman said. "You leaned forward, you took a deep breath, and you were on, it was your time! Jay Leno, being very affable, let you have the floor. You took over the floor and you kept it."
Dennis Miller on Arizona's immigration laws
The Factor invited Dennis Miller to opine on the proposed mosque in lower Manhattan. "Let me say this," Miller began, "if a couple of gay guys down in Greenwich Village go in and ask the mullah to marry them, they're both headless. They've got decapitation on speed dial down there and we have to start saying it like it is. If they go ahead and build that mosque, I hope the whole beautiful New York pastiche shows up at the front door - the naked cowboy, the porno guys, the incessant car alarms going off during the five-times-a-day prayers. Welcome to New York, boys!" Miller then took a shot at New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "Bloomberg is so tied up in politically correct knots that he's asking suicide bombers not to light up a smoke before they blow themselves up. People are afraid to say anything about radical Islam because they get blown up, and Bloomberg is going along with that." And what Miller Time segment would be complete without at least one quip about Nancy Pelosi? "I would rather have Lady Gaga as Speaker of the House," he concluded, "than Grandma Googoo."
Did you see that?
FNC's Juliet Huddy viewed clips from the over-the-top, round-the-clock coverage of Chelsea Clinton's wedding. "This was harmless stuff," Huddy said. "There was nothing to say, but are you not going to cover it and pretend it's not happening?" On a more substantive topic, Huddy watched as Michael Moore praised the soldier who leaked classified information about Afghanistan. "Moore is referring to a 22-year-old who is charged with leaking documents that Admiral Mike Mullen has said could leave him with blood on his hands. This is Michael Moore's hero!" The Factor reported that the soldier in question "could be charged with treason and could be executed."
Viewers sound off
Factor Words of the Day
Rosemarie Anderson, New Zealand: "Nihad Awad did not show much compassion for the families of 9/11 victims. That Mosque should not be built near Ground Zero."

Bill Paschall, Biloxi, MS: "As a 34 year Navy vet, I can tell you that one openly gay man in tight sleeping quarters will not go over very well."

Gene Tilelli, Cape Coral, FL: "If President Obama was beaten up by the media the way President Bush was his approval rating would be in the teens."

Carolyn Hoaster, Staunton, VA: "FNC leader O'Reilly regards his opinions so highly, he won't let others speak."
David Letterman & Military Official
Wednesday's Patriot: The military official who denied access to Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings, whose Rolling Stone article effectively ended the career of General Stanley McChrystal. And the Pinhead: David Letterman, who said this about Bill: "He'd be a weatherman if the money was right or maybe he'd do sports if the money was right ... I don't think you can be as smart as he is and actually believe what he believes."