First Elite Contest of 2010 Cancelled

The raging firestorm in the body politic just scorched this Blog's initial attempt to award a Big Prize. The Administration foisted its Anti-Terrorism Czar, John Brennan, on all the Sunday Talk Shows to defend the President's Sally Fields global sissy strategy.

Well. John Brennan is no Bill Clinton - he knows what the meaning of "is" is. So, he had great difficulty, no he was completely unable to explain the inexplicable - why the Christmas Day bomber was given full and permanent immunity from interrogation, thereby preventing our Intelligence Agencies from ascertaining his knowledge of impending attacks on Americans. Here is his Sally Fields impersonation, verbatim:

"Well, we have an array of tools that we will use, and we want to make sure that we maintain flexibility... and the DOJ makes these determinations about what's the best tool to use. And in this instance, we felt ... it was the best way. There is no downside to treating the Christmas bomber as an enemy combatant." (Fox News Sunday, 9:14 a.m. eastern time).

Should Mr. Brennan have spoken truthfully (and he gave us no reason to suspect dissembling) and President Obama has made A.G. Holder the Administration's decision maker on whether an apprehended terrorist is designated a criminal defendant or an enemy combatant, the President has abdicated his Constitutional responsibilities as Commander in Chief. Makes him more like a friendly community organizer than a war time leader determined to kill, defeat and rid the civilized world of our enemies, the Islamic fascists.

Inasmuch as John Brennan provided nothing defensible about why this Administration refuses to win the war, the Elite Contest must be cancelled, as we can have no winner here, only loyal, but rightfully terrified, listeners. `Just screaming ...