The venue was the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta where 60 years ago, Martin Luther King issued thundering sermons against discrimination and segregation. For the president's close friend and top aide Valerie Jarrett, it was the site of something far more mundane and probably illegal; a highly partisan political speech that bashed Republicans and praised President Obama. Weekly Standard: Teachers, and firefighters, and policemen, whose jobs are now in jeopardy because Congress--well let me be specific--because the Republicans in Congress," Jarrett told the crowd. According to the CBS affiliate in Atlanta, at this point, "Before she could finish her sentence, people in the congregation were laughing, and applauding." At the Sunday service, Jarrett also brought up Osama bin Laden's death in order to praise the president. "We all sleep a little better at night knowing Osama Bin Laden and his lieutenants are not plotting a terrorist attack against the United States," Jarrett said....(Read Full Post)