Concha: Two Huge Int’l Crises Can’t Alter Busy Schedule of Fundraiser-in-Chief

Jon Stewart was exactly right during the open of his Monday show this week: The world really has gone mad.  Actually, Monday now looks in retrospect downright tranquil compared to what we’re seeing on our television sets and on our phones this afternoon. A commercial airliner with 295 people on board — including reportedly 23 Americans — are killed after a plane is shot down in Ukraine. Who exactly is responsible (pro-Russian separatists are suspected) has not been confirmed. More importantly, the State Department hasn’t confirmed any Americans were on the flight.  As if this wasn’t enough, a few hours later, reports of an Israeli ground offensive being launched in Gaza broke as well.

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