GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - April 14, 2008

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Obama mocks Clinton, says "She's talking like she's Annie Oakley."
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/893305,CST-NWS-obama14.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Outrageously, Steinberg says "Small towns of America are chock-a-block with bitter gun fanatics nursing their wounded pride with a thick salve of religion and xenophobia." Outrageously Steinberg says "Obama told the truth" but then blasts Obama for saying it.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/892916,CST-NWS-stein14.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Auditor General William Holland may probe $1 million that Blagojevich had Illinois give the Loop Lab School - Dave McKinney
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/892949,CST-NWS-pilgrim14.article

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Obama mocks Clinton, says "She's talking like she's Annie Oakley."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-compassion-forumapr14,0,2872539.story (Includes video clip)
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Manya A. Brachear reports on Wright's latest tirades. "On Sunday, he called out the reporters who slipped into the service to cover the funeral against the family's wishes."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-wright-both-14apr14,0,1749924.story

DAILY HERALD
-- FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN DUPAGE EDITION: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats advocate moral relativism and Republicans advocate the rule of law. Some question a recent DuPage County jail study. What percentage of those who commit crime are registered Democrats and what percentage are registered Republicans? What percentage of those who commit crime in DuPage County live outside of DuPage County? What percentage of those who enforce laws are registered Democrats and what percentage are registered Republicans? Tragically, people who have financial difficulties, who are younger, and who are members of certain ethnic or racial groups commit disproportionately more crime than those who do not have financial difficulties, who are older, and who are members of other ethnic or racial groups. Outrageously, Democrats deny that is true but nevertheless outrageously blame all of it on Republicans and outrageously argue that Republicans disproportionately enforce laws against the Democrat Party's key constituencies - those who have financial problems, those who are younger, and those who are members of certain ethnic and racial groups.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=172299
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Obama mocks Clinton, says "She's talking like she's Annie Oakley."
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=172278
-- God, politics mix at Democratic forum - AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=172365
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Associated Press: Wright mum on statements he made at Pincham's funeral
(Not posted as of 6:30 AM)
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who advocate surrender to terrorists decry the fact that DuPage County voters oppose that
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=172214&src=
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: A country is defined by its borders. To abolish a country's borders is to abolish the country. Beyond outrageously, James P. Jones of Wheaton wants America to throw open its borders, that is, to abolish its borders, that is, to abolish America.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=172213&src=

SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- Civil war in Springfield might be worse than we thought - Rich Miller
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/miller/892771,041408miller.article

BEACON NEWS
-- Kane County: Silent fight over voting machines Technician says lawsuit followed years of trying to get word out - Dan Campana
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/892976,2_1_AU14_ESLATE_S1.article

COURIER NEWS
-- DuPage County: Tax windfall going to salaries - Paige Winfield
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/893127,3_1_EL14_A3DUPAGETAX_S1.article
-- VERY SAD: India's sex-selective abortion growing more entrenched - Tim Sullivan (QUESTIONS: What percent of those aborted in America are male? What percent of those aborted in America are female?)
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/893144,3_1_EL14_A12INDIA_S1.article

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
-- Time to hurry up and wait in Springfield? Patience is a necessary virtue for members of Illinois Senate - Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/stories/041408/REG_BGBD0OJO.060.php

ABC7
-- Embattled pastor's eulogy blasts Fox News - Evelyn Holmes
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6078079
-- Obama: War of words rekindled
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6077151 (Includes video clip)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- State Capitol Notebook
http://www.sj-r.com/News/stories/28600.asp

THE TIMES
-- Rezko trial suggests Illinois state pension fund was playground for political insiders - Mike Robinson
http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/04/13/ap-state-il/d9015uk00.txt
(FROM THE ARTICLE: No one is claiming political insiders dipped into the fund. But money management firms paid big finder's fees to politically connected insiders who helped them get multimillion-dollar allocations, Levine testified. For example, Springfield lobbyist and former Republican National Committee treasurer Robert Kjellander got a hefty finder's fee from the Washington-based money management firm Carlyle Group - which once boasted former President George Bush and other international luminaries among its advisers - for getting a $150 million allocation from the fund. Kjellander got a finder's fee _ not a kickback. The difference: He was not in control of the board and merely used influence to get the allocation for his client and collect his fee. In contrast, Rezko allegedly controlled the pension fund's board and could force the firms to pay kickbacks or see their hopes of getting an allocation killed.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- Day 54: 11th Congressional District GOP Leaders Still Slumber - Lee Newcom
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/04/day-54-11th-con.html
-- Save the American Worker (Part 2) - Rosanna Pulido
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/04/save-the-amer-1.html

STOP THE ACLU
-- Illinois, We DO Have a Voice - Vote YES on ConCon NOW - Warner Todd Huston
http://www.stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/04/13/illinois-we-do-have-a-voice-vote-yes-on-concon-now/ (Includes video clip)

NEWSMAX
-- Wright Slams Fox News, O'Reilly
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/wright_fox_news_oreilly/2008/04/13/87636.html?s=al&promo_code=492D-1

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
-- Wright Sounds Off At Eulogy for Chicago Judge
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/04/13/jeremiah-wright-sounds-off-at-eulogogy-for-chicago-judge/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rev. Jeremiah Wright told a congregation in Norfolk, Va., on Sunday that reporters sneaked into a private funeral service a day before, in which he blasted America’s founding fathers for slavery and white supremacy and received standing ovations for attacking FOX News for covering his anti-American sermons.)

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
-- Clinton keeps cutting Obama on "flub" - Michael McAuliff, Kenneth R. Bazinet, and Ian Bishop
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/04/14/2008-04-14_clinton_keeps_cutting_obama_on_flub.html

WASHINGTON POST
-- 'Bitter-gate' Update: Obama Fights Back - Chris Cillizza
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/04/obama_fights_back.html?hpid=topnews

NEW YORK TIMES
-- Great Expectations for Freedom's Watch Seem All but Dashed - Michael Luo
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/us/politics/12freedom.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
-- Clinton Portrays Herself as a Pro-Gun Churchgoer - Julie Bosman
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/clinton-portrays-herself-as-a-pro-gun-churchgoer/
-- ‘Steady Hand’ for the G.O.P. Charlie Black Guides McCain on a New Path - Kate Zernike
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/us/politics/13black.html?ref=politics
-- To disclose or not? - Robert H. Frank
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/business/13view.html?ref=business

ABC NEWS
-- Obama's Controversial Former Pastor Criticizes Media at Funeral
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/04/obamas-controve.html (Includes audio clip)
-- Rev. Wright: Fox's Hannity 'Stuck on Stupid' Obama's Former Minister Breaks Silence, Rips Fox News During Funeral Service
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=4643956&page=1

CNN
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat Party platform is outrageously anti-religious -- it promotes socialism, abortion, and homosexual activity. Nevertheless, outrageously, Democrats Clinton and Obama "battle for religious voters"
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/13/forum/

STAR PRESS
-- Chevy Corvette -- No mistaking the shape Chevy's Corvette is famous for many reasons. Keith Roysdon
http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080413/BUSINESS/804130309/1046