GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - April 4, 2008
FOX NEWS CHANNEL
-- VIDEO CLIP: APRIL 3 BILL O'REILLY TALKING POINTS: Pfleger sticks up for Wright and Farrakhan
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?videoId=80a31edf-d57b-4145-b69a-0887a300cb88&sMPlaylistID=
-- VIDEO CLIP: 'The Factor' confronts Pfleger who defends Wright and Farrakhan! - Bill O'Reilly
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?videoId=fdf3aa34-af1b-4cd3-a126-9e9fe5744382&sMPlaylistID=
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- LaHood praises McKenna and declares his candidacy for Kjellander's Illinois Republican National Committeeman post - Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/extras/breaking/index.asp?ID=5119
(THE ARTICLE: U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Peoria, wants to be the next Republican National Committeeman from Illinois. LaHood, who is completing his seventh two-year term in the House and isn't seeking re-election to Congress, said today that he has sent a letter to members of the Republican State Central Committee seeking their support as he tries to become the national committeeman. The Illinois GOP has three members on the national committee - the state party chairman, and one woman and one man. The man currently is Bob Kjellander of Springfield, who is serving out his term that ends at the completion of this year's Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Kjellander is vice chairman of the committee on arrangements for the convention, but isn't expected to seek another term as national committeeman. “Kjellander is not running again,” LaHood said, adding that he has spoken with state GOP Chairman Andy McKenna and others around the state about the committeeman post. “I think I've got the credentials as a Republican having been elected seven times, and that I know the ways of the Republican Party in Illinois,” LaHood said. “Frankly, it's a way for me to stay active in party politics and it's an opportunity for me to, I think, continue to make a contribution to the Republican Party,” LaHood said. “I think I have the knowhow and the experience to do a good job.” Delegates to the GOP state convention in Decatur in June will elect the next committeeman. LaHood said he thinks McKenna has done a “terrific job,” and he called fund-raising for the party under McKenna “extraordinary.” He also thinks McKenna recruited good statewide candidates for 2006 elections, and LaHood wants to be part of “the team of leaders that puts together some of our best candidates” for the 2010 statewide elections. That's part of the way, he said, that “we rebuild the party in Illinois.” LaHood isn't aware of anyone else seeking the post, but thinks there could be competition by the time of the state convention. LaHood said he's proud that he was the top votegetter in Illinois of elected GOP National Convention delegates pledged to the party's presumptive nominee, U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.)
-- LaHood praises McKenna and seeks state GOP post
http://www.sj-r.com/News/stories/28071.asp
-- Democrat Mike Smith plan would double Illinois income tax for high earners - Adriana Colindres
http://www.sj-r.com/News/stories/28056.asp
ABC7
-- United Church of Christ calls for conversation on race
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6060055 (Includes video clip)
-- Wife's beer fortune gives McCain access to wealth - AP
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6060087
NBC5
-- Wright's Church Calls For 'Sacred Conversation' On Race
http://www.nbc5.com/family/15788369/detail.html (Includes video clip)
CBS2
-- Church Leaders Defend Rev. Jeremiah Wright - Mike Flannery
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/jeremiah.wright.obama.2.691593.html (Includes video clip)
-- Analysis: McCain Snared in Bush Trap
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/mccain.bush.trap.2.691240.html
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- $678 million spending bill passed in Illinois Senate House seen as unlikely to OK effort to give governor access to state funds - Ashley Wiehle and Jeffrey Meitrodt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-legis-04apr04,1,2635183.story
-- Obama's church installs new rules for the news media. Do you see it as a clash of freedoms? - Manya A. Brachear
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-seekerbox_04apr04,1,1410907.story
-- Obama outraises Clinton in March - Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-campaign-fundsapr04,1,7934915.story
-- Legislators must answer to tax increase - Phil Collins, North Chicago
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/chi-080403cook_briefs,0,2303316.story
-- Emil Jones and a recall vote - Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-0404edit1apr04,0,7106904.story
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- Obama's church implores media: 'Enough is enough' Ministers call for dialogue on race, end to disruptions - Mike Thomas
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/877162,CST-NWS-trinity04.article
SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- Trinity United a good mesh with Obama's political philosophy Trinity United Church of Christ a good mesh with Obama's political philosophy - AP
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/877117,040408obamachurch.article
-- United Church of Christ tightens security - AP
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/877118,040408churchside.article
DAILY HERALD
-- State rife with corruption needs recall law - Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=166151&src=
-- FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN DUPAGE EDITION: Double state taxes for "the rich" in Illinois? - John Patterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=165770&src=109
-- 30th Senate District and 59th House District: GOP names challengers to Link, Ryg - Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=165777
-- Illinois Senate Democrats back governor on health care - Nick Shields
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=166154&src=109
-- Thanks for a great property tax forum - Dennis M. Reboletti, State Representative, 46th District, Elmhurst
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=166018&src=
-- Tax swap would raise tax burdens - Jerry Roper, President and CEO, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=166002&src=
-- Bill Foster doesn't fit the 14th District - Jeff Danklefsen
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=165997&src=
-- FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN DUPAGE EDITION WITH 5X6-INCH COLOR PHOTO OF KING: DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Daily Herald uses "the Audleys" to demonize Wheaton's past and represent city council members, developers, realtors, and citizens as being racists. That helps explain why so many Democrats who move into Wheaton to take advantage of its prosperity, safety, and outstanding schools despise so many of Wheaton's past and represent city council members, developers, realtors, and citizens. Wright demonizes whites and demonizes America. The Daily Herald demonizes Wheaton's past and represent city council members, developers, realtors, and citizens.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=166233&src=1
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: ATTENTION PROMISCUOUS PEOPLE: Illinois Supreme Court ruling makes it clear that everyone should assume that a) people who have AIDS will not tell you that they have AIDS and b) people who know who has AIDS will not tell you who has AIDS either.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=166137&src=109
COURIER NEWS
-- Senator Millner backs tougher law for sexual predators - David Gialanella
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/877177,3_1_EL04_A3PREDATORS_S1.article
QUAD CITIES ONLINE
-- Senate OKs spending plan; House speaker calls it `delusional' - Stephanie Sievers
http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=381295
SUBURBAN LIFE
-- Hastert, Poshard, and Schillerstrom to participate in transportation coalition breakfast briefing in Naperville on Wednesday, April 23
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/downersgrove/news/x79621480
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
-- Will Sen. Dillard follow Rep. Froehlich out of the Illinois Republican Party? - Jeff Berkowitz
http://jeffberkowitz.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-sen-dillard-follow-rep-froehlich.html
CAPITOL FAX
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rich Miller points out that: "According to Federal Election Commission stats released March 3 . . . Illinois ranked third in the nation in contributions to Democrats and 44th in contributions to Republicans." What discourages Illinois Republicans from contributing to Republican candidates and to Republican Party organizations?
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2008/04/04/you-cant-win-if-you-dont-contribute/
CHAMPION NEWS
-- The Best on Barack Obama - John Biver
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=900
-- Cash is King in a desperate Illinois GOP - Doug Ibendahl
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=902
TOM ROESER
-- Obama’s Radicality Seems to Foredoom Him for November
http://www.tomroeser.com/blogs/blogview.asp?blogID=24502
ILLINOIS TIMES
-- Demonizing Obama Why Christian conservatives are worried sick about Barack Obama - Jeannette Batz Cooperman
http://www.illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A7449
-- Black and “right” But will a new African-American conservative mag be read all over? - R.L. Nave
http://www.illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A7448
AMERICAN THINKER
-- Rezko Sleaze Engulfs Governor of Illinois - Rick Moran
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/04/rezko_sleaze_engulfs_governor.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- Obama and King "But when Barack Obama, arguably the best of this generation of black or white leaders, finds it easy to sit in Rev. Wright's pews and nod along with wacky and bitterly divisive racial rhetoric, it does call his judgment into question. And it reveals a continuing crisis in racial leadership. What would Jesus do? There is no question he would have left that church." - Juan Williams
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120726732176388295.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
-- FROM THE ARTICLE: Accessorized with a new Corvette and “women, the flashier the better,” McCain often returned to be “just in time to change clothes and drag himself out to the flight line.”
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/04/03/mccain-and-flame-of-florida/?mod=WSJBlog
NEWSMAX
-- Gingrich Says Obama's "Racist" Pastor Fair Game
http://video.newsmax.com/?assetId=V2064111&s=
RUSH LIMBAUGHSH
-- Hanoi Jane Endorses Obama
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_040308/content/01125111.guest.html
FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
-- Symposium: The Unknown Obama - Jamie Glazov
http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=C753AD1A-9481-43B1-AB96-3121A49B10F0
NATIONAL REVIEW
-- First Wright, Now Rezko This time, a speech may not be enough for Obama - Stephen Spruiell
http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=NzdkMzJlMTU1NGRmODM4NWY5YjNiY2JhNjZkZTk0ODc
ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- United Church of Christ Calls for Nationwide Race Discussion - Christopher Wills
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jG9_O1vQ7Gibgw7w2jzda1Rp3DvAD8VQOORO0
NORTH STAR WRITERS GROUP
-- Barack Obama Digs Himself Deeper In the Jeremiah Wright Scandal - Paul Ibrahim
http://www.northstarwriters.com/pi101.htm
CHRISTIAN POST
-- The Marxist Roots of Black Liberation Theology - Anthony Bradley
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080404/31801_The_Marxist_Roots_of_Black_Liberation_Theology.htm
GAY WIRED
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Gays blast Obama for being linked to Wright and Meeks
http://www.gaywired.com/article.cfm?id=18654§ion=67
