GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - May 24, 2008

CBS2
-- Critics Try To Make McCain's Age An Issue - Brian Montopoli
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/john.mccain.age.2.731213.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Outrageously, Democrats try to equate Hagee with Wright
http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/obama_mccain_on_revs_hagee_and.html
-- Clinton apologizes for Kennedy comment - Mike Dorning
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-campaign24may24,0,3697484.story
-- Who's pimping whom? Senator Hendon wants your money - Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0524edit1may24,0,7206783.story
-- State Senate OKs limits on 'pay-to-play' politics - Ray Long and Jeffrey Meitrodt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-campaign-cash24may24,0,7985403.story
-- St. Michael Catholic Church in Wheaton plaza is named in honor of fallen soldier Staff Sgt. Robert J. "Robby" Miller - David Thomas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-wheaton-soldier-dedicationmay24,0,1955099.story

DAILY HERALD
-- DuPage gets a new judge: Karen M. Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=196954&src=2
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Daily Herald blasts DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioners for giving "themselves a 3 percent raise every year for the next four years"
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=196523
-- Plaza outside Wheaton school renamed to honor fallen soldier - Jack Komperda
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=196673&src=2
-- Illegal immigrants do not have rights - John M. Rowley, Lombard
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=196121
(THE LETTER: A recent Daily Herald article on immigration, which stated that activists plan to show that "their political power" exists, bubbles with antagonism. What political power do illegal aliens have? They don't legally have the right to vote. In fact, what right do they have to protest? They do so from a criminal perspective, as a result of breaking the laws of the United States. Persons who support those who break the law strongly establish the notion that legal as well as illegal individuals have the privilege to choose which laws they wish to obey. Such a flawed viewpoint creates an atmosphere of outrageous proportion. The legislators who stress amnesty are just attempting to cover their anti-American performance in failing to enforce the immigration laws passed by Congress. They are just as guilty as the illegal aliens whose illegal actions they choose to follow. Whom do they represent, legal citizens of the United States or every invader of a country founded on specific laws that govern our nation? "Reformation immigration laws" do not free those who have broken the immigration laws from criminal consequences. The Mexican protesters who chose to criticize American immigration laws demonstrated their dislike of the United States by flying Mexican flags above upside-down United States flags. They indelibly revealed their allegiance to Mexico and not to the United States. Their desire to protest should take place within Mexican borders and not in the United States. They should not hold small U.S. flags in their hands as they band together in false protest. It's time that cowardly legislators and administrative personnel who pursue illegal amnesty resign if they're incompetent to enforce the laws of the United States.)

CHAMPION NEWS
-- Mr. McKenna, tear down this stonewall! - Doug Ibendahl
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1007

LAKE COUNTY NEWS SUN
-- Fallout over Seals' cheap gas giveaway 'Campaign stunt that backfired'
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/968081,5_1_WA24_SEALS_S1.article

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
-- Weekend negotiations on tap for state budget - Kurt Erickson
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/05/23/news/doc483741f3b825a750734731.txt
-- State lawmakers' pay raises might not get blocked - Mike Riopell and Kartikay Mehrotra
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/05/23/news/doc48374185ac902716199669.txt

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
-- Don't trust state government Illinois needs a capital bill, but we doubt that leaders will spend money fairly, honestly - Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinions/x1192323714/Dont-trust-state-government
-- Senate OKs pay-to-play measure Plan aimed at restoring public faith that state contracts aren't for sale - Ryan Keith
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1880508003/Senate-OKs-pay-to-play-measure
-- Senate approves several budget bills Democrats' plan would increase state spending in 2009 by $1.7 billion - Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1880508047/Senate-approves-several-budget-bills

PIONEER PRESS
-- Most suburban legislators give pay raise thumbs down - Irv Leavitt
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/news/968012,pp-payraise-052308-s1.article

LAKE COUNTY NEWS SUN
-- Protecting Identities - Nancy J. Thorner
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/opinions/letters/965937,5_4_WA23_LETTERS_S1.article

NEWS LEADER
-- Obama's deeds speak volumes more than his words - Sharon Ash
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080524/OPINIONS02/805240302/1006/OPINIONS

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
-- Barack Obama: Trail of Tall Tales
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/05/23/trail-of-tall-tales-barack-obama/

NEW YORK TIMES
-- Spotlight Recasts Church Leaders and Their Support - Laurie Goodstein
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/us/24pastor.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin
-- A Poll Finds Californians Still Oppose Gay Marriage - Jesse McKinley
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/us/24gay.html?scp=2&sq=gay+marriage&st=nyt

WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Again, the Wall Street Journal makes it clear that it a) despises America, b) despises Americans, c) despises the rule of law, and d) cares only about promoting cheap labor
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121158309540718721.html

NEWSMAX
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Obama urges Hispanics to blast Dobbs and Limbaugh
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Obama_Limbaugh_Dobbs/2008/05/23/98418.html?s=al&promo_code=62F1-1

TOWNHALL
-- The Rev. Wright Connection Still Haunts Obama - Michael Barone
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelBarone/2008/05/24/the_rev_wright_connection_still_haunts_obama
-- Sniper Shooting Koran Hardly 'Criminal Behavior' - Diana West
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DianaWest/2008/05/23/sniper_shooting_koran_hardly_criminal_behavior

HUMAN EVENTS
-- Busting the Republican Brand - Lynn Woolley
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26622

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Outrageously, John W. Mashek tries to equate Hagee with Wright
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/mashek/2008/05/23/the-preacher-problems-of-mccain-and-obama.html

AFP
-- McCain's wife reports 6 million dollar income
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gNTr2XvlE5aUz96hYLhc1XX64YMA

NEWSWEEK
-- The White Stuff A new Newsweek Poll underscores Obama's racial challenge. - Jonathon Darman
http://www.newsweek.com/id/138456

TIME MAGAZINE
-- "This is the century when white people will become a minority in this country. What that means is, right now, we need to have a clear picture of where we're headed." - Ben Jealous, newly named president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1808626,00.html

HAWAII REPORTER
-- Delegates to the Hawaii GOP Convention Were Not 'Gnats' - Laura Brown
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?31ee18c1-4096-45f8-ab09-a9fa800bfa64

HONOLULU ADVERTISER
-- "Republican leaders used scripts and cue cards to tell state convention delegates how to vote on the party platform. If sheep could vote in regular elections, the GOP might win a few seats in the Legislature." - David Shapiro
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080524/COLUMNISTS21/805240335/1190/LOCALNEWSFRONT

MSNBC
-- It ain’t that hard folks - make better cars Jay Leno advises Detroit on how to get Americans to buy American - Jay Leno
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24714435/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Nobody builds better trucks than the Americans do. Not even the Japanese build as good a truck as the Ford F-150 or the Chevy Silverado. It’s the same with performance cars. The Corvette Z06 has 505 horsepower, comes with a big warranty, and can hit 200 miles per hour. It weighs almost exactly the same as a half-million-dollar Porsche Carrera GT and gets higher mileage — 26 miles per gallon.)