GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - May 27, 2008
CHAMPION NEWS
-- Steve Rauschenberger is no Bob Kjellander - Doug Ibendahl
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1009
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over the weekend Bob Kjellander made about the nastiest personal attack one could make against another person. In the Sunday newspaper Kjellander is quoted essentially saying Steve Rauschenberger is like him. Ouch. Rauschenberger is of course running to replace Kjellander as Republican National Committeeman, a post (along with National Committeewoman) which is up for election at the State GOP Convention on June 6th and 7th. So the good news is Kjellander will soon be gone. The bad news is it won't be soon enough. According to the RNC's rules, the current National Committeeman and National Committeewoman serve through the close of the National Republican Convention in Minneapolis that takes place the first week of September. The newly elected National Committeeman and National Committeewoman therefore won't assume their offices for three more months. In other words, we still don't know who all the delegates are to our State Convention that begins in just 10 days, but we do know that Individual K will still be representing Illinois at the National Convention as an automatic at-large delegate. That's of course assuming our party officials don't find a spine and declare Kjellander ousted sooner.)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- A New Argument About Immigration - Phyllis Schlafly
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/05/a-new-argument.html#more
CAPITAL FAX
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Concerning abortion, Paul Richardson confuses conservatism with libertarianism
http://capitalfax.blogspot.com/2008/05/is-anyone-small-c-conservative-these.html
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- $31 billion Hastert/Poshard tax and spend proposal: Watch your wallets - Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-0527edit2may27,0,5922671.story
-- Indiana: Debate over illegal immigration legislation far from over - Mike Smith
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-capitoleye,0,48338.story
-- Club for Growth hits senators on climate bill - Jim Kuhnhenn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-ap-climate-ads,0,6815982.story
-- McCain says he and Obama should visit Iraq together - Liz Sidoti and Barry Massey
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-mccain,0,398025.story
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- John McCain on Barack Obama: 'He has wanted to surrender for a long time' - Liz Sidoti and Barry Massy
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/971072,mccain052708.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat Party success in attracting illegals and in driving Illinois' economy down making it harder for teens to find summer jobs
http://www.suntimes.com/business/971446,CST-FIN-teen27.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat Party success in attracting illegals and in driving Illinois' economy down results in record number of households getting food stamps
http://www.suntimes.com/business/currency/971673,CST-FIN-wallet27WEB1.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Falsani acknowledges that Democrats have at least temporarily abandoned their policy of demonizing veterans
http://www.suntimes.com/news/falsani/971105,falsani052708.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-American Jesse Jackson Sr. comes to the defense of anti-American Michelle Obama
http://www.suntimes.com/news/jackson/971443,CST-EDT-jesse27.article
DAILY HERALD
-- McCain found his domestic crisis in bogus global warming - John Stossel
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=196706
-- 287(g) Program: Mayors say help not there
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=197868
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD BUT NOT SURPRISING: Representative Fred Crespo, a Hoffman Estates Democrat, wants to increase your heath insurance premiums
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=197765&src=109
-- Democrat control ruining economy - Ronald Bove, Schaumburg
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=196474&src=
-- Ted Cox column lacks fairness and insight - Scott Schmidt, Arlington Heights
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=196469
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Dozens of local businesses are hosting special "Sex and the City" movie-related events this weekend. Will attendees be asked to disclose how many sexually transmitted diseases they have? How many abortions they have had?
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=196659
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Daily Herald gets "suburban women" to promote their promiscuity. What about sexually transmitted diseases? What about abortions?
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=196642
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- Pension Pain: Fixing state plans won’t be easy Options available come at high cost, both financially and politically - Ryan Keith
http://www.sj-r.com/news/x1867432050/Pension-Pain-Fixing-state-plans-won-t-be-easy
-- Abortion key topic in VP mix - Robert Novak
http://www.sj-r.com/opinions_columnists/x360361224/Robert-Novak-Abortion-key-topic-in-VP-mix
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
-- Roadblocks remain for capital plan Some lawmakers say $31 billion plan won’t be enacted until fall. - Andrea Zimmermann
http://www.rrstar.com/communities/x215045248/Roadblocks-remain-for-capital-plan
NAPERVILLE SUN
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Paige Winfield promotes Barbara Walters' upcoming Naperville visit. Will Walters elaborate on her "affair" during the 1970s with Black U.S. Senator Ed Brooke, a Republican from Massachusetts?
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/971371,6_1_NA27_BARBARA_S1.article
-- Birkett talks a different story when shoe's on the other foot - Tim West
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/west/969431,6_4_NA25_PAGE2COL_S1.article
COURIER NEWS
-- Hard up for cash in Kane Prosecutors, public defenders lowest paid in area - David Gialanella
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/971394,3_1_EL27_A1ATTORNEYS_S1.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat Party success in attracting illegals and in driving America's economy down results in more food bank "clients"
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/971415,3_1_EL27_A2FOOD_S1.article
BEACON NEWS
-- Health, sex ed program heads to Aurora Robert Crown Center: Hinsdale-based agency sees need by kids here "The topics are grade-oriented and the center's Web site notes that during sexual discussions, which include puberty changes and how to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, staff encourage abstinence." - Christine Moyer
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/971663,2_1_AU27_HEALTH_S1.article
CBS2
-- Foster hopes to create fund to help military family
http://cbs2chicago.com/illinoiswire/22.0.html?type=local&state=IL&category=n&filename=IL--MilitaryFamiliesF.xml
-- VERY SAD: TERRORISTS OVERJOYED: Veterans On Memorial Day Call For End To Iraq War - Mai Martinez
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/veterans.iraq.war.2.733206.html
CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Roosevelt University promotes illegal immigration
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=29571&seenIt=1
POST TRIBUNE
-- Media wrongly paint negative picture - Timothy Carroll, Munster
http://www.post-trib.com/news/opinion/letters/967896,letters.article
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
-- Berkowitz with Rep. Durkin on Mckenna, Obama and much more
http://jeffberkowitz.blogspot.com/2008/05/better-than-conaty-with-schakowsky.html
TERI O'BRIEN
-- Memorial Day is the Perfect Day to Remind the Left of What Patriotism is and isn't
http://teriobrien.webloggin.com/2008/memorial-day-is-the-perfect-day-to-remind-the-left-of-what-patriotism-is-and-isnt/
PEORIA PUNDIT
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Peoria Pundit hilariously, outrageously, and falsely argues that the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) is controlled by its "right wing." The facts clearly show that for many decades those who really control the IRP a) despise conservatives and despise conservatism and b) spend most of their time working with Democrats to blame all past, present, and future problems on conservatives and on conservatism.
http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/2008/05/25/politics-moderation-takes-a-setback-as-lahood-exists-race-fornrc/
ANDY MARTIN
-- Andy Martin lawsuit knocks Congressman Ray LaHood out of RNC race Peoria congressman was 'front' for corrupt Illinois 'Combine' that corrupts and controls Illinois politics.
http://www.pr-inside.com/andy-martin-lawsuit-knocks-congressman-ray-r608847.htm
WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- Republicans Are in Denial K Street and "compassionate" conservatism ruined the GOP - Tom Coburn
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121184690228421415.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
ABC NEWS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Obama argues that Republicans have let veterans down
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/05/obama-tells-vet.html
REUTERS
-- Bush hits '08 trail; do Republicans want his help? - Jeremy Pelofsky
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN26355446
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
-- Clinton, McCain, and Obama to be peppered on gay marriage
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/05/26/candidates_to_be_peppered_on_gay_marriage/4530/
BLOOMBERG
-- McCain Trumpets Independence From Bush, Except for Fundraising - Hans Nichols and Edwin Chen
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a62zxp30OASc&refer=home
-- Pork Projects Thrive in Democrats' Spending Scam - Kevin Hassett
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aRvCYI4iGAA8&refer=home
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
-- Bad News for GOP Can Be Good News for McCain - Froma Harrop
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/bad_news_for_gop_can_be_good_n.html
POLITICO
-- McCain makes waves in GOP punditocracy - Ari Melber
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10622.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican candidates, however, have found McCain is not quite as popular as the pundits say. Back in March, Republican candidate Jim Oberweis tried deploying McCain when Oberweis was heavily favored to replace former House Speaker Dennis Hastert in an exurban Illinois district. As a local ABC News affiliate reported at the time, “Oberweis is distancing himself from President Bush by emphasizing his endorsement from Republican presidential front-runner John McCain.” The candidates campaigned and fundraised together while Democrat Bill Foster returned fire with ads touting his endorsement from Barack Obama. Foster won by 6 points - in a district that reelected Bush by 10 points.)
-- Business to McCain camp: What role? - Jeanne Cummings
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10635.html
NATIONAL REVIEW
-- Obama, the Closer An eloquent clean cut black man is the perfect front man for the radical Left. - Kyle-Anne Shiver
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NTNkNTU5MjE2MjUwNmQ2MWQ3YWRlYjhmNzQ4OTQyOGU=
NEWSMAX
-- Newsweek Poll: 11% Believe Obama Is Muslim
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Poll_Believe_Obama_muslim/2008/05/26/98917.html?s=al&promo_code=6301-1
ACCURACY IN MEDIA
-- McCain, Obama, & Clinton: The Candidates’ Communist Connections - Cliff Kincaid
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/the-candidates-communist-connections/
HUMAN EVENTS
-- Obama Whines Again - Lisa Richards
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26652
AMERICAN THINKER
-- A Grateful Nation Remembers - Nancy J. Thorner
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/05/a_grateful_nation_remembers.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
-- Why doesn't the Illinois Democratic Party proudly post its platform on its website? - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
(THE ARTICLE: Outstandingly, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) posts its platform on its website at http://www.digitalvictorycms.com/_uploaded/348687-platform.pdf, but outrageously, the Illinois Democratic Party (IDP) does NOT post its platform on its website (DEAD LINK: http://www.ildems.com/platform/). Why is that? Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor is a member of the IRP Platform and Resolutions committee. Needless-to-say, the new IRP platform should provide a clear alternative to the IDP platform. I want to read the IDP platform because based on actions taken by the IDP, its platform outrageously calls for electing Obama, reelecting Durbin, attracting people to Illinois who lack education and/or job skills and/or people who have severe health, financial, and/or other problems; driving all taxpayers and all businesses out of Illinois; promoting Combine members; promoting corruption; promoting voter fraud; promoting socialism; promoting dependency on government; promoting illegal immigration; promoting amnesty; promoting more guest worker programs; promoting more mass immigration; promoting multilingualism; promoting abortion; promoting homosexual activity; abolishing the Second Amendment; driving Illinois into bankruptcy; joining with RINOs to blame all past, present, and future problems on conservatives; etc. I would greatly appreciate it if someone would email me (diersen@aol.com) or fax me (630-653-9665) the IDP platform. Outstandingly, the Champaign County Democratic Central Committee posts its platform at http://champaigncountydemocrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/ccdems_platform_3_05_08.pdf. Undoubtedly, it is far less liberal than the IDP platform. Nevertheless, it calls for a "universal health care system," for "comprehensive health care that includes a woman's right to reproductive choice regardless of ability to pay," for "universal preschool education," for "comprehensive sex education," for "continuation of English as a Second Language and a bilingual education program," for "affordable housing," for "the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops" from Iraq, for ending"poverty," for "comprehensive immigration reform," for opposing "English Only legislation," for a "path to permanent legal residence" for illegals, and for "total equity in marriage, adoption and other family issues regardless of race or gender.")
