GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - June 19, 2008

FREE REPUBLIC
-- Illinois Hispanics meet with Juan McCain in Downtown Chicago - Rosanna Pulido
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2033264/posts

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- John McCain high end fund-raiser ($100,000 for VIP reception) at Chicago's Drake Hotel on Wednesday - Lynn Sweet
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/06/john_mccain_fundraiser_in_chic.html
-- McCain Chicago Drake Hotel fund-raiser Pool report - Perry Bacon
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/06/mccain_chicago_drake_hotel_fun.html
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Even though Michelle Obama has made it clear that she and her husband blame all problems on older white male conservatives, Mary Mitchell argues that Michelle is not "bitter"
http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1013609,CST-NWS-mitch19.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Liberal feminist left wing Democrat Anna Quindlen insultingly argues that "the GOP sold out to the right wing, which sees women as a service industry for men"
(Not posted as of 6:00 AM)

DAILY HERALD
-- McCain calls for more nuclear reactors
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=209746&src=110
-- A boost to the effort to secede from Cook County? Stroger visit gives some hope; others say split would just be too hard - Kimberly Pohl
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=209148&src=1

ABC7
-- Senator Dillard for McCain, despite Obama ad cameo - Andy Shaw
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6212674 (Includes video clip)

NBC5
-- GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain comes to Chicago to raise money for his campaignhttp://www.nbc5.com/politics/index.html (Includes video clip)

CBS2
-- McCain In Chicago For Fundraiser - Mike Flannery
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/mccain.chicago.fundraiser.2.751664.html

FOX NEWS
-- McCain Holds a Fundraiser in Chicago - Shushannah Walshe
http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/06/18/mccain-holds-a-fundraiser-in-chicago/

CHAMPION NEWS
-- The real story behind McKenna vs. Schillerstrom (Part 1) - Doug Ibendahl
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1041
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Just one of the odd episodes at the recent State GOP Convention in Decatur occurred during opening remarks before the entire delegation on Saturday. That's when State Party Chairman Andy McKenna, Jr. publicly slammed DuPage County Board Chairman Bob Schillerstrom. McKenna wasn't man enough to actually say Schillerstrom's name, but there was no mistaking who he was talking about. Here's how the Chicago Tribune reported McKenna's quote. Again, this was to all the convention attendees: "It's a disappointment to me when a county board chairman goes to Springfield and lobbies with Democrats for a sales tax increase because that makes people feel like that's what Republicans believe in," McKenna said. This has all added to a dustup that's been building for a long time. McKenna's jab at one of their own was also likely a big factor in the decision by most of the DuPage County delegates to walk out of the convention hall later in the program. Most of the attendees seemed to have had enough of McKenna's latest farce by then anyway. DuPage delegates weren't the only ones to leave early. Republicans were given no real say at this convention, but they could at least vote with their feet.)
-- Now hiring political fighters - John Biver
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1040

ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- Embarrassing Obama ad dropped - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/06/embarrassing-ob.html
-- Genetics and Homosexuality - George Kocan
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/06/genetics-and-ho.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- Texas GOP cuts off vendor that sold racist button - April Castro
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-ap-texas-gop-obama,0,1659445.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: First Lady sides with Michelle Obama against Republicans
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-ap-michelle-obama-the-view,0,799496.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Zorn promotes homosexual activity, again
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-zorn-thurjun19,0,4956939.column

COURIER NEWS
-- Foster releases list of federal funding requests - Andre Salles
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/1013942,3_1_EL19_A1FOSTER_S1.article

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: In editorials made to look like news, the Rockford Register Star unabashedly promotes Obama
http://www.rrstar.com/communities/x833714682/The-Obama-effect-State-of-anticipation
http://www.rrstar.com/communities/x379970891/Obama-may-understand-us-because-he-s-been-here

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
-- Public hearing on Pontiac prison set for Aug. 12 - Kurt Erickson
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/06/18/news/doc485963cec9691700405949.txt

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- State representative Bob Biggins faces July 28 trial on DUI charge
http://www.sj-r.com/homepage/x833714684/State-representative-faces-July-28-trial-on-DUI-charge

CHICAGO HOT BLOG
-- BEYOND TRAGIC: With the increasing political participation of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans and the community’s relatively high financial resources through political action groups and as individual donors, Illinois politicians have increased their presence at the Chicago Pride Parade. Both the Illinois Democratic and Republican Parties are heavily represented, most noticeably by current Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, and Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, a Republican. Both have strong support from many gay and lesbian groups.
http://www.chicagohotblog.com/pride-parade

TRIB LOCAL
-- DIERSEN QUESTION: Why aren't those who promote sexual activity outside of wedlock promoting "HIV education" in municipalities where the most sexual activity outside of wedlock takes place -- municipalities that despise conservative values?
http://www.triblocal.com/Glen_Ellyn/Detail_View/view.html?type=stories&action=detail&sub_id=21226

SUBURBAN LIFE
-- VERY SAD: DAWN ventures into immigration issue with panel discussion - Brian Hudson
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/wheaton/news/x2113779929/DAWN-ventures-into-immigration-issue-with-panel-discussion

WORLD NET DAILY
-- Barack Obama and the Comfort Room - Jill Stanek
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=67328

CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY
-- MCCAIN, DILLARD, OBAMA: Political Clippings
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=cqmidday-000002899690
(FROM THE POSTING: The Chicago Tribune reports that the campaign of presumptive GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain has asked Illinois state Sen. Kirk Dillard to pull ads in which he praises Sen. Barack Obama , the presumptive Democratic nominee. Obama’s campaign used the ad in Democratic primaries. “Dillard, elected Feb. 5 as a convention delegate for McCain, has asked Obama’s top political strategist, David Axelrod, not to use the TV ad for the general election campaign, now that the battle for the presidency is down to a one-on-one partisan contest. . . .Obama campaign aides said they would honor Dillard’s request.)

CHRISTIAN NEWS WIRE
-- BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Radical "Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice" to Host Incendiary Pastor Jeremiah Wright
http://christiannewswire.com/news/396286963.html

NANCY J. THORNER
-- The Chicago Committee for Heritage event - Tuesday, June 1, 2008 Featured speaker: Fred Barnes - “A Look Ahead for Conservatives”
www.gopillinois.com (6/19/08 News clips page)

ABC NEWS
-- McCain on Obama: On Terrorism, He Just Doesn't Get It - Jake Tapper
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/06/mccain-on-oba-1.html

CBS NEWS
-- Muslims Barred From Picture At Obama Event Campaign Volunteers Wanted To Prevent Women's Headscarves From Appearing On TV - Ben Smith
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/18/politics/politico/main4191084.shtml

USA TODAY
-- OUTSTANDING: English-only laws gathering steam - William Welch
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-06-18-English-laws_N.htm

NEW YORK TIMES
-- Russert’s Son Sounds a Theme of Unity at Funeral - Jacques Steinberg
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/washington/19russert.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
(FROM THE ARTICLE: WASHINGTON - In death, Tim Russert did on Wednesday what no living journalist has accomplished this campaign season: he got Barack Obama and John McCain to sit together and talk, quietly. Specifically, it was Mr. Russert’s son, Luke, 22, who got the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees together. He requested that they sit next to each other at his father’s funeral at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown. Then, in remarks from the pulpit, he exhorted them and other politicians to “engage in spirited debate but disavow the low tactics that distract Americans from the most important issues facing our country.” At the end of the service, the two candidates embraced.)