GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - June 29, 2008
SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: McQueary reports on Blagojevich the horse
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/mcqueary/1028284,062908mcqueary.article
(FROM THE REPORT: Blagojevich's trainer also recommended turning the horse into a gelding, or castrating him, at a young age. Blagojevich, you see, was a bit too aggressive and unfocused. Horses that keep their reproductive parts are called "studs" and can be used for breeding. But they require special handling and separation from other horses because of their temperament. So Blagojevich went under the knife. While learning about horse health care, I stumbled upon something profound. There is, in fact, a completely legitimate medical condition to blame for all the aggression among Democrats in Springfield. Forget the jokes about testosterone, or even the very real talk of impeachment. What we need is a team of surgeons. But I digress. On the day I met Blagojevich, he was in his stall waiting impatiently for his morning jog. Like the governor, Blagojevich the horse jogs a few times a week for three or four miles at a time. To see his daily routine and my exclusive interview with Blagojevich, watch the video posted on our Web site, www.southtownstar.com. You'll see him run gracefully around the track at Balmoral, pulling the cart on which I sat with his trainer. I think Blagojevich knew I was a member of the media. He kicked enough sand and grit into my hair to plug a Fox River levee. I also got a unique view of his posterior. There's a joke in there that might apply to the governor. But I'll let you figure it out.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD, BUT NOT SURPRISING: Democrats Barney Frank and Lisa Madigan blame foreclosures on Republicans
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-jesse-jackson-conference_both_29jun29,0,936320.story
-- Obama's brass monkey king good luck token charms Indians - Laurie Goering
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-india-obama_goeringjun29,0,410922.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mary Schmich promotes homosexual activity
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-schmich_bd29jun29,0,3104649.column
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- VERY SAD: Neil Steinberg promotes homosexual activity, again
http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/1029750,CST-NWS-stein29.article
DAILY HERALD
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: OUTRAGEOUS: Daily Herald promotes Obama, again
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=213468
-- High gas prices not oil companies' fault - Nancy Thorner
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=213091&src=
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mike Sullivan of Mount Prospect blasts Birkett
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=212744&src=
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Schoenburg reports on Bill Brady, Joe Birkett, Dan Rutherford, Corvettes, and John Shimkus
http://www.sj-r.com/opinions/x2113787711/Bernard-Schoenburg-08-election-up-next-but-2010-talk-already-in-the-air
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Sen. BILL BRADY, R-Bloomington, who ran in the GOP primary for governor in 2006, has strongly hinted he’s laying groundwork for another run. And DuPage County State’s Attorney JOE BIRKETT, who was running mate to GOP gubernatorial candidate JUDY BAAR TOPINKA in 2006, has posted articles on his campaign Web site, www.joebirkett.com, including one from the Naperville Sun headlined “Birkett considers run for governor in 2010.” . . . State Sen. DAN RUTHERFORD, R-Chenoa, who ran for secretary of state in 2006, has also let it be known that he is a likely statewide candidate in 2010. Oh, and Blagojevich is raising campaign money too. If the past is prologue, much of what he’s raising could go to lawyers. Still, if he has any left, he just might run again as well. Brady visiting Turkey Sen. Brady is among a bipartisan group of about a dozen Illinois lawmakers visiting Turkey. “They have meetings with members of Parliament,” said PATTY SCHUH, spokeswoman for Senate Republicans. “They’re an official delegation meeting with government officials of Turkey.” She said the trip was sponsored by the Turkish American Society of Chicago, a nonprofit group, and the Chicago Turkish American Chamber of Commerce. “I think they’ve been trying to reach out in a number of ways to build some relationships,” she said. Schuh said she believes lawmakers who went on the trip are from all four legislative caucuses and are paying their own airfare. The trip was from June 20 through Monday. Brady’s district includes part of eastern Sangamon County. Corvettes get a day U.S. Rep. JOHN SHIMKUS, R-Collinsville, recently sponsored a House resolution to name June 30 “National Corvette Day.” No, Shimkus doesn’t drive one, and he has never owned a Corvette, said spokesman STEVE TOMASZEWSKI. But there’s an annual Corvette Funfest put on by a company called Mid America Motorworks in Effingham, which is in Shimkus’ 19th Congressional District. The event, Sept. 19-21 this year, is expected to showcase 12,000 Corvettes. MIKE YAGER of Mid America, as well as the National Corvette Association, came to Shimkus with the idea for the resolution, Tomaszewski said.)
ABC7
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: National Association of Latino Elected Officials lets known McCain hecklers get in
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6233998
(FROM THE ARTICLE: McCain was interrupted four times by protestors, three of whom were identifiable as CodePink members. Four separate interruptions (as opposed to the number of people protesting, which can vary) may tie a record for recent McCain events. Of the first protestor, a woman from Code Pink who frequents most of McCain's stops in Washington, McCain quipped, "That's a very familiar voice to me." The woman was protesting the Iraq war, saying that she wanted a "peace candidate." . . . Before Obama took stage later in the morning, a NALEO official apologized for the protesters, noting they were not a part of NALEO and didn't represent NALEO. Protestors at a McCain events are not uncommon; many people are opposed to McCain's position on the war in Iraq. Especially in Washington, the likelihood of someone interrupting McCain is about as good as the likelihood of McCain addressing his audience with his signature appellation, "my friends.")
COURIER NEWS
-- OUTSTANDING: Elgin Township Republicans salute Shirley Rauschenberger - Betty Brown
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/lifestyles/brown/1028359,3_5_EL29_BETTYBROWN_S1.article
-- OUTRAGEOUS: Darlene Hulin adopts gay and lesbian pride, participates in annual parade - Gloria Carr
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/lifestyles/1028365,3_5_EL29_PARADE_S1.article
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
-- Let Illinois capture gas tax revenue, not Washington - Ronald Fraser
http://www.pjstar.com/oped/x1470893823/OP-ED-Let-Illinois-capture-gas-tax-revenue-not-Washington
CLTV
-- VIDEO CLIP: Obama's ties to the Chicago Machine
http://weareillinois.org/connect/newsDetail.aspx?newsID=4107
ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- The question remains: Who verifies who's qualified to vote? - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/06/the-question-re.html
NEW YORK TIMES
-- VERY SAD: Obama Supporters Take His Middle Name as Their Own - Jodi Kantor
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Andrew Malcolm ridicules the GOP and a House GOP report on three recent special election losses
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/06/house-gop.html
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Grover Norquist blasts Obama
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-ticket29-2008jun29,0,6172074.story?page=1
ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- VERY SAD: Huge crowds expected for SF gay pride parade
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBqeOWTjCr7tV6mRHqWnUMnU0RVgD91JMAH80
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tragically, anyone involved in politics who has ever engaged in a homosexual act is subject to blackmail by homosexual activists. The Democrat Party platform promotes homosexual activity, but the Republican Party platform does not. People who believe that homosexual activity should be promoted vote for Democrats. People who believe that homosexual activity should not be promoted vote for Republicans. A house divided against itself cannot stand. Homosexual activity does not divide the Democrat Party because the Democrat Party will not let you hold an important position in the party unless you promote homosexual activity. Homosexual activity divides the Republican Party because the Republican Party routinely gives important positions to people who believe that homosexual activity should be promoted and they use their positions to demoralize, denigrate, and dive out those who do not agree with them. Tragically, for decades, people who believe that homosexual activity should be promoted have dominated and divided the Illinois Republican Party.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/06/28/IN5H11EA7E.DTL
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DeNunzio is not the stereotypical face of the GOP. When he was chairman of the San Francisco Republican Party, he was in the Gay Pride Parade. "I wasn't happy about being in a parade with people running around half naked," DeNunzio confessed, "but I believe in the big tent." And that the GOP should be "a party that welcomes everybody." In that spirit and in recognition of the GOP's historic ties with African Americans, DeNunzio made the S.F. GOP a presence at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast. As a member of Mayor Gavin Newsom's 10-year plan on homeless commission, DeNunzio believes that San Francisco has "created a homeless industry." And he wants to take on that industry, but with the understanding that city policies should "respect the dignity of the human being." Christopher Bowman, another indefatigable Republican, thinks DeNunzio "was a helluva fine commissioner" - both on the homeless panel and on the Aging and Adult Services Commission. "He does his homework, and he gets things done." "One of the problems has been that many Republicans have a defeatist attitude," former Police Chief Tony Ribera, now at the University of San Francisco, noted. "I know that Mike does not." DeNunzio is aware that he is in an uphill fight. So be it. "Half the tennis players are not going to win," he shrugs. "They still go out and play.")
MSNBC
-- ‘Hanoi Hilton’ jailer says he’d vote for McCain Former captor denies account of torture, says McCain made it up for votes - AP
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25418965
ASSOCIATED PRESS & CNN & BLOOMBERG & CHICAGO TRIBUNE & THE HILL & BALTIMORE SUN & SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE & DAILY HERALD & CBS2
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Race based politics is extremely divisive and extremely destructive. Very sadly, "700 Hispanics attending the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference" make it clear that they will promote whoever panders the most to members of their race
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_NxbDHD1WStzVfTazDU_yduIPzQD91J8BQG0
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_NxbDHD1WStzVfTazDU_yduIPzQD91JAOJ80
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/28/mccain.obama.latino/?iref=mpstoryview
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aw6wkf3t3gLA&refer=home
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-campaign-mccain-obamajun29,0,4476422.story
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/mccain-obama-battle-for-hispanic-votes-2008-06-28.html
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/obama_mccain_walks_away_on_imm.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/29/MNTM11GVVK.DTL&type=politics
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=213467&src=110
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/heckler.mccain.obama.2.759339.html
ILLINOIS BAR ASSOCIATION
-- VERY SAD: MURDERERS OVERJOYED: Illinois State Bar Association Assembly Votes to Support Abolishment of Death Penalty
http://www.illinoisbar.org/
NEWSWEEK
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Conservatives support Republicans. Liberals support Democrats. Republican leaders argue that Hispanics are conservative, do why do so many Hispanics (65% in the most recent poll) support liberal Democrat Obama?
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/06/27/is-the-hispanic-vote-really-up-for-grabs.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In early May, a Gallup poll showed Obama beating McCain 51 percent to 41 among Hispanics--a relatively narrow margin. But by the end of the month--as the Democratic race was winding down--Obama's support had skyrocketed to 62 percent, and McCain's had plummeted to 29. Polls taken since then have mirrored that massive 30-point gap, with the most recent (AP/Ipsos) showing Obama clobbering his Republican rival 65 to 21.)
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Newsweek sets up Alan Jacobs, 49, an English professor at Wheaton College, as the spokesman for "young evangelicals"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/143760
DETROIT FREE PRESS
-- Is Obama switching positions? Some say it's a reality in politics - Margaret Talev
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080629/NEWS07/806290585/1009/NEWS07
REUTERS
-- McCain says: “Obama’s word cannot be trusted” - Jeff Mason
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/06/28/mccain-says-obamas-word-cannot-be-trusted/
ANDY MARTIN
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Andy Martin Responds to the Washington Post
http://www.pr-inside.com/andy-martin-s-response-to-the-washington-r672702.htm
WONKETTE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Ms. Wonkette uses profanity to argue that Corvettes are gas guzzlers, but my 2005 is rated by her EPA at 18 MPG city and 26 MPG highway
http://wonkette.com/400796/breaking-house-passes-sweeping-national-corvette-day-legislation-making-oil-cost-like-four-cents
