GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - June 9, 2008
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
-- 2008 Illinois Republican Party direct election documents available in searchable PDF format on the Files page of the www.gopillinois.com website - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
-- FIRST DOCUMENT (two pages): Resolution in favor of return to direct election of Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members which Platform and Resolutions Committee member Dave Diersen provided electronically to all the committee members on June 4 and submitted again at the Friday June 6 committee meeting at the state convention in Decatur. Sadly, during meeting, because of opposition by some committee members to some of the "whereas" paragraphs, Diersen reluctantly amended that resolution to strike all but the following: "Be it resolved, that this 2008 Illinois Republican State Convention hereby approves, by a majority of the delegates in attendance, a return to direct election by Republican primary electors of all State Central Committeemen and State Central Committeewomen for the Illinois Republican Party, as authorized in 10 ILCS 5/7-8(a)." While that amended resolution failed to pass, it did receive 8 votes which qualified it to go to the floor of the convention with a minority report. During the June 6 committee meeting, Diersen was not allowed to submit a resolution that would send the direct election issue to the floor of the convention without taking a position either in favor of it or in opposition to it. Also, outrageously, while IRP Chairman McKenna was allowed to address the committee in opposition to direct election, Senator Lauzen was not allowed address the committee in favor of direct election.
-- SECOND DOCUMENT (one page): Resolution in opposition to return to direct election of IRP SCC members which was not provided committee members until after the aforesaid resolution was voted on, and which sadly, the committee passed. According to the IRP, on the floor of the convention, 556 delegates of the 857 delegates stood up in favor of this resolution, 186 stood up against it, and apparently 115 did not stand for either resolution or were not on the floor when the IRP took its counts. The resolution outrageously argues that "the Convention Committee on Platform and Resolutions has conducted an extensive hearing on the question of whether the State Central Committee should be directly elected or elected by Republican ward, township, and precinct committeemen." Platform and Resolutions Committee members had been told that their committee would be given a full hour during the convention and that individual delegates would be allowed to address the full convention for up to three minutes each on items the committee set to the floor of the convention. But sadly, outrageously, that did not happen.
-- THIRD DOCUMENT (one page): Minority report
-- 2008 Illinois Republican Party Platform available in PDF searchable format on the Files page of the www.gopillinois.com website - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- OUTSTANDING: Kudos to the IL GOP Platform Committee - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/06/kudos-to-the-il.html
-- OUTSTANDING: Ruth O'Connell Honored With Henry Hyde Award - Jennifer Baty
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/06/oconnell-honore.html
-- VERY SAD: Willow Creek welcomes homosexual activists for weekend conference - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/06/willow-creek-we.html
NOLAN CHART
-- Illinois GOP Opposes Direct Elections - Greg Bishop
http://www.nolanchart.com/article4000.html
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
-- Much of governor's wish list turned down in house - Kevin McDermott and Kathleen Haughney
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/06/08/news/doc484ca9b168246255957230.txt
CBS2
-- Lawmakers Will Keep Trying For Capital Bill - AP
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/springfield.capital.plan.2.743179.html
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- 'Willie Horton' admaker taking aim at Obama - Richard B. Schmitt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obama-adjun09,0,6559592.story
-- BYRNE: "My guess is that Illinois GOP big shots and moneybags will sit on their hands in the presidential election, to show how accommodating they are, so that they won't be forgotten when the food line opens."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0609byrnejun09,0,3204559.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: St. Sabina parishioners happy about the return of Pfleger, someone who blames all minority problems on conservatives, especially on older white male conservatives.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-pfleger-leave-09-jun09,0,5133808.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote homosexual activity is to work against religion. Soulforce members Dotti Berry and Roby Sapp promote homosexual activity, therefore, they work against religion.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-bakker-gay-church-09-jun09,0,1906519.story
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: FRONT PAGE WITH 8X5.5-INCH COLOR PHOTO OF A FEMALE MINORITY SUPPORTER: St. Sabina parishioners happy about the return of Pfleger, someone who blames all minority problems on conservatives, especially on older white male conservatives.
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/religion/995461,CST-NWS-priest09.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: To promote socialism is to work against religion. Nevertheless, Rev. Michael Place promotes socialism.
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/health/995637,CST-NWS-kids09.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Only 10,764 undergraduate students majoring in engineering in Illinois - down 2.1% from 10 years ago. Only 9,856 computer and information sciences majors - down 16%.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/995410,CST-NWS-majors09.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Puente argues for amnesty, for more guest worker programs, and for more mass immigration for Mexicans, again
http://www.suntimes.com/news/puente/995630,CST-EDT-puente09.article
-- NOVAK: Enthusiasm for McCain inside the Republican coalition is in short supply. During the four months since McCain clinched the nomination, he has not satisfied conservatives who oppose his positions on global warming, campaign reform, immigration, domestic oil drilling and how to ban same-sex marriages.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/novak/995164,CST-EDT-novak09.article
DAILY HERALD
-- The cynical cost of Pfleger and his ilk - Carl Segvich, Chicago
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=204094
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY VERY VERY SAD: Democrats are having success in driving the economy down to elect Democrats in November
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=204793&src=
-- Media should stop recession scares - John Skaritka, Elgin
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=203927&src=
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Obama promotes socialism even more than he promotes amnesty. The illegals want Obama to be our next president. Emilio F. Marcos of Geneva bashes socialism but inconsistently promotes those who want Obama elected and therefore, want socialism.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=203958
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Especially cold 2007-2008 fall/winter/spring forces DuPage County and municipalities to spend way more on salt, overtime, etc. What about filing a class action lawsuit against Al Gore who tells us its only going to get warmer?
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=204831
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- Nix leaving deputy governor post Has been in Blagojevich administration since 2004 - Bernard Schoenberg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/x955872404/Nix-leaving-deputy-governor-post
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
-- Kane lawmakers 'frustrated' over Springfield antics - Kate Thayer
http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2008/06/08/news/local/doc484b637689a06496809130.txt
BEACON NEWS
-- VERY SAD: Obama's message sparks interest for young - Elisabeth Kilpatrick and Erika Wurst
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/994723,2_1_AU08_OBAMAYOUNG_S1.article
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
-- Texas GOP fears grouchy voters won't go to polls Convention opens here amid some discontent within the party - R.G. Ratcliffe
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5826424.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many of the grass-roots Texas Republicans see presumptive presidential nominee John McCain as not conservative enough. Others still support presidential candidate Ron Paul. Some are unhappy over immigration, high federal spending, a sagging national economy and rising gasoline prices. "A lot of them, and rightly so in many cases, are mad. They're concerned," said Roger Williams, chairman of the Texas GOP's voter turnout efforts this year. "What we've got to do is alleviate those concerns and get them to vote." . . . Delegates on Friday will hear from former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former presidential contenders Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney. Romney is McCain's designated surrogate speaker at the convention. Cathie Adams, president of the Texas Eagle Forum, said McCain is not building bridges with the grass roots by sending Romney to speak to the Texas convention in his place. "It would have been better if he had come himself," Adams said. Adams said many delegates to the convention will want to be reassured about McCain on immigration. She said many are upset that he supports a process of granting citizenship to those who entered the country illegally. Adams said McCain cannot win just by telling voters the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is bad. "Everyone I know is unhappy with the prospects of Obama," Adams said. "But they'll stay home rather than just go out and vote against someone.")
CHAMPION NEWS
-- Illinois School News: $10 million Pensions, $100,000 Raises and a $196,000/yr Art Teacher - Bill Zettler
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1024
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
-- Commissioner Claypool w/ Berkowitz on Obama, McCain, the Strogers, Peraica
http://jeffberkowitz.blogspot.com/2008/06/better-than-jim-webb-wrussert-claypool.html
REPUBLICANS FOR FAIR MEDIA
-- Russert, Stephanopoulos, Matthews and Moyers--What Did Their Bosses Have In Mind? Not Good Journalism! - Daniel T. Zanoza
http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2008/06/russert-stephanopoulos-matthews-and-moyers--what-did-their-bosses-have-in-mind-not-good-journalism.html
TOWNHALL
-- Obama and the Convicted Felon - Guy Benson
http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/GuyBenson/2008/06/08/obama_and_the_convicted_felon
FRONT PAGE
-- When Will the Big Media Investigate Obama's Communist Influences? - Bill Steigerwald
http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=E793A37D-B7B1-4234-866D-9DF4E7294999
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
-- GOP Insiders Worry About McCain's Chances - Thomas Edsall
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/06/gop_insiders_worry_about_mccai.html
