GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - July 15, 2008
QUESTIONS: If there had been no crossover voting, would Obama have won the Democrat Party nomination? If there had been no crossover voting, would McCain have won the Republican Party nomination?
DAILY HERALD
-- OUTSTANDING: Gary Sinse to perform at Cantigny Park in Wheaton on Saturday, July 19 - Melissa Jenco
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=217108&src=2
(DIERSEN: Sponsors for this outstanding fundraiser for the troops include: Congresswoman Judy Biggert (Two Star), Milton Township Republican Committee (Two Star), Sauerberg For U.S. Senate (Two Star), DuPage County (One Star), DuPage Federation of Republican Women (One Star), Friends of Michael Prueter (One Star), GOPUSA ILLINOIS (One Star), and Naperville Area Republican Women's Org. (One Star) SOURCE: http://www.osotil.org/rockin2008.html)
-- AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY'S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Help the pantries feed the hungry
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=220918&src=
-- Naperville (AND BOLINGBROOK, WHEATON, AURORA, AND ORLAND PARK) again named one of 'Best Places to Live' by Money magazine - Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=220786
-- More schools taking day off for election day - Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=220866
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Daily Herald argues that the fun of young children playing in the White House is just one more reason to vote for the Obamas
(This AP editorial made to look like news was not posted as of 6:00 AM)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Chicago Sun-Times promotes the New Yorker magazine and demonizes Americans
http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1055603,CST-EDT-edit15b.article
-- Illinois can't afford raises for legislators - Editorial
http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1055604,CST-EDT-edit15a.article
-- 'Tasteless' cover, fascinating story New Yorker magazine delves into Obama's political roots - Lynn Sweet
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/1055634,CST-NWS-sweet15.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Mary Mitchell demonizes Mount Greenwood residents
http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1055775,CST-NWS-mitch15.article
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Chicago Tribune promotes the New Yorker magazine and demonizes Americans
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0715edit1jul15,0,318453.story
-- A tender spot for Rough Rider Republican John McCain finds a soul mate in the nation's 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt, a military man and reformer who had a vision for America. Some say McCain falls short of his idol in making - Jill Zuckman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-mccain-trjul14,0,1535224.story
COURIER NEWS
-- Illinois House headed back to Capitol Legislators hope to restore some budget cuts - Christopher Wills
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/1055823,3_1_EL15_A8BUDGET_S1.article
LAKE COUNTY NEWS SUN
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Anti-religious promoters of homosexual activity who claim to be Catholic start a "church" in Waukegan
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/1055652,5_1_WA15_NEWCATH_S1.article
NAPERVILLE SUN
-- Money rates Naperville No. 3 best place to live Magazine gives high marks for schools, library, but points taken off for traffic, home prices - Paige Winfield
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1055646,6_1_NA15_MONEY_S1.article
WHEATON LEADER
-- Money Magazine: Wheaton is one of the best - Brian Hudson
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/wheaton/news/x1768846224/Money-Wheaton-is-one-of-the-best
HERALD NEWS
-- 11th Congressional District: Halvorson ahead in election fundraising - Patrick Ferrell
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1055648,4_1_JO15_11MONEY_S1.article
SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- Madigans, Daleys and the quest for governor - Rich Miller
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/miller/1055415,071508miller.article
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
-- State Republicans will roll out plan for action - Mike Riopell
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/07/14/news/doc487bd5f30e2d6029598701.txt
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Steve Brown, spokesman of Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, criticized House Republicans for aligning themselves with Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich last week. Many Republicans voted for a Blagojevich-backed plan to expand gambling in order to pay for a massive public works proposal for the state. “I would think that would be what they want to campaign on,” Brown said.)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- Illinois Civil War heats up over Capital bill - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/07/il-civil-war-he.html
ILLINOIS GOP NET
-- Dan Proft: Why Republicans in Illinois Lose, Reason No. 64,112
http://ilgopnet.com/node/963
(THE COMMENTARY: Reason Number 64,112 as to why Republicans in Illinois lose: opposition to their own party platform. Here's the setup for latest skit in the Illinois GOP's long-running burlesque show: At the quadrennial Republican State Convention in Decatur last month, Illinois Republicans adopted the following plank in their party platform, "We call on the Governor and the General Assembly to balance the state budget and provide for a responsible capital development program without resorting to the expansion of gambling..." (page 3 of the "2008 Platform", bullet point #6 for those scoring at home). That plank was proposed and ratified by Republican officeholders and party leaders from across the state. Got that? No defaulting to gambling expansion to finance the important government responsibility of building roads and bridges in Illinois. Fast forward to the General Assembly's posture session last week: While the Chicago Democrat junta that runs the state was doing their own vaudeville routine wherein they pretend to care about balancing the state budget, legislation was introduced to massively expand gambling--more casinos, more gambling positions, new forms of gambling--in order to fund a capital development program. Can you see what's coming? Wait for it . . . That legislation did not come close to mustering the magic number of votes for passage, but it was not for the lack of trying by House Republicans. A majority of Republicans (28 of 51 or 55%), including the House GOP Leader, voted for the gambling expansion. By contrast, the Democrats took the GOP's platform to heart. A majority of House Democrats, including the House Speaker, voted against the gambling expansion legislation. I am not an opponent of gambling. I was weaned on casino night at my church and, to this day, I semi-routinely venture off to Las Vegas to see the new and wonderful things on The Strip that have been built with my money. So the issue for me is not gambling expansion per se (though I think what has been proposed is a bad idea). The issue for me is that Amy Winehouse behaves less erratically than the Illinois GOP's party leaders. This latest about face points to the Illinois GOP's central problem. The party so lacks a core that its only semblance of an identity is the complete absence of one. Without that core, the Illinois GOP is but a leaf in the wind, being blown hither and thither unbounded by even its own freshly adopted statement of principles. Having apparently abandoned any effort to argue for market-oriented, private sector-focused ideas as the means to spur economic activity, the GOP's leadership reverts to George Ryan-omics: casinos and public works projects. Rather than holding up the Chicago Democrat junta and relentlessly (and publicly) asking them to account for their ineptitude, ineptitude that is jeopardizing $6 billion in federal transportation funds set aside for Illinois because of this state's failure to come up with its federally-required 25% match, the House GOP enables the problem gamblers in charge by proposing to tie Illinois' financial future to a spinning wheel. Until there is an intervention to break the Illinois GOP's strung-out leadership of their addiction to table scraps from Chicago Democrats at the expense of the party's stated principles, the party will suffer more embarrassing episodes of hypocrisy that translate into further humiliations on Election Day.)
CHAMPION NEWS
-- Iowa GOP holds a real Republican convention, puts Illinois GOP to shame - Doug Ibendahl
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1082
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The big difference is that Iowa has a real Republican Party. It's run professionally and it's truly in touch with the grassroots. They also don't tolerate GOP leaders who are just Democrats in disguise. The Iowa GOP is competitive because it's open and honest, and they treat their members with respect. Their leaders get it. The differences between the Des Moines event and our recent convention in Decatur are startling. It was like night and day. Iowa has a serious Republican Party and they had a serious convention. They didn't have destructive punks like Jason Heffley running around for weeks in advance trying to disenfranchise good Republicans from being delegates with phony new rules. They didn't have any County Chairmen like Randy Pollard acting like buffoons and making fools of themselves as part of an effort to squelch direct elections with strong-arm tactics. They didn't try to stack rigged committees with hacks ordered to vote a certain way. They didn't go to goofy lengths to keep even the list of delegates secret.)
-- Counterinsurgency, political troops, energy and action - John Biver
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1080
-- Counterinsurgency: GOP resurgence possible with new generals and an updated field manual
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1081
DES MOINES REGISTER
-- Huckabee urges GOP to unify behind McCain - Thomas Beaumont
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008807130326
ABC7
-- New Yorker's 'satirical' cover stirs controversy
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6263125 (Includes video clip)
NBC5
-- New Yorker Cover Depicts Obamas As Terrorists Obama Campaign Finds Image Offensive
http://www.nbc5.com/politics/16874849/detail.html?dl=mainclick (Includes video clip)
CBS2
-- New Yorker's Obama Cover Creates Uproar - Mike Flannery
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/obama.new.yorker.2.771101.html (Includes video clip)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE & MONEY MAGAZINE
-- Naperville ranks No. 3 on Money magazine's list of best places to live (Bolingbrook No. 32, Wheaton No. 54, Aurora No. 74, Orland Park No. 92) - James Kimberly
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-naperville-money-web-jul15,0,3963591.story
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/PL1751622.html (Naperville-3)
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/PL1707133.html (Bolingbrook-32)
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/PL1781048.html (Wheaton-54)
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/PL1703012.html (Aurora-74)
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/PL1756640.html (Orland Park)
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- House faces a hard job on restoring budget cuts Even if representatives agree, senators don’t plan to act soon - Ryan Keith
http://www.sj-r.com/news/x2050098549/House-faces-a-hard-job-on-restoring-budget-cuts
-- State can’t rely on gambling for essentials - Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinions/x1470904266/Our-Opinion-State-can-t-rely-on-gambling-for-essentials
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Cokie and Steve Roberts demonize Americans
http://www.sj-r.com/opinions/x469159321/Cokie-and-Steve-Roberts-Immigration-foes-need-to-go-to-naturalization-event
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
-- VIDEO CLIP: Peter Roskam: Energy Independent in 15 Years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJCvAUHqEMs
CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- Foster's fine line - Paul Merrion
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?articleId=30255
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GOP challenger Jim Oberweis, a dairy and investments executive, lost by about 5,000 of the 99,385 votes cast in March. Oberweis campaign manager David From notes that more than three times as many voters are expected on Nov. 4 in a district that went 55% for President George W. Bush four years ago. "The challenge is for Jim to articulate his position on issues that matter to them." After losing several bids for office, Mr. Oberweis is "damaged to the point he's a serious underdog," says David Wasserman, Cook editor of House races. "But I wouldn't write off the race.")
WEEK TV
-- Schock On State Budget - Tom McIntyre and Jeff Muniz
http://www.week.com/news/local/25130989.html
CHICAGO PUBLIC RADIO
-- Representative Randy Ramey Supports Blagojevich's Budget Cuts - Sean Crawford
http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=26546
SUBURBAN LIFE
-- Schillerstrom voices concerns in D.C. over EJ&E - Dan Petella
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/darien/news/x390630916/Schillerstrom-voices-concerns-in-D-C-over-EJ-E
EXAMINER
-- Durbin's GOP foe with plenty of money woes
http://www.examiner.com/a-1487450~Durbin_s_GOP_foe_with_plenty_of_money_woes.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- Illinois House headed back to Capitol - Christopher Wills
http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/397057.html
CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
-- Land of Obama, Land of Change? - Paul Jacob
http://cdobs.com/archive/local-media-feeds/land-of-obama-land-of-change%2C1369/
AMERICANS FOR TRUTH
-- Ronald McDonald: Anti-Christian Bigot? McDonald’s Suggests Pro-Family Advocates Motivated by Hate Fast-food chain echoes homosexual activists’ smear - Peter LaBarbera
http://americansfortruth.com/news/ronald-mcdonald-anti-christian-bigot-mcdonalds-suggests-pro-family-advocates-motivated-by-hate.html
REPUBLICANS FOR FAIR MEDIA
-- Was Jesse Jackson Flap With Barack Obama A Set Up? Maybe the Knife Had No Blade? - Daniel T. Zanoza
http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2008/07/was-jesse-jackson-flap-with-barack-obama-a-set-up-maybe-the-knife-had-no-blade.html
BLOOMBERG
-- BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: McCain brags about his rejecting the Republican Party platform immigration plank and blasts Obama for supporting it
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aF76D8psFk4c&refer=home
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican presidential candidate John McCain defended his commitment to an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws and accused Democrat Barack Obama of voting to undermine the legislation in the Senate. ``He voted for, and even sponsored, amendments that were intended to kill the legislation,'' McCain said in a speech today to the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza, an Hispanic advocacy group. Obama's campaign said the Illinois senator supported the immigration law changes and denied his proposal was intended to block the overhaul. The measure, the biggest rewrite of U.S. immigration law since 1986, would have offered an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants a path to citizenship while tightening the border with Mexico and creating a guest-worker program. Cosponsored by McCain and Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy, the legislation stalled in June 2007 on a procedural vote as Republicans and some Democrats lined up against it.)
FOX NEWS CHANNEL
-- McCain Fights Ageism Among Some of Electorate - AP
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/14/mccain-fights-ageism-among-some-of-electorate/
HUMAN EVENTS
-- The Washington Post: A Tale of Two Comments - Seton Motley
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=27484
THE HILL
-- Gramm is latest lonely guy - David Keene
http://thehill.com/david-keene/gramm-is-latest-lonely-guy-2008-07-14.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The news that Republican presidential wannabe John McCain took only a second or two to throw one of his closest friends under the bus last week should remind us of just why politics can be such a lonely business. The truly ambitious politician is more often than not willing to sacrifice anything and anyone to the hunger for higher office, and this hunger is nowhere greater than among those who aspire to the presidency. If anyone out there doubts this, this cycle should dispel those doubts. Both Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and McCain (R-Ariz.) have demonstrated a willingness bordering on eagerness to abandon anyone who might somehow embarrass them or be used by their opponents to criticize them. Sen. Obama’s opportunity came, of course, when he discovered just what his minister was saying during all those sermons we have to assume he slept through over the years. Oh, he stood by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright for a minute or two, but then announced that he wasn’t nearly as close to his minister, personal friend and spiritual adviser as he’d claimed over the years and consigned the man to the outer darkness.)
-- 2008 proving to be the anti-party year - David Hill
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/2008-proving-to-be-the-anti-party-year-2008-07-14.html
NATIONAL JOURNAL
-- Religion And The Race White Evangelicals & Catholics Favor McCain; Plus: Americans Are (BEING BAMBOOZLED BY ANTI-REPUBLICANS TO WANT MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, AMNESTY, MORE GUEST WORKER PROGRAMS, MORE MASS IMMIGRATION, LOWER WAGES FOR AMERICANS, ETC.) - Mary Gilbert and Amy Harder
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/pn_20080714_2331.php
AMERICAN SPECTATOR
-- McCain's Immigration Two-Step - James Antle
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13533
REUTERS
-- Obama camp not amused with New Yorker cover
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSN1442783520080714
USA TODAY
-- $39M raised for GOP convention
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-07-14-gop-convention_N.htm
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sadly, it seems that when most minorities say that they want better "race relations," they seem to be saying that whites caused all their problems and that they want whites to give them more race based preferences to address their problems.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-07-13-racepoll_N.htm
MERCURY NEWS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Only "fear of alienating GOP conservatives" stops McCain from promising Hispanic illegals a "pathway to citizenship"
http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_9880997
-- McCain asks for Latinos' trust - Mary Anne Ostrom
http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_9885055
NEW YORK TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: New York Times a) acknowledges that if you joke about Obama, you will be demonized and b) argues that there is nothing about Obama to joke about
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/us/politics/15humor.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
WASHINGTON POST
-- VERY SAD BECAUSE "IMMIGRATION REFORM" IS A CODE WORD FOR AMNESTY, FOR MORE GUEST WORKER PROGRAMS, FOR MORE MASS IMMIGRATION, AND WORSE: McCain Tells Latinos Immigration Reform is 'Top Priority' - Juliet Eilperin
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/07/14/mccain_tells_latinos_immigrati.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Why are Democrats more motivated to elect Obama than Republicans motivated are to elect McCain?
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-trailpoll15-2008jul15,0,6065100.story
-- Number of Mexicans gaining citizenship soars in 2007 The figure rise nearly 50% from the year before, a federal report says. Officials cite a campaign by Spanish-language media and community groups, plus a desire to apply before a fee hike kicked in. - Teresa Watanabe
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-citizen11-2008jul11,0,5940751.story
DENVER POST
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Columnist David Harsanyi blasts the Obamas' critics
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_9880666
ARIZONA REPUBLIC
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: McCain tells illegals that eventually, he will give them a "pathway to citizenship" otherwise known as "amnesty"
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2008/07/15/20080715mccain-immig0715.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- 71% OF BLACKS AND 50% OF HISPANICS ARE BORN OUT-OF-WEDLOCK: Black activists say Obama must speak to all races
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j8w54kX4XXNUI2Jv2CKFmoAUfgKgD91TQJ4G0
FINANCIAL TIMES
-- NEW YORKER: "The magazine considered the bible of the white, liberal US intelligentsia"
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d5f070bc-51e0-11dd-a97c-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
