GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - July 21, 2008

ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: AP blasts McCain for under-using the Internet. Hopefully, whoever on the McCain campaign team is responsible for monitoring Illinois political news reads GOPUSA ILLINOIS daily emails.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jToYl4VM056rpaR6sL22kAaygw7QD921S9980
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Blogs have been buzzing recently over McCain's admission that when it comes to the Internet, "I'm an illiterate who has to rely on his wife for any assistance he can get." And the 71-year-old presumptive Republican nominee, asked about his Web use last week by the New York Times, said that aides "go on for me. I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself." . . . "John McCain is an outlier when you compare him to his peers," Fox says. "On one hand, a U.S. senator has access to information sources and staff assistance that most people do not. On the other, the Internet has become such a go-to resource that it's a curiosity to hear that someone doesn't rely on it the way most Americans do." McCain spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan presented a somewhat updated picture when contacted by The Associated Press on Friday: "He's fully capable of browsing the Internet and checking Web sites," Buchanan said. "He has a Mac and uses it several times a week. He's working on becoming more familiar with the Internet." That's a good thing, says Tobey Dichter, CEO of Generations on Line, a group that helps bring seniors - including the 106-year-old Robinson - into the digital age. "He needs the self-empowerment" of going online himself, says Dichter. "There are too many people surrounding John McCain who are willing to print an e-mail for him" _or do a search on his behalf, like the aides who, he says, show him the Drudge Report. "But that cheats him of an opportunity to let his own mind take him to the next link," says Dichter. "If he doesn't know what links are available, he will only get exactly what he's asking for, and nothing more." . . . McCain may be in "digital denial," as Dichter calls it, but his family sure isn't: His wife, Cindy, has been seen scrolling away on her Blackberry, and daughter Meghan, one of his seven children, blogs from the campaign trail on McCain Blogette. As for McCain's Democratic rival, Barack Obama is 46, and thus in an age group where fully 85 percent of Americans are plugged in. A CNN clip available on YouTube shows him so engrossed with his Blackberry while crossing a street that he bumps into the curb. McCain's frank admissions of his offline state have led to discussion of whether being wired is a qualification for leading the free world. One aide, Mark Soohoo, defended the senator's lack of wiredness at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York in June by assuring the panel: "John McCain is aware of the Internet." One blogger opined last week that all the fuss is silly. McCain, wrote Newsweek's Andrew Romano, hasn't become computer literate because he hasn't needed to. "When aides are responding to your messages and briefing you on every imaginable subject, the incentive to get online sort of disappears," he wrote.)
-- Obama v. McCain: Is media playing fair in campaign coverage? (ABSOLUTELY NOT) - David Bauder
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iIHbNjxgyh98CZcVL1vYRM6JBVNQD9220LG85

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- Charles Keating and Lincoln Savings & Loan: McCain's own Tony Rezko Arizona senator received rebuke by ethics panel - Charles Pallasch
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1065734,CST-NWS-prez21web.article
http://media1.suntimes.com/multimedia/prez072108.pdf_20080721_01_14_53_68.imageContent
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: OUTRAGEOUS: ANTI-AMERICANS OVERJOYED: Teresa Puente urges Americans to waste their time by learning a second language
http://www.suntimes.com/news/puente/1066097,CST-EDT-puente21.article

ABC NEWS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: OUTSTANDING: Rosanna Pulido speaks out against illegals being allowed to use churches to avoid deportation
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=5412769&page=1 (Includes video clip)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- GOP counting on convention planning, venue to lift McCain's prospects in November - Beth Fouhy
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-ap-republican-convention,0,6856583.story
-- University of Chicago PhD Thomas Frank blasts Republicans - James Warren
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-magazines-0721jul21,0,3756542.story
-- Anxiety, then separation New to the scene, Obama finds political baggage piles up quickly --and tends to stick around - Rex Huppke
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-obama-thinkjul20,0,2216946.story
-- Turning election into popularity race Movement seeks to skirt Electoral College, ensure presidency goes to candidate with most votes nationwide - Stevenson Swanson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-electoraljul21,0,5711183.story
-- Fixing Springfield - Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0721byrnejul21,0,7206843.story
-- Wheaton pastor dismissed after disorderly conduct, battery charges filed Reverend Andre Allen agreed to plea bargain saying he misrepresented himself as a Schaumburg gym employee - Lisa Black and Russell Working
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-wheaton-minister-both-21-jul21,0,2824045.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats working hard to attract to Park Ridge people who lack education and/or job skills and/or have severe health, financial, and/or other problems
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-park-ridge-pads-both-19-jul21,0,6910191.story

DAILY HERALD
-- Illinois must help problem gamblers (DIERSEN: NOT EXPANDING GAMBLING WOULD BE A GOOD FIRST STEP) - Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=221996&src=
-- Gambling with addiction Illinois falls short in help for addicts, despite reaping billions from gambling losses - Joseph Ryan
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=221600&src=3
-- It will be a dark night in Chicago if National Guard arrives - Chuck Goudie
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=222179
-- Sign bill putting an end to pay-to-play - Jan Kay, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=221841&src=

NAPERVILLE SUN
-- About 10,000 rock out for U.S. troops It was a good day to support the troops Lt. Dan Band, Beatles tribute bring area residents together - Ron Pazola
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1065728,6_1_NA21_DAN_S1.article
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It was a good day to support the troops. Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band showed that they could really rock as they participated Saturday in the third annual Operation Support Our Troops Illinois Rockin' for the Troops concert at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. This was the third time that Sinise, the star of TV's "CSI: NY," performed at the benefit concert. Sinise, who played bass guitar, was joined by Chicago-area musicians who have played throughout the country at other charitable venues and concerts for troops. The group covers songs from bands including Bruce Springsteen, Linkin Park, Aretha Franklin and Jimi Hendrix. Rainy clouds turned to sunny skies as the afternoon made way for vendors, children's activities, a World War II display and a Windy City Skydivers parachute jump. About 10,000 people came out for the day's activities. Barb Timmons of Glen Ellyn waited for a shuttle bus at the DuPage County Complex that took her to Cantigny. "This is the second time I've heard Gary in concert," she said. "His band plays a lot of '80s music. They really put on a good show." Other groups performed earlier in the day. When Beatles tribute band American English took the stage, Cantigny flashed back to the 1960s. People held up their hands and gave each other peace signs. They embraced, held hands and swayed back and forth as the Beatles' sound-a-likes belted out "All You Need Is Love." A color guard honored the troops overseas and acknowledged military veterans in the audience. Meanwhile, longtime radio disc jockey Dick Biondi of WLS-FM 94.7 signed autographs and posed for photographs with his fans. "It's an honor and a privilege to be here today and participate in an event like this that does so much to support our troops," said Biondi, sporting a necktie with the U.S. flag on it. Later in the evening he introduced comedian Tom Dreesan, who was followed by Sinise and his band. "Gary really rocks," said Dan Dwyer of Wheaton, just before Sinise went on stage. "He's one rockin' dude who knows how to have fun and knows how to make his audience have fun, too.")
-- Newest appellate judge Ann Jorgensen ready for challenge DuPage County's chief judge moves up to the next level - Paige Winfield
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1065740,6_1_NA21_JORGENSEN_S1.article

BEACON NEWS
-- Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on the Web - Jocelyn Noveck
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1065995,2_1_AU21_SENIORS_S1.article

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- State Capitol Notebook
http://www.sj-r.com/homepage/x1542096462/State-Capitol-Notebook

ABC7
-- Wheaton Church ousts pastor Andre Allen after arrest
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6275891

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
-- Sauerberg takes on Durbin - Kate Thayer
http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2008/07/20/news/local/doc48830d1e68ec9474976146.txt

ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- Governor accuses Hospital of violating the Law - Rosanna Pulido
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/07/governor-accuse.html

REPUBLICANS FOR FAIR MEDIA
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Gregg Jackson and John Haskins blast Romney, but who do they want McCain to pick for Vice President and why?
http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2008/07/what-you-would-get-in-a-vice-president-romney.html

BLOOMBERG
-- Obama to Arabs Is Just an American With a Muslim Middle Name - Caroline Alexander
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=awWOetcOnZuU&refer=us

AFP
-- New 'Obama One' Boeing 757 takes a bow
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jEv7-FZeIhHRjfWMbbCbC553bGYA

UPI
-- Obama's campaign staff dwarfs McCain's
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/07/20/Obamas_campaign_staff_dwarfs_McCains/UPI-41971216589712/

CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY
-- Will Chicago's Seamy Politics Hold Back Obama? - Edward Epstein
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=weeklyreport-000002921694

WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- McCain Reports $16 Million Spent on Media in June Heavy Advertising Comes as Democrats Lead Polls, Funding - Mary Jacoby and T.W. Farnam
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121660657026669417.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

NEW YORK TIMES
-- McCain and Obama Agree to Participate in Rick Warren Megachurch Forum on August 16 - Jim Rutenburg
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/us/politics/21church.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin
(DIERSEN: Wheaton's Mayor Gresk has invited McCain and Obama to participate in a forum in Wheaton. Hopefully, McCain and Obama will accept the invitation.)

-- After 2000, McCain Learned to Work Levers of Power - David Kirkpatrick
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/us/politics/21mccain.html

INDIANAPOLIS STAR
-- Auto industry in candidates' headlights Low-cost loans touted as Obama and McCain visit Michigan plants - Justin Hyde
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080721/BUSINESS/807210322/1003/BUSINESS

BALTIMORE SUN
-- Inauguration tickets selling fast in Illinois - Jim Tankersley
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/07/obama_white_house_inauguration.html

BOSTON HERALD
-- DNC rides Obama coattails National panel's fund-raising rises with candidate's - Brian Mooney
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/07/18/dnc_rides_obama_coattails/