GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - July 31, 2008

MCCAIN CAMPAIGN
-- VIDEO CLIP: "Biggest celebrity in the world" TV ad
http://www.johnmccain.com/videolanding/celeb.htm

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO OF MCCAIN: McCain ad fights rival's celebrity head-on Campaign swipes at media, likens Obama to pop culture stars - Jill Zuckman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-mccain31jul31,0,4335927.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Beyond outrageous lyrics from Obama's friend Ludacris
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/07/obama_ludacris_bff.html
(FROM THE POSTING: As if Barack Obama, presumed Democratic nominee, weren't popular enough with the kids. A loyal Swamp reader points out that Illinois-born rapper Ludacris has just released a new song about Barack Obama, his favorite politician and maybe Best Friend Forever based on the lyrics. The Obama campaign said Ludacris should be ashamed of the lyrics, which they called offensive, not only to Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and likely Republican nominee John McCain (R-Ariz.), but also 'all of us who are trying to raise our children with the values we hold dear.' A former Clinton aide also quickly got in on the act, calling on Obama to denounce the song. Among the jewels of wisdom: On special perks: 'Said I handled his biz and I'm one of his favorite rappers, well give Luda a special pardon if I'm ever in the slammer. Better yet put him in office, make me your vice president.' On Hillary Clinton: 'Hillary hated on you, so that (expletive) is irrelevant' On Republicans: McCain don't belong in any chair unless he's paralyzed, Yeah I said it cause Bush is mentally handicapped The video is sure to ruffle a few feathers, especially among those who are already trying to paint Obama as little more than a celebrity trying to ride his hype to the White House. Lyrics after the jump.)
-- Spotlight's glare bares missteps too - Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-zorn-31-jul31,0,5439617.column
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: John Kass pulls out all the stops to promote dogs and to promote dog owners
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-31-jul31,0,1439584.column
(DIERSEN: As a mailman 1966-1969 and as a Republican precinct committeeman and Republican campaign volunteer since 1999, I have walked up to the front doors of homes tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of times. Far far far too often I have been greeted by bored, unhappy, frustrated, and angry dogs who seem to want to escape from their owners.)
-- Mexico farm source of salmonella outbreak, U.S. finds - Annys Shin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-salmonella-peppers1jul31,0,998469.story
-- Debate over raids widens Study showing a dip in illegal immigrant numbers questioned - Nicole Gaouette
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-immigration-reportjul31,0,3900462.story
-- FROM THE ARTICLE: Wheaton College also ranked No. 1 in the survey for great "town-gown relations." DePaul University is the only other Illinois school to earn a No. 1 ranking, in the category "Great College Towns."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-best-campus-eats_both_31jul31,0,6313677.story

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- Gov: I'm still not a target of feds BGA lawyer: Court filing seems to argue otherwise - Dave McKinney
http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/1083488,CST-NWS-watchdog31.article
-- Peraica giving back donations Points finger at foe - Eric Herman
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1083678,CST-NWS-peraica31.article
-- Possible Republican VP pick Tim Pawlenty mum in Chicago - Abdon Pallasch
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/mccain/1083484,pawlenty073108.article
-- The silent treatment is childish, Mr. Madigan - Editorial
http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1083557,CST-EDT-edit31.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Mary Mitchell blames all African American problems on whites, again
http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1083748,CST-NWS-mitch31.article
-- Rove's attack on Sen. Obama is rife with misinformation - Vincent Rossmeier
(Not posted as of 8:00 AM)
-- Why is spending others' money virtuous? - Jacob Sullum
(Not posted as of 8:00 AM)

CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- Hastert joins DC lobbying firm - AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=30408
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Since Hastert's hiring, some of his former conservative supporters expressed dismay at his joining a firm whose Web site touts a diversified workplace in which "gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals enjoy an atmosphere of inclusion and respect," enrich the firm and enhance its service.)

HERALD NEWS
-- Illinois House Republicans outline goals for future - Patrick Ferrell
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1083784,4_1_JO31_GOPAGENDA_S1.article

ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- "Get off your a**, black people, get out and vote!" Ludacris raps - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/07/come-on-black-p.html (Includes video clip)

REPUBLICANS FOR FAIR MEDIA
-- Michelle Obama's College Thesis: An Early Exercise In Blame and Anger - Daniel T. Zanoza
http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2008/07/michelle-obamas-college-thesis-an-early-exercise-in-blame-and-anger.html
THE THESIS: http://www.scribd.com/doc/2305083/PrincetonEducated-Blacks-and-the-Black-Community?query2=copy%20michelle%20obama%20doctoral%20thesis

TOM ROESER
-- Big question: How will older white Democrats react to a young liberal black presidential candidate?
http://www.tomroeser.com/blogs/blogview.asp?blogID=24699

MCCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
-- Part 1 - Candidates Cruising with Family PAC - Cal Skinner
http://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2008/07/part-1-candidates-cruising-with-family.html

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH
-- VERY SAD: Nudity Fills San Francisco Streets again as Cops Look on and Do Nothing at ‘Up Your Alley’ Street Fair Police-protected sadistic celebration reveals continuing lawlessness in America’s ‘gay-est’ city - Peter LaBarbera
http://americansfortruth.com/news/nudity-fills-san-francisco-streets-again-as-cops-look-on-and-do-nothing-at-up-your-alley-street-fair.html

HUMAN EVENTS
-- Let It be Romney, Please! - Bay Buchanan
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=27760

WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- Why Obama Should Pick Hillary - Lanny Davis
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121745984626098717.html?mod=hps_us_inside_today

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
-- VIDEO CLIP: Obama Lectures Americans to Give Up SUVs, Then Hops in One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEwDG7hjlgQ

ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- Obama links McCain to 'reckless' GOP economics - Mike Glover
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5isOFwdbq0tsqatW6vJpkDRTI1gMgD928AMN00
-- Obama's convention crowd: Biggest phone bank ever - Nedra Pickler and Ron Fournier
http://www.mercurynews.com/elections/ci_10045994?nclick_check=1

CNS NEWS
-- Freddie, Fannie Funded Jesse Jackson’s Pet Projects - Keriann Hopkins
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=32803

ABC NEWS
-- New McCain Ad Mocks Obama 'Celeb' Status - David Wright
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/new-mccain-ad-m.html
-- Did Obama Accuse McCain of Running a Racist, Xenophobic Campaign? - Jake Tapper
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/07/did-obama-accus.html

USA TODAY
-- In fundraising ranks, a gender gap is showing - Fredreka Schouten
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-07-30-gender_N.htm

NEW YORK TIMES
-- McCain Tries to Define Obama as Out of Touch - Jim Rutenberg
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/us/politics/31campaign.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Because Obama is so outrageously anti-Republican, anyone who does anything to help elect Obama is shouting to the world that they are not a Republican
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/us/politics/31repubs.html?scp=1&sq=obama%20lasker&st=cse

WASHINGTON POST
-- Obama: They're Trying to 'Make You Scared of Me' - Jonathan Weisman
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/07/30/obama_theyre_trying_to_make_yo.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/30/AR2008073003310.html
-- Ludacris Provides Obama With More Unwelcome Help - Laura Yao
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/30/AR2008073002960.html

NEWSWEEK
-- McCain's Savvy Ad Strategy - Andrew Romano
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/07/30/mccain-s-savvy-ad-strategy.aspx
-- The Techie in Chief The terrorists have laptops in their hideouts. Can America afford to have a leader who is just learning how to use one? - Anna Quindlen
http://www.newsweek.com/id/148980

ASSOCIATED CONTENT
-- Ludacris Pro Obama Rap Song Stirs Controversy Another Scary Obama Friend? - Mark Whittington
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/917683/ludacris_pro_obama_rap_song_stirs_controversy.html?cat=33

RENEW AMERICA
-- Obama's reparations policy - Michael Gaynor
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/gaynor/080730

NEWS BUSTERS
-- Nets Agitated by McCain's 'Nasty' & 'Childish' Anti-Obama 'Attack' Ad - Brent Baker
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/07/30/nets-agitated-mccains-nasty-childish-anti-obama-attack-ad

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
-- OUTSTANDING: Tide of illegal immigrants now being reversed Border crackdown and tough economic times in the US are seen as reasons. - Gail Russell Chaddock
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0731/p01s03-ussc.html
(DIERSEN: Illegals and those who exploit them are conflicted. Driving the American economy down helps elect Obama, but it also discourages illegal immigration.)

THE HILL
-- McCain uses Obama’s celebrity against him - Sam Youngman and Aaron Blake
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mccain-uses-obamas-celebrity-against-him-2008-07-30.html
-- OUTSTANDING: Targeted Dems forge deal on immigration - Jared Allen and Jack Kucinich
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/targeted-dems-forge-deal-on-immigration-2008-07-30.html
-- Republicans issue Biggert poll after opponent outraises her - Joey Michalakes
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/republicans-issue-biggert-poll-after-opponent-outraises-her-2008-07-30.html

HAWAII STAR BULLETIN
-- Obama notes ‘tragic’ US past American history's "sad" aspects require action, the senator tells cheering journalists - Laurie Au
http://starbulletin.com/2008/07/28/news/story05.html

SNOPES
-- Obama The Patriot - Removes American Flag From His Plane
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/airplane.asp

BLOOMBERG
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who volunteers to help a candidate, an elected official, or a political party says a lot about that candidate, that elected official, or that political party leader. How that candidate, that elected official, or that political party treats that volunteer says a lot about that candidate, that elected official, or that political party leader.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a3_wNVMltqiQ&refer=home

BOND BUYER
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Roskam requests the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to "investigate if there are fundamental differences in the treatment of different classes of bonds by rating agencies that cause some classes to suffer from 'undue circumstances'" and to "consider the extent to which retail investors could be disadvantaged by a single ratings scale."
http://www.bondbuyer.com/article.html?id=20080730YPQL1GAV

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
-- Who works against your GOPUSA Illinois Editor? - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. My anti-conservative GAO superiors wasted my career, stopped me from being assigned to studies of IRS except 1986-1988, and forced me to take early retirement in 1997. Starting in 1990, my anti-conservative GAO superiors assigned me to studies of financial industry issues. Starting in 1992, I took graduate finance courses in the evening at the Illinois Institute of Technology and earned a masters degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. If my anti-conservative GAO superiors had not wasted my career and forced me to take early retirement, they might very well have assigned Roskam's request to me. In 1979, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. In 1981, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt. I earned a bachelors degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I am one of only a very few Republicans in the 6th Congressional District who have lots of experience working for the federal government -- 3 years with the Post Office, 9 years with IRS, and 17 years with GAO. Sadly, anti-conservatives continue to denigrate me and denigrate my abilities and ascribe bad judgment and evil motive to everything I do -- they work hard to limit my role in political and government organizations and they discourage people from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS daily emails. Even though I am the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, the Chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, served as a steering committee member and officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition, and I am a member of the American Association of Political Consultants, they continue to argue that I am neither a journalist nor a conservative leader and that GAO was justified in forcing me to take early retirement. Some argue that if they could control the content of GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, the Illinois Republican Party would be in a much better condition than it is today. They would keep out of the emails anything that does not promote them or promote the individual candidate(s) they are currently promoting. Given my life history and everything I have done, especially everything I have done since 2000, I argue that anyone who works against me is either an anti-conservative or a dupe of an anti-conservative.