GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - August 16, 2008

CBS2
DIERSEN HEADLINE: Liberal Democrat news media promotes "shirtless" Obama photos. Will that motivate moderate and liberal women to vote for him?
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/obama.hawaii.shirtless.2.796650.html (Includes video clip)

Obama Fights Back Against Claims In New Book Jerome Corsi's 'Obama Nation' Is Now New York Times Bestseller - AP
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/obama.nation.rebuttal.2.796241.html (Includes video clip)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
DIERSEN HEADLINE: Michael Henry of Chicago tries to argue that the liberal Democrat news media has been more critical of liberal Democrat Obama than it has been critical of McCain. I attribute most, if not all, of the liberal Democrat news media criticism of Obama to those members of the liberal Democrat news media who support liberal Democrat Clinton.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0816vplettersbriefs3aug16,0,3197843.story

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Time out for update on political scene Carol Marin
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1110801,CST-EDT-carol17.article

DAILY HERALD
How did Obama's rise happen? - Marc Thomsen, Elk Grove Village
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=227931&src=

DIERSEN HEADLINE: Daily Herald blasts Blagojevich for being "mean and uncompromising" and urges him to move the state forward and solve problems by increasing taxes
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=228070&src=

DIERSEN HEADLINE: Daily Herald again demonizes political yard signs. Is it because the money that political candidates spend on yard signs is money that political candidates do not spent on ads in the Daily Herald?
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=228070&src=

FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Jury: Oak Brook didn't discriminate against disabled - Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=228039&src=2

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
Cooperation is possible in Springfield - Kurt Erickson
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/1A104F777E2965E7862574A60063BC27?OpenDocument

Senators to return for a day Tuesday To consider bill changes House has approved - Adriana Colindres
http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1485138949/Illinois-Senate-headed-back-to-Capitol-next-week

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
GOP Chief: House More Divided than Before Civil War - Aaron Chambers
http://blogs.e-rockford.com/inchambers/2008/08/15/gop-chief-house-more-divided-than-before-civil-war/

SAUK VALLEY NEWS
Judging the carnival at the Capitol - Editorial
http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2008/08/13/opinion/editorials/1ef0591b8a5694b7a5671ef7e024fc35.txt

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
GOP takes digs at Dems, pushes change - Andrea Zelinski
http://daily-journal.com/archives/dj/display.php?id=425765

CARMI TIMES
Burzynski makes Carmi stop - Braden Willis
http://www.carmitimes.com/news/x1822517138/State-senate-candidate-makes-Carmi-stop

THE HILL
Top CEOs give 10 times more to McCain than to Obama - Michael O'Brien
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/top-ceos-give-10-times-more-to-mccain-than-to-obama-2008-08-15.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
Dems Take Another Shot at Chicago & Seattle Suburbs - Kyle Trygstad
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/08/dems_take_another_shot_at_chic.html

PITTSBURG MORNING SUN
Dems will never abort pro-choice mission - Kathryn Jean Lopez
http://www.morningsun.net/opinions/x1570388991/Dems-will-never-abort-pro-choice-missionn

WALL STREET JOURNAL
DIERSEN HEADLINE: Because Obama promotes abortion, because Obama promotes homosexual activity, because Obama promotes socialism, and because Obama is so anti-religious, it is outrageous that any "religious leader" would support Obama
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121883753433545501.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Parties Skirt Rules on Gifts, Plan Lavish Conventions - Brody Mullins and Elizabeth Williamson
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121884539418446077.html

McCain Campaign Says It Raised $27 Million in July Candidate Plans Wave of TV Ads Before Convention - Elizabeth Holmes
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121880567839044325.html

NEW YORK TIMES
DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: ANTI-CONSERVATIVES OVERJOYED: Some Huckabee supporters bash Romney rather than promote Huckabee
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/us/politics/16veep.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tim Rutten blasts conservative Republicans, especially James Corsi
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-rutten16-2008aug16,0,2221518.column

AFP
McCain piles up millions for Obama assault
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hncT5wzjdUhES5yxFqfXc1hzxoDw

Obama back on the trail, as faith takes center stage
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hKkjNylt1ovHzBtifeMctkKqyBuw

AHN
Obama Says Book By Kerry Swiftboater "Unfit for Publication" - Kris Alingod
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011952341

TIME MAGAZINE
The Off-Line American McCain admits he's a Net newbie. But does that affect whether he should be President? - Lev Grossman
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1832862,00.html

CAPITOL FAX
GOP Day - Rich Miller
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2008/08/15/gop-day/

Senate coming back Tuesday, AFSCME reaches deal - Rich Miller
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2008/08/15/senate-coming-back-and-other-fun-stuff/

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
Illinois Is Playing a Dangerous Game with its Broken Annual Budget Process - Sheila Weinberg
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=23662

Cook County President Gets Earful from Angry Citizens - Steve Stanek
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=23661

TOM ROESER
Doug Kmiec at his Finest; Illinois State Archives Disprove Obama on “Born Live;” If McCain Wants to Lose He’ll Pick Ridge.
http://www.tomroeser.com/blogs/blogview.asp?blogID=24723

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH
American Family Association: McDonald’s Does It Again - Sponsoring Homosexual Activism ‘from the Inside’
http://americansfortruth.com/news/afa-mcdonalds-does-it-again-sponsoring-homosexual-activism-from-the-inside.html

CHAMPION NEWS
Illinois GOP remains the party of Bob Kjellander - Doug Ibendahl
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1137

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
The Republican Party platform promotes respect for the "Rule of Law" and victims' rights. The Democrat Party platform promotes moral relativism and criminals' rights. Needless-to-say, no one who says that they are a Republican should bring disgrace upon the Republican Party. Needless-to say, no one who says that they are conservative should bring disgrace upon conservatism. When you say that you are a Republican, you are asking to be held to much much higher standards than Democrats are held to. When you say that you are a conservative, you are asking to be held to much much much higher standards than moderates or liberals are held to. Often, Republicans who are critical of Republicans who fail to meet those higher standards are outrageously blasted for not following the 11th Commandment and for not being a "team player." Needless-to-say, sadly, those who get on the list of "Republican Offenders" (SEE http://www.republicanoffenders.com/) bring disgrace upon the Republican Party. No complete list of "Democrat Offenders" has been posted on the internet because the internet does not have enough storage capacity for that. Needless-to-say, if you cannot meet the much much higher standards that Republicans are held to, you should not run for office as a Republican and you should not seek any kind of leadership role in the Republican Party. Needless-to-say, if you cannot meet the much much much higher standards that conservatives are held to, you should not say that you are a conservative. - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com

Sadly, ever since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, certain Illinois Republican Party leaders, certain Illinois Republican elected officials, certain Illinois Republican candidates, and their operatives have made it very clear to me that they would punish me severely if I a) drew any attention to anything that was critical of them or b) took any position on anything that they did not want me to. It is entirely understandable, if not expected, that announced homosexual advocates, announced abortion advocates, announced illegal immigration advocates, announced Second Amendment abolitionists, announced anti-conservatives, and announced anti-Republicans would work against me. But, in my opinion, given what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman, as a past member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, and as a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party Platform and Resolutions Committee, it is outrageous that certain people who say that they are Republican, and some who even say that they are conservative, continue to spend so much of their time and effort continuing to work against me. Those who work against me ascribe bad judgment, evil motive, and lack of ability to what I say and do. They distort, misrepresent, and lie about what I say and do. They argue that I am the cause of their and everyone else's problems. They argue that I neither a journalist nor a conservative leader. But most outrageously, they discourage people from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS daily emails. - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com