GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - August 3, 2008
EAGLE FORUM
-- Do Party Platforms Really Matter? - Phyllis Schlafly
http://eagleforum.org/psr/2008/july08/psrjuly08.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We cannot allow the 2008 Platform Committee to be controlled by Party bosses or by the presidential nominee, first, because they support positions that are contrary to what the majority of Republicans want, and second because the Platform Committee should be a genuine grassroots voice. The history of the battles over Republican Platforms teaches us that standing on principles of authentic conservatism and traditional values is the road to victory. Strong principled platforms are worth all the agony we put into writing and getting them adopted. They show that conservative Republicans do not have to settle for a liberal or a moderate or a RINO masquerading as a conservative because conservatives have the majority to demand candidates with the right stuff. The voters will back a party that offers a pro-American foreign policy and trade policy, real tax cuts, and support for the Creator-endowed right to life and liberty of every individual. The voters will back opposition to United Nations treaties, federal control over classroom curricula, federal health care, and Open Borders policies that admit terrorists. It's our job to get the Republican Party back on track after eight years of George W. Bush deviationism. We must establish conservative grassroots Republicanism as different from a Bush party. We made a great start in doing this by killing his deal to turn over our seaports to a Middle East government, Dubai Ports. We scored again by defeating his nomination of feminist Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court. We had a smashing third victory by defeating his cooperation with Ted Kennedy to pass an amnesty bill in the Senate. The 2008 Platform must maintain our conservative momentum.)
ABC7
-- McCain and N.Y. Times continue a long-running bout
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6303027
CBS2
-- Obama: Yes To Slavery Apology, No To Reparations - AP
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/barack.obama.slavery.2.786137.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- One of Obama's early influences was Frank Davis, a fiery poet-journalist who had 'the hint of hard-earned knowledge behind the hooded eyes' - Sudhin Thanawala
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1088074,CST-NWS-ment03.stng
-- Intriguing mysteries about 2010 election - Carol Marin
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1087839,CST-EDT-Carol03.article
-- America owes a debt, but who gets the cash? - Deborah Douglas
http://www.suntimes.com/news/douglas/1087936,CST-EDT-douglas03.article
-- Focus of Obama campaign debated at the Black Women's Expo He won't be 'the African-American president,' some warn - Cheryl Jackson
http://www.suntimes.com/business/1088682,CST-NWS-expo03.article
-- Sun-Times' Fornek honored for 'Obama's Family Tree'
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1087846,CST-NWS-nabj03.article
-- Putting public salaries online is a good idea - Editorial
http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1087840,CST-EDT-edit03a.article
-- Unnecessary tax - Tony Peraica, Cook County Commissioner
http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/letters/1087740,CST-EDT-vox03.article
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- Republican legislators call for after-school grant reforms GOP proposals would tighten regulations and rules for awards - Patricia Callahan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-afterschool-pork-bd03aug03,0,55466.story
-- Setting the record straight on Obama's neighborhood Hyde Park, where the left and the right have one thing in common: an uncommon obdurance - Ron Grossman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obama-hydepark_bd03aug03,0,4960377.story
-- Democratic leaders drafting party platform draw ideas from both Obama and Clinton camps - Thomas Sheeran
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-ap-democratic-platform,0,1077850.story
-- Protesters expected to transform the streets outside GOP convention into marketplace of ideas - Amy Forliti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-ap-republican-convention-protesters,0,2591058.story
-- How politics stir public works crisis: Blagojevich, Madigan, Jones, Watson, Cross, Daley - Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-public-works-politicsaug03,0,612123.story
-- Political ad wars get testy - Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0803pageaug03,0,4807344.column
-- Rep. Roskam's Jewels of Wisdom - Amanda Erickson
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/rep_roskams_jewels_of_wisdom.html
-- Corruption in Cook County - Tony Peraica
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0803vplettersbriefs1aug03,0,5042050.story
CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- Sheriff's tale - Greg Hinz
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?articleId=30359
SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- Local townships vague about insurance costs - Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1087787,080308twpcompensation.article
NAPERVILLE SUN
-- Race in 96th House District a wash in funding McGuire encouraged, but Republicans confident in Senger - Paige Winfield
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1088271,6_1_NA03_96TH_S1.article
DAILY HERALD
-- Hastert now 'senior adviser' to DC lobbying firm
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=225352&src=109
-- TERRORISTS OVERJOYED: Democrats exact price from Bush for Iraq war - AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=225359
-- VERY SAD: Daily Herald favors Obama - Emilio F. Marcos, Geneva
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=224530&src=
-- Illinois Senate District 30 needs Keith Gray - Nancy J. Thorner, Lake Bluff
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=224398&src
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Cynthia Tucker argues that if you do not vote for Obama, you are a racist
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/barack_67102___article.html/dives_karl.html
HERALD NEWS
-- 11th Congressional District: Halvorson takes aim at health care - Patrick Ferrell
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1088292,4_1_JO03_HALVHEALTH_S1.article
-- Oberweis suit moving to federal court?
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1088180,4_1_JO03_OBER_S1.article
COURIER NEWS
-- AS THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRAT PARTY'S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Food shortages hit area pantries - Charity Bonner
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/1088401,3_1_EL03_A3PANTRIES_S1.article
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- Description of fictional ‘Zombies’ sounds familiar - Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news_columnists/x544099743/Bernard-Schoenburg-Description-of-fictional-Zombies-sounds-familiar
-- All that aggravation, and for what? - Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinions/x544099741/Statehouse-Insider-All-that-aggravation-and-for-what
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
-- Obama is the star of McCain’s campaign With focus heavily on Obama, McCain campaign tries to tarnish his image - Craig Gilbert
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=779233
MORRIS DAILY HERALD
-- McAloon, GOP prioritize relief for taxpayers Would seek increases in Homestead exemptions, double income tax credit - Jo Ann Hustis
http://www.morrisdailyherald.com/articles/2008/07/31/news/399cgrumcaloon.txt
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
-- New bill stifles peace activism at annual town meetings Ramey: 'The war is a federal government issue, not a township government issue' - Brenda Schory
http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2008/08/02/news/local/doc4892deb2a42c3240786816.txt
-- Lauzen: governor’s plan 'a stinker' - AP
http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2008/08/02/news/local/doc4892de2843ac3334260308.txt
ABC NEWS
-- Obama Concedes Racial Dimension to 'Dollar Bill' Comments; Says McCain Campaign Not Racist, But Cynical - Jake Tapper
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/obama-concedes.html
NEW YORK TIMES
-- Obama’s Delicate Path on Class and Race Preferences - Rachel Swarns
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/us/politics/03affirmative.html?ref=politics
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 1990, as his fellow students rallied to protest the dearth of black professors at Harvard Law School, Barack Obama wrote a vigorous defense of affirmative action. The campus was in an uproar over questions of race, and Mr. Obama, then the first black president of The Harvard Law Review, decided to take a stand. Mr. Obama said he had “undoubtedly benefited from affirmative action” in his own academic career, and he praised the intellectual heft and wide-ranging views of his diverse staff. “The success of the program speaks for itself,” he said of the law review’s affirmative action policy in a letter published in the school’s student newspaper. Mr. Obama has continued to support race-based affirmative action, calling it “absolutely necessary” when he was a state senator in Illinois and criticizing the Supreme Court for curtailing it in his time in the United States Senate. But in his Democratic presidential campaign, he has unsettled some black supporters by focusing increasingly on class and suggesting that poor whites should at times be given preference over more privileged blacks. His ruminations about shifting the balance between race and class in some affirmative action programs raise the possibility that, if elected in November, he might foster a deeper national conversation about an issue that has been fiercely debated for decades. He declined to comment for this article.)
LOS ANGELES TIMES
-- McCain faces a tough crowd on affirmative action Sen. John McCain addresses the Urban League's annual convention. He tells a largely black audience that the practice should end. But his position on the issue is nuanced. - David G. Savage and Mary Altaffer
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-affirm2-2008aug02,0,3426297.story
-- Obama, McCain find race issue isn't easily discarded There is still no subject in American politics as fraught as the color of a candidate's skin -- as the recent back-and-forth between Barack Obama and John McCain testifies. - Mark Z. Barabak
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-race3-2008aug03,0,7754057.story
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
-- If race is close, VP choice could provide critical edge Despite secrecy, there are some factors Obama and McCain are sure to be considering - Richard Dunham
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5921470.html
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
-- Tax-cut nation keeps spending - Debra J. Saunders
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/02/INI4121C1G.DTL&type=politics
ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- Obama calls McCain campaign cynical but not racist
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5isOFwdbq0tsqatW6vJpkDRTI1gMgD92A6HAG0
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Obama criticizes his critics
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5isOFwdbq0tsqatW6vJpkDRTI1gMgD92ACFO00
-- Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge - Douglass Daniel
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hjmksVl2byqc_-Lkbri0QQWkgUwgD92AD1E80
AFP
-- McCain awakes and ignites White House race
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jentIe5SeubelYz45Da9g_mgL5HA
TOWNHALL
-- McCain is Forgetting the First Rule of Fight Club - Salena Zito
http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/SalenaZito/2008/08/03/mccain_is_forgetting_the_first_rule_of_fight_club
HUFFINGTON POST
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Liberal Democrat Daniel Cubias argues that Hispanics vote for whichever candidate panders to them the most
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-cubias/loving-the-latino-voter_b_115982.html
ROLL CALL
-- Roskam Fighting Local Hero - Lauren W. Whittington
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_16/news/27210-1.html
SAUERBERG CAMPAIGN
-- Durbin Admits the Senate Hasn’t Done Enough, but Says it’s Not His Fault
http://www.sauerberg2008.com/newsDetail.aspx?newsID=4374
BOWLING GREEN STAR TELEGRAM
-- Most expensive Chevrolet ever rolls off assembly line - G. Chambers Williams III
http://www.star-telegram.com/102/story/801849.html
