GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - August 7, 2008
CBS2
-- Gov's 'Rewrite To Do Right' Plan Angers Lawmakers Blagojevich Says He Will 'Improve' Legislation Passed By The General Assembly - Mike Flannery
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/blagojevich.veto.plan.2.789548.html (Includes video clip)
-- Frustrated Governor Says He Needs Daley's Help - AP
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/blagojevich.capital.program.2.789257.html
-- CBS Poll: Obama Holding Off McCain
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/mccain.obama.poll.2.789541.html (Includes video clip)
NBC5
-- Gov. Fails To Sign Bill To Stop Pay-To-Play Politics - Carol Marin
http://www.nbc5.com/politics/17112458/detail.html?dl=headlineclick
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- Governor lobs criticism at Daley and Madigan He says 2 haven't done enough to support his agenda for state - Monique Garcia and Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-blagojevich-health-insuranceaug07,0,144175.story
-- Meeks: In Return for more money . . . - Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0807edit1aug07,0,5893603.story
-- A Cabinet job for Paris - Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0807edit2aug07,0,6286820.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mike Sullivan of Mt. Prospect blasts a) those who helped Jim Ryan win the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary and b) those who helped Topinka win the 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary. If Obama wins on November 4, will he blast those who helped McCain win the 2008 Republican presidential primary? What do those who backed Jim Ryan, Topinka, and McCain in the primaries say about this?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/chi-080806byrne_briefs,0,6505710.story
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Obama surrogate Mary Mitchell again outrageously argues that if you support McCain, you must be a racist
http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1095815,CST-NWS-mitch07.article
-- Obama's Muslim coordinator out Resignation spotlights struggle to woo Islamic voters - Lynn Sweet
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1096027,CST-NWS-obmuslim07.article
-- Is TV's adultery, kinky sex an attack on marriage? (ANSWER: YES) Activists say programs harm kids, society - AP
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/television/1095707,CST-NWS-sex07.article
-- 'Her duty as a citizen' A former Chicago funnyman helps Paris Hilton strike back at ad by 'that wrinkly white-haired guy' - Bill Zwecker
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1095733,CST-FTR-zp07.article
DAILY HERALD
-- FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF BLAGOJEVICH: Veto power starts battle Governor focused in attack on House Democrats - Joseph Ryan
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=226196&src=109
-- Greenberg offers energy plan - Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=226153
-- Nothing special about special sessions - Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=226159&src=
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: DuPage Housing Authority (DHA) v. Oak Brook: Defense attorney Howard Levine cross-examines consultant hired by DHA
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=226151
-- Media is the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party - George Kocan
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=226034&src=
-- Imagine how much worse things can be if Obama wins - Karen Schumacher, Hoffman Estates
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=226161&src=
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: John Culloton of Chicago says"Rep. John Shimkus (R-Collinsville) did have a resolution passed making June 30th National Corvette Day, I guess in honor of gas guzzlers." But wait, Culloton's EPA says my 2005 Corvette gets 18 MPG city and 26 MPG highway.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=226095&src=
-- Obama's support from Europe - T.C. Ploski, Mount Prospect
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=226092&src=
-- Public involvement reduces corruption - Dawn Walter, Arlington Heights
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=225808&src=
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Dave Crost of Prospect Heights blames problems that Blacks have on Bush
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=225805&src=
CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- Former Chicago alderman Arenda Troutman confesses corruption - AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=30498
-- CN eyes court action in rail fight - Reuters
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=30493
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- Special session not time for education talk - Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/editorials/x394024175/Our-opinion-Special-session-not-time-for-education-talk
-- Constitutional officers considering layoffs, furloughs Budget cuts put jobs on the line - Ryan Keith
http://www.sj-r.com/news/x1727388434/SJ-R-Exclusive-Constitutional-officers-considering-layoffs-furloughs
SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Phil Kadner blames and blasts everyone, especially those who oppose sending even more money to Chicago schools, for the problems that Black students are having in Chicago schools
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/kadner/1095710,080708Kadner.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: If taxes are increased in Illinois so that an equal amount is spent on each student no matter what school district, then what will taxes be increased for next? Will they be increase so that an equal amount is spent for law enforcement per resident no matter what political jurisdiction? Will they be increase so that an equal amount is spent for welfare per resident no matter what political jurisdiction?
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/mcqueary/1095536,080708mcqueary.article
(FROM THE MCQUEARY COMMENTARY: New Trier spends $9,757 on each student's instructional costs, according to the Illinois State Board of Education. The district collects most of its money through property taxes, about $76 million in 2006. Homeowners in Wilmette and surrounding communities pay a small fortune in annual property taxes to sustain New Trier's world class education. Very little of the school's annual budget comes from state taxpayers - less than $1 million. The median household income in Wilmette is $195,879, with home prices averaging $1.3 million, according to the U.S. Census. Contrast that with Bloom High School in Chicago Heights, which collects $26 million in annual property taxes and $6.4 million in general state aide. Bloom spends about $7,590 on each student's instructional costs. The city of Chicago Heights' median household income, according to a 2005 U.S. Census, was $36,958.)
KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
-- Weller bills part of GOP energy protest - Edward Felker
http://daily-journal.com/archives/dj/display.php?id=425237
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
-- Gov. using survey to gauge support for gambling, lottery ideas - Kurt Erickson
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/08/07/news/doc489a59aad4275158762874.txt
PIONEER LOCAL
-- 56th House District: Forte-Scott v. Froehlich: Candidates wait for cash surge - Matt Kiefer
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/schaumburg/news/1095252,sc-56thd2-080708-s1.article
SUBURBAN LIFE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Thomas Bona discusses a survey taken on discussing politics at work. While I worked for the federal government, my liberal Democrat superiors frequently had their operatives ask me about my political beliefs.
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/elmhurst/state_news/x544099160/Keep-your-party-animal-on-a-leash-at-the-office
-- Villa Park trustee Tom Cullerton again removed from state Senate ballot - Dan Petrella
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/darien/news/x394023549/Villa-Park-trustee-again-removed-from-state-Senate-ballot
LAKE COUNTY NEWS SUN
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Democrats have new tool to put troubled Democrats in Republican areas
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/1095506,5_1_WA07_HOUSING_S1.article
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new federal housing law signed by President Bush last week may increase affordable housing opportunities in Lake County. The law, aimed at stabilizing ongoing problems in the housing market, includes almost $4 billion in block grants that will allow states and local governments to purchase foreclosed homes and sell at least 25 percent of those homes to lower-income families and individuals.)
ASK A LATINA
-- No Minutemen Allowed, No truth told
http://askalatina.vpweb.com/default.html
(THE ARTICLE: The Chicago and Illinois Minutemen sat through the hearing at Chicago City Hall Tuesday August 5th 2008. We got there early 8:00 AM so we would make sure we could testify we left at 1:30 PM and by then only 4 minutemen were allowed speak.The meeting was called by pro-illegal alien lobby Chicago Alderman to beat up on our Chicago Police Department. 6 Minutemen wanted to testify on behalf of Law Abiding Citizens of Chicago and only 4 were called up to speak. While the crowd was filled with actual illegal aliens who were paraded with their children up in front of the aldermen and Chicago Police Officials. Some could not speak a word of English and had interpreters. The pro-illegal people were favored 2 to 1 to come up and speak. An African American man who wanted to testify against illegal immigration was denied the right to speak in favor of illegal aliens. Not only were illegal aliens preferred over American Citizens by the Hispanic City Aldermen. The Minutemen sat in the first row and while the Sun-Times and the Tribune wrote articles on this meeting, there was no report of our testimonies calling for an end to Sanctuary Policies in Chicago and No report of us defending the Chicago Police Department and no report that there was opposition to the Anarchy and lawlessness that was going on at the pleasure of the Open Borders aldermen. While we tried our best to defend our Chicago Police officers and the danger illegal aliens pose to their very lives, both Fran Speilman, Chicago Sun Times Reporter and Hal Dardick of the Chicago Tribune choose not to report what really went on and do not care to report both sides of the story. And people wonder why these papers are on the verge of collapse? They cannot carryout their main job, reporting the news. To take the words from Rick Beisada we realized we had all just attended our first Mexican Hootenanny. Nothing more Nothing less. God help us all.)
ANDY MARTIN
-- Right-wing author Freddoso embarrasses Sean Hannity with Obama error
http://www.pr-inside.com/right-wing-author-embarrasses-sean-hannity-r738238.htm
PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN
-- More Evidence That Obama Is A Phony And Socialist - Herb Denenberg
http://www.thebulletin.us/site/index.cfm?newsid=19895335&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=8
WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- Pressure to Donate to Romney Alleged in Complaint Against Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group Fired Executive Says Refusal of Requests From CEO Played Role - Joann Lublin and Mary Jacoby
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121806644837018651.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
BLOOMBERG
-- McCain Embraces former U.S. Comptroller and Deficit Critic David Walker as Truth Teller - Lorraine Woellert
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aFi0AJthqc54&refer=home
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Presidential candidate John McCain said that, if elected, he would tap former U.S. Comptroller David Walker to help balance the federal budget, calling the deficit hawk someone who could help convey the ``truth'' of the nation's budget deficit to the public. ``He is the most articulate person on this issue of the debt that we've laid on future generations of Americans,'' McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee said last night. ``We've got to communicate more directly to the American people and tell them the truth.'' McCain was responding to a caller during a ``telephone town hall'' meeting with Pennsylvania voters. The Arizona senator took questions while staying at a hotel in Huntington, West Virginia. The caller said he was concerned about Social Security and Medicare and asked whether McCain, if elected, would be ``up to bringing in someone like David Walker,'' who also headed the Government Accountability Office. ``It's funny you mention David Walker,'' McCain said. ``I'm not a friend of his or anything but I saw his great work when he was head of the GAO.'' Walker, an assistant secretary of Labor in the Reagan administration, was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1998 to lead the GAO. A celebrity among fiscal conservatives, he left government to lead the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, which helps fund the nonpartisan Concord Coalition, a deficit watchdog group. This year, Walker has traveled the country on a ``fiscal wake-up tour'' to sound the alarm about the nation's spending woes.)
PROGRESS ILLINOIS
-- VERY SAD: Illinois' Top 20 Payday Loan Contribution Recipients - Josh Kalven
http://progressillinois.com/2008/08/05/top-20-predatory-recipients
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Topinka-$149,825, Cross-$63,300, Gidwitz-$60,000, Watson-$57,500, Saviano-$55,650, Jim Ryan-$45,200, Philip-$39,500, Hassert-$32,000, Daniels-$30,500, Parke-$22,545, & Dillard-$15,350)
-- Biggert Joins The "Texas Tea Party" - Josh Kalven
http://progressillinois.com/2008/08/06/biggert-joins-texas-tea-party
DAN PROFT
-- AUDIO CLIP: Rethinking Meeks
http://www.urqmedia.com/content/img/f214578/proft_rethinking_meeks_080508.mp3
ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- Is Froehlich jealous or just dis-oriented? - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/08/is-froehlich-je.html
-- Defending our Chicago Police Officers - Rosanna Pulido
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/08/defending-our-c.html
-- Obama's pathetic "community action" residue - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/08/hat-tip-to-reve.html (Includes video clip)
CAPITAL FAX
-- Chicago Alderwoman Arenda Troutman, Another Corrupt Democrat - Cal Skinner
http://capitalfax.blogspot.com/2008/08/chicago-alderwoman-arenda-troutman.html
REPUBLICANS FOR FAIR MEDIA
-- Illinois Grassroots Organization Defends Second Amendment
http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2008/08/illinois-grassroots-organization-defends-second-amendment.html
AMERICANS FOR TRUTH
-- Don’t Make Me Give up my Daily McDonald’s Visit, Says Illinois Mom
http://americansfortruth.com/news/dont-make-me-give-up-my-daily-mcdonalds-visit-says-illinois-mom.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
-- Dominant Press Reluctant to Call Attacks in Christian Houses of Worship Hate Crimes: Media Bias in its Darkest Form - Daniel T. Zanoza
http://www.illinoisfamily.org/news/contentview.asp?c=33992
WORLD NET DAILY
-- Cold and calculating – that's Obama - Jill Stanek
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71571
CBS NEWS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: It is disappointing to see Republicans work against Republicans. It is even more disappointing to see conservatives work against conservatives.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/06/politics/politico/thecrypt/main4325462.shtml
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
-- Fake names get voter registration workers investigated - Larry Sandler
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=780716
NEW YORK TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Because Obama outrageously promotes abortion, no Catholic should even consider supporting him
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/us/politics/07catholics.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
-- Is Obama the End of Black Politics? - Matt Bai (ANSWER: NO, BECAUSE OBAMA, HIS WIFE, HIS SURROGATES, HIS STAFF, HIS VOLUNTEERS, HIS CONTRIBUTORS, HIS SUPPORTERS, HIS PASTOR OF 20 YEARS, AND HIS POLITICAL PARTY ALL PROMOTE BLACK VICTIMOLOGY.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/magazine/10politics-t.html
-- McCain’s Break With Bush - Michael Falcone
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/us/politics/07adbox.html?ref=politics
-- McCain’s Green-Eyed Monster - Maureen Dowd
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/opinion/06dowd.html?em
-- Jordanian Family’s Donations to McCain Raise Questions - Michael Luo
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/us/politics/07mccain.html?ref=politics
WASHINGTON TIMES
-- McCain takes lead on YouTube hits 'Celebrity' attacks against Obama amuse younger generation - Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/07/mccain-takes-lead-on-youtube-hits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Paris Hilton may think John McCain is just a “wrinkly white-haired guy,” but the Republican presidential candidate apparently has figured out the younger generation just fine. Over the past two weeks, his “celebrity” attacks have stomped Democratic presidential opponent Sen. Barack Obama in YouTube hits. Mr. McCain has pumped out a series of brutal yet entertaining attack ads and Web videos mocking the press and Mr. Obama, and the combination of wit and insult has pushed his YouTube channel to the sixth most watched on the site this week. Mr. McCain has beat Mr. Obama's channel for seven straight days and 11 of the past 14 days, in a signal he intends to compete for the YouTube vote. That is a giant reversal. Mr. Obama had been quadrupling Mr. McCain's YouTube views and beat him every day since February, according to TubeMogul, which tracks online video viewing.)
WASHINGTON POST
-- Candidates Paint Each Other as 'Celebrity' Obama and 'More of the Same' McCain
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/06/AR2008080602884.html (Includes video clip)
LOS ANGELES TIMES
-- Disagreement Over Romney, Agreement Over Sali - Ryan Grim
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/la-na-campaign7-2008aug07,0,1637457.story
-- Paris Hilton spoof be damned; McCain continues to bombard Obama's celebrity - Michael Muskal
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/la-na-campaign7-2008aug07,0,1637457.story (Includes video clip)
-- Obama ready to unwind in Hawaii - Peter Nicholas
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-campaign7-2008aug07,0,2841266.story
WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- DIERSEN: VERY SAD: Those who want to destroy America are overjoyed that General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler are facing bankruptcy
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121807479191219317.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Detroit's fight for survival doesn't threaten economic doomsday for America, but it's incredibly sad nonetheless. The three companies, and General Motors especially, once symbolized the bedrock strength of American capitalism. If they can restructure and recover, as must be fervently hoped, they will symbolize the potential for renewal.)
-- Political Wisdom: Suffering From Obama Fatigue?
http://blogs.wsj.com/politicalperceptions/2008/08/07/political-wisdom-suffering-from-obama-fatigue/
TIME
-- Poll: Trouble Signs in Obama's Lead - Massimo Calabresi
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1829948,00.html
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
-- 'Obama Fatigue' Could Follow Avalanche of News Coverage A new poll finds voters might be beginning to tire of Obama's high media profile - Kevin Whitelaw
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/08/06/obama-fatigue-could-follow-avalanche-of-news-coverage.html
AMERICAN SPECTATOR
-- Change That’s Unbelievable - Joseph Lawler
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13657
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Given that the Democrat Party's platform is outrageously anti-Evangelical, it is outrageous that Evangelicals are even considering Democrat Obama
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93360158
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
-- Could Obama's rise signal the end of black victimology? - Lawrence E. Harrison (ANSWER: NO, BECAUSE OBAMA, HIS WIFE, HIS SURROGATES, HIS STAFF, HIS VOLUNTEERS, HIS CONTRIBUTORS, HIS SUPPORTERS, HIS PASTOR OF 20 YEARS, AND HIS POLITICAL PARTY ALL PROMOTE BLACK VICTIMOLOGY.)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0806/p09s01-coop.html
DAILY KOS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Andy Goodwin of Hinsdale blasts Biggert
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/6/224116/3907
POLITICO
-- GOP rolls into Day 4 of gas-price revolt, Gingrich makes appearance
http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0808/Republicans_roll_into_Day_4_of_gasprice_revolt_Gingrich_makes_appearance.html
-- Obama: The man who would be McCain - Gary Bauer
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12348.html
GOPUSA
-- OUTSTANDING: 3 states to consider race and gender preference giving ban - AP
http://www.gopusa.com/news/2008/august/0807_aa_ban1.shtml
AFP
-- BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Rice: U.S. would be safe under Obama
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jNTTI1NN1R-1E0Gn4mVVljzUgSwg
