GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - September 2, 2008
ABC7
-- Surprises for Illinois delegates at RNC (ANDY SHAW SELECTS GIDWITZ, KIRK, MCKENNA, & MCSWEENEY TO BE THE FACE OF THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY) - Andy Shaw
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6364162 (Includes video clip)
CBS2
-- McCain VP Pick Reveals Teen Daughter's Pregnancy Alaska Ethics Probe Also Proves Setback To Palin, McCain Camp - AP
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/mccain.palin.daughter.2.807594.html (Includes video clip)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- Illinois GOP delegation begins fundraising efforts - Rick Pearson
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2008/09/illinois-gop-de.html
-- Money, bitter charges in south suburban 11th Congressional District race - Erika Slife
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-ozinga-halvorsonsep02,0,3709461.story
-- Politics don't get dirtier than smearing pregnant girl - John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-rnc-0902sep02,0,246215.column
-- Wake-up call for Senator Meeks - Eden Martin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-oped0902civicsep02,0,2360735.story
-- Blagojevich: A cookie-jar fixation - Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-oped0902byrnesep02,0,4125624.story
-- With baby, principles matter most in Wasilla Show of support for Palin, daughter in hometown - Jason George
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-palin-daughtersep02,0,2365499.story
-- Surprise pregnancy has Republicans off balance McCain, delegates offer support after revelation about Gov. Palin's daughter - Jim Tankersley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-gop-conventionsep02,0,5370986.story
-- McCain has opposed spending on teen pregnancy prevention programs, sex education - Sharon Theimer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-ap-cvn-mccain-teen-pregnancies,0,6431082.story
-- Sarah Palin, teen pregnancy and what? Thomas Eagleton never got the vetting needed. Has Sarah Palin been vetted? - Mark Silva
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/09/sarah_palin_teen_pregnancy_and.html
-- Who makes up 30% of Bush fans? President's stalwart supporters often share his evangelical faith and feel a strong tie to him despite his mistakes (MOST TYPICAL SUPPORTER: A Republican, white, male, conservative, evangelical, protestant, with no college, and from the South) - Rex W. Huppke
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-bush-liker-sep02,0,4813192.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservative Rick Pearson promotes influential Republican Kirk Dillard, again. The Combine wants Obama to be America's next president. Combine members are influential and they do significant things to help elect Obama. People ask who are the "Republican" members of the Combine? Tragically, Dillard seems to want to be viewed a Republican Combine member. Tragically, not only did Dillard help Obama win the Democrat Party presidential nomination by doing a television ad for him, he continues to blast Republicans who criticize him for doing that.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-5_questions_tuessep02,0,659359.story
DAILY HERALD
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Joseph Ryan gleefully editorializes that: "Illinois GOP's anti-Obama message undercut by hurricane"
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=231782&src=109
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Joseph Ryan paints as negative a picture of Republicans as he can concerning Illinois congressional races
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=231423&src=152
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Joseph Ryan questions Mark Kirk
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=231795&src=152
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Joseph Ryan questions Peter Roskam
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=231429&src=152
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: David Beery questions Judy Biggert
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=231756&src=109
-- State GOP shifts gears at convention, focuses on Gustav relief fundraising - Joseph Ryan
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=231740&src=109
-- Hurricane Gustav, President Bush and the GOP - Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=231768&src=
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Marion J. Reis argues that GOD is a socialist, if not a communist, and that you get into Heaven by using government to a) take money away from those who earn more of it and b) give that money to those who earn less of it
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=231373&src=
-- With schools, we get what we pay for - P. Fuller, Elk Grove Village
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=231404&src=
-- Kotowski's record on legislator raises - Mike Sweeney, Candidate, State Senate, Arlington Heights
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=231764&src=
-- How does Chicago school funding stack up? - Matt Arado
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=231803&src=1
-- "(W)hen Illinois GOP Chairman Andy McKenna asked former Gov. Jim Edgar to stand for recognition at (Monday) morning's state delegate breakfast, it turned out Edgar wasn't in the room. McKenna moved on to former Gov. Jim Thompson . . . who wasn't there either. House Republican leader Tom Cross? Nope. Which resulted in a lot of media attention for the state party leaders who did attend."
http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/477
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- FRONT PAGE "LIFE HAPPENS" HEADLINE WITH 3X5-INCH COLOR PHOTO OF BRISTOL & TRIG: Storm brews over Palin Distractions pack double whammy for GOP - Lynn Sweet
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/1139357,CST-NWS-sweet02.article
-- Pregnancy none of our business, but Palin's views are - Carol Marin
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1139448,CST-NWS-marin02.article
-- Palin not on board Straight Talk Express McCain's VP pick blows credibility, missing prime teaching moment - Mary Mitchell
http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1139356,CST-NWS-mitch02.article
-- Cheers for wives Day one Cindy McCain, Laura Bush liven things up as they make a pitch for help for hurricane victims - Dave McKinney and Abdon Pallasch
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/1139479,CST-NWS-conv02.article
-- Delegates back Palin: 'That's what being pro-life is all about' Questions about firing official, husband's drunken-driving arrest - Abdon Pallasch
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/1139358,CST-NWS-baby02.article
-- Double disclosure for Sarah Palin: Daughter Bristol is pregnant, hires lawyer for probe - AP
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/rnc/1138932,palin090108.article
-- How many kids will boycott? Meeks plans to have 125 buses, prepared for 3,000 students - Stefano Esposito
http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/1139483,CST-NWS-boycott02.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Asians are latest target of gambling promoters
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1139443,CST-NWS-gamblers02.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago Sun-times editorializes that "Schools must confront root causes of violence." Why doesn't the Chicago Sun-Times editorialize that "Minorities must stop creating children out-of-wedlock?"
http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1139446,CST-EDT-skuledit02.article
-- SNEED: Bad ad: State Sen. Kirk Dillard, a major supporter of John McCain but a close friend of Barack Obama, tells Sneed he inadvertently wound up in that Obama campaign ad that ran in Iowa. "It was only 10 seconds, but I asked (top Obama strategist) David Axelrod to pull it," said Dillard. The upshot: Axelrod did. . .Flag 'em: The daily Illinois delegation breakfast at the Republican convention begins with the Pledge of Allegiance. Not so at the Dem Illinois delegate breakfast in Denver.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/1139478,CST-NWS-SNEED02.article
-- Chicago Mercantile Exchange RNC party more subdued, charity-related - Dave McKinney and Abdon Pallasch
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/rnc/1138805,delegates090108.article
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois’ Republicans have been washed out of every statewide office in recent years following former Gov. George Ryan’s scandals. The state party’s hope against U.S. Rep. Dick Durbin, Dr. Steven Sauerberg, cheerfully made the rounds at Monday morning’s breakfast, even though the odds look long for him to beat Durbin in Barack Obama’s home state this year. But the party’s new leadership is more hopeful for 2010 when they think voters will be tired of Gov. Blagojevich and ready to elect Republicans statewide again. And the party leaders are also hopeful that John McCain’s choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will help his effort. “She’s an outstanding choice: She’s pro-life. She’s pro-gun. She made some great comments. She has attracted conservatives. And I think she will attract women,” said Demetra DeMonte, the new Republican National Committeewoman from Illinois. Former Gov. Jim Edgar and State sen. Republican leader Frank Watson both said they were initially skeptical about Palin but have come around. “At first blush, I thought it was a mistake -- it took experience off the table as an issue to use against Obama,” Edgar said. “But now that I’ve gotten to know more about her, I think it was a very good decision.” Illinois Republicans will hear from former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton and McCain’s former Vietnam cell mate Bud Day. Bob Michel, former minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, emerged from the elevator carrying his golf clubs Monday morning. “There’s some dead time here -- we gotta make the most of it,” he said.)
SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- GOP may want to consider using 'hug' photos to its advantage - Rich Miller
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/miller/1139183,090208miller.article
CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Paul Merrion argues what the Combine argues, namely, that even though Obama is anti-business, his presidency would be good for Chicago business
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?articleId=30481
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
-- Storm dominates GOP's business Most headliners missing, though Laura Bush, Cindy McCain appeal for hurricane donations; Palin revelations swirl at sidelines - David Espo
http://www.pjstar.com/news_national/x1903521286/Storm-dominates-GOPs-business
-- Central Illinois delegates: 'Put the country first' - Erin Wood
http://www.pjstar.com/news_county/x1903521346/Decision-Put-the-country-first
NAPERVILLE SUN
-- OUTSTANDING: May Yurgaitis: Committed to the cause
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1139021,6_1_NA02_HERENOW_S1.article
-- NAPERVILLE LABOR DAY PARADE: "Interspersed throughout the procession were 10 local candidates for public office, including DuPage County Board member Mike Connelly and Naperville City Councilman Darlene Senger, both Republicans who are running for the Illinois House."
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1139006,6_1_NA02_PARADE_S1.article
COURIER NEWS
-- Shirley Rauschenberger wants eyes on Elgin's east side - David Gialanella
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/1139054,3_1_EL02_A3SHIRLEY_S1.article
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
-- VIDEO CLIP: Dan Proft on Sarah Palin as VP Choice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UoRkZjIoOA
CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- Moose lady, Gustav roil prexy race at RNC - Greg Hinz
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=30823
CHICAGO PUBLIC RADIO
-- School Boycotters Go With Scaled-Back Plan - Amanda Vinicky
http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=28608
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tony Arnold interviews Pat Brady, Fortner, and Topinka
http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=28610
NORTHWEST HERALD
-- GOP descends on St. Paul - Kevin Craver
http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2008/09/01/news/local/doc48bbbbd70c39a268243613.txt
REVERSE SPIN
-- Tribune’s Annenberg malpractice - Dan Curry
http://www.reversespin.com/?p=862
CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
-- Imagine for one sweet minute an Illinois Governor Palin - Dennis Byrne
http://cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/imagine-for-one-sweet-minute-an-illiinois-gov-palin%2C1630/
CAPITOL FAX
-- Dillard distances himself from himself - Rich Miller
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2008/09/02/dillard-distances-himself-from-himself/
-- Big Schock lead - Rich Miller
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2008/09/02/big-schock-lead/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- Daughter pregnant? Obama's response vs. Palins' OBAMA WAS ASKED: What if your 17 year old daughter were to tell you she's pregnant? Barack Obama said in March 2008: "I wouldn't want my daughter to be punished with a baby . . . " - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/09/daughter-unexpe.html
-- Obama camp misses several not-so-funny points - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/09/obama-camp-miss.html
-- School Funding Hustle, Part 3: The Democrat Way - George Kocan
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/09/school-funding.html
REPUBLICANS FOR FAMILY VALUES
-- Obama Is ‘Radically Pro-Abortion, Radically Pro-Homosexual,’ Says Republican Pro-Family Group at GOP Convention - Peter LaBarbera
http://republicansforfamilyvalues.com/2008/09/02/obama-is-%e2%80%98radically-pro-abortion-radically-pro-homosexual%e2%80%99-says-republican-pro-family-group-at-gop-convention/
GOPUSA
-- GOP adopts rules, platform on both sides of McCain - Glen Johnson
http://www.gopusa.com/news/2008/september/0902_gop_rules1.shtml
TOWNHALL
-- Teen Sex? Please Do! - Planned Parenthood - Matt Barber
http://townhall.com/columnists/MattBarber/2008/09/01/teen_sex_please_do!_-_planned_parenthood?page=full&comments=true&sort=asc#comments
WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- FROM THE EDITORIAL: Nearly half of girls between the ages of 15 and 19 have had sex at least once, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, and some 750,000 become pregnant every year. The vast majority of teen pregnancies -- 82% -- are unplanned. Of those pregnancies, 29% end in abortion; 14% are miscarriages; and 57% result in live births.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122031154526888699.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks
WORLD NET DAILY
-- He's back - with new comments on race, sex! Controversial character lauds Obama, predicts 'black woman' sleeping in White House 'legally' - Aaron Klein
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=74026
AMERICAN THINKER
-- McCain's Palin Strategy - J.R. Dunn
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/mccains_palin_strategy.html
AMERICAN SPECTATOR
-- McCain & Obama: The Difference - Jeffrey Lord
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13803
FOX NEWS CHANNEL
-- Palin’s 17-Year-Old Daughter is Pregnant But the Palin family travails don’t stop at Bristol Palin’s pregnancy. Palin spokeswoman Maria Comella confirmed Monday that Todd Palin was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in 1986 when he was 22. Sarah and Todd Palin, who had been high school sweethearts, were dating at the time.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/01/palins-17-year-old-daughter-is-pregnant/
-- Sarah Palin: McCain’s Gift to Reagan Democrats? - Betsy Newmark
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/08/31/newmark901/
-- Rev. Jeremiah Wright Is At It Again - Brit Hume
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,414662,00.html
THE HILL
-- McCain, Obama snubbed Gulf Coast after Katrina - Bob Cusack
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mccain-obama-snubbed-gulf-coast-after-katrina-2008-09-01.html
-- Gustav halts Democrat attack machine - Klaus Marre
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/gustav-halts-democratic-attack-machine-2008-09-01.html
-- Palin pregnancy news could trouble conservatives - Sam Youngman and Susan Crabtree
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/palin-pregnancy-news-could-trouble-conservatives-2008-09-01.html
-- Right mixed on latest Sarah Palin surprise - Sam Youngman and Susan Crabtree
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/right-mixed-on-latest-sarah-palin-surprise-2008-09-02.html
-- Conservatives rally around enemy-turned-ally McCain - Manu Raju
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/conservatives-rally-around--enemy-turned-ally-mccain-2008-09-01.html
BLOOMBERG
-- Republican Convention Eclipsed by Pregnancy, Gustav, Protests - Hans Nichols and Christopher Stern
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ao69uzGk9vNw&refer=us
WASHINGTON POST & MSNBC
-- Palin's unmarried 17 year old daughter is pregnant: Obama Tells Press to "Back Off"
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/01/obama_tells_press_to_back_off.html
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/01/1321281.aspx
NEW YORK TIMES
-- In Political Realm, Palin ‘Family Problem’ Emerges as Test - Adam Nagourney
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02assess.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin
-- FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: A New Twist in the Debate Over Mothers - Jodi Kantor and Rachel Swarms
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02mother.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
-- FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Disclosures on Palin Raise Questions on Vetting Process - Elisabeth Bumiller
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02vetting.html?hp
WASHINGTON POST
-- Raid's Outcome May Signal a Retreat In Immigration Strategy, Critics Say - Spencer Hsu
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090102358.html
DETROIT FREE PRESS
-- Don't try to make Bristol Palin the Jeremiah Wright for John McCain - Rochelle Riley
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080901/BLOG08/80901070/1164
LOS ANGELES TIMES
-- McCain's Steve Schmidt meets the press on Sarah Palin, as if by chance
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/schmidt-mccain.html
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
-- Political, Media Worlds Sort Out Palin Daughter's Pregnancy
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_080902.htm
BUZZFLASH
-- Palin Says No Truth to Teen Daughter Being Pregnant Out of Wedlock Last Year Because She's Pregnant and Unmarried This Year - Mark Karlin
http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorblog/116
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Arndt, Cronin, Duchossois, Krajewski, Rathje, Schillerstrom, Wagner, and others form "DuPage Business Advisory Board" - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
Mary Jo Arndt, Dan Cronin, Craig Duchossois, Brian Krajewski, Louis Rathje, Bob Schillerstrom, Dan Wagner, and others have formed the 'DuPage Business Advisory Board" to "maintain the quality of life in DuPage County" and to "encourage certain reforms within the DuPage County Republican Party." The organization will a) "identify the concerns of DuPage voters and how voters make their decisions, b) provide empirical data to support the message through research, polling and focus groups, c) use all modern technology and media available to communicate our message, d) micro target our message to voters, e) recruit and train township chairmen, precinct committeemen, candidates and volunteers, f) target voter registration in new growth areas, including colleges and new homeowners, g) establish a county wide get out the vote program, h) recruit young and qualified individuals to run for public office to build a next generation of leaders, i) build a DuPage Legislative Team who will work together to support DuPage's legislative and political agenda both in Springfield and in Washington, and j) outreach to non-traditional Republican voters who can and will become the fabric of our Republican base." Members can a) "attend quarterly breakfast briefings to keep informed of developments and programs, b) receive complimentary invitations to special private events and receptions with key political figures and staff, c) receive daily news clips and email updates, d) network with business, education, and civic leaders, and e) enjoy a first-hand opportunity to participate in the activities of the DuPage Republicans and enhance the quality of life in DuPage County." Associate Board memberships are $500 per year, Board memberships are $1,000 per year, and Executive Board memberships are $2,500 per year. The organization's first breakfast event will be held on Thursday, September 18, at 8:30 AM, at Inland Group, 2901 Butterfield Road in Oak Brook. For more information, contact Lisa Wagner at 630-752-9661.
What if in 2000 Bush had set a goal for America to bring the out-of-wedlock birth rate back down to the pre-Great Society level by the end of the decade? - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
Children born out-of-wedlock are at a tremendous disadvantage -- everyone knows that including those who create children out-of-wedlock. Tragically some 70 percent of African-American children are born out-of-wedlock and tragically, some 40 percent of Hispanic children are born out-of-wedlock. No one disputes the fact that the Democrat Party's failed "Great Society" big push for socialism in the 1960s dramatically increased the African-American out-of-wedlock birth rate. I have had only one conversation with George Will and it was shortly after Bush was elected in 2000. During that conversation, I urged Will to urge Bush to set a goal for America like Kennedy did in the 1960s. The goal Kennedy set was to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. I urged Will to urge Bush to set a new goal for America -- to bring the out-of-wedlock birth rate back down to the pre-Great Society level by the end of the decade. Sadly, Will rejected my suggestion out-of-hand. What if Will and Bush had taken my suggestion?
