GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - September 29, 2008
Only 36 days until the election!
QUESTION: The Republican Party platform is conservative and the Republican Party exists to advance conservative principles. The Democrat Party platform is liberal and the Democrat Party exists to advance liberal principles. Why have so many Illinois Republican elected officials, candidates, and party leaders been so soft on the anti-conservative Obama?
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- Indict or impeach? - Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0929edit2sep29,0,6020095.story
-- $700 billion: Your weekend splurge - Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0929edit1sep29,0,5626878.story
-- Palin, Obama, McCain: Saturday Night. Live - Mark Silva
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/09/palin_obama_mccain_saturday_ni.html
-- How Palin can save McCain - Kathleen Parker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0929parkersep29,0,4256719.column
-- Detroit: Blacks, whites show prejudices along racial divide - Ron Fournier and Errin Haines
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-theracialdivide,0,6522725.story
-- Seals capitalizing on Obama - Deanna Bellandi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-seals-kirk,0,6812290.story
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- Bailout outcome is far from certain Obama, McCain give OK to deal, but outcome is far from certain - Julie Hirschfeld Davis
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1190789,CST-NWS-bail29w.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: NOT SURPRISING: Because most immigrants are Hispanics who will vote for Democrats, Hispanic Democrat Teresa Puente wants the citizenship exam made easier
http://www.suntimes.com/news/puente/1190792,CST-EDT-puente29.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat candidates for DuPage county offices say they will end "pay-to-play" in DuPage County
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1190394,CST-EDT-vox29.article
DAILY HERALD
-- President Bush meets with congressional leaders, including the presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama, in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Thursday. What's wrong with this picture? - Chuck Goudie
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=238826
-- Flare-ups during Lake County state's attorney debate - Tony Gordon
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=238854
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce candidates' forum Saturday, October 4, from 9:00 AM to noon
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=238825&src=1
CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sadly, efforts by people, by organizations, and by counties to drive America's economy down to elect Obama are showing success in Chicagoland
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?articleId=30633
-- Stocks plunge ahead of bailout vote; market eyes Wachovia deal - AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=31191
SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- Obama, McCain delicately embrace bailout proposal
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1190743,092908bailoutcandidates.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at the homeless day in and day out that Republicans caused all their problems. So of course, Democrats want the homeless to vote, big time
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1190961,092908homelessvoters.article
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- OK measure to make state accountable - Joe Calomino
http://www.sj-r.com/editorials/x1800998319/IN-MY-VIEW-OK-measure-to-make-state-accountable
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
-- Did police chief pay for $5,000 picture with the President? - John Sharp Karen McDonald
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x976934221/Word-on-the-Street-Did-police-chief-pay-for-5-000-picture
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
-- Obama and McCain, a virtual 2006 debate, and much much more on Tonight's Chicago edition of "Public Affairs" - Jeff Berkowitz
http://jeffberkowitz.blogspot.com/2008/09/obama-and-mccain-virtual-2006.html
SENATOR CHRIS LAUZEN
-- The Day Robin Hood Switched Sides
http://www.lauzen.com/mediacenter/view_voice.cfm?id=177
ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- Durbin Blames Greenspan for Economic Crisis - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/09/durbin-blames-g.html
-- Chicago Tribune finally joins Illinois Review in calling for impeachment hearings - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/09/tribune-finally.html
REPUBLICANS FOR FAIR MEDIA
-- McCain needs to cool it on Bush-bashing during debates with Obama: You can't out-Democrat a Democrat - Daniel T. Zanoza
http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2008/09/mccain-needs-to-cool-it-on-bush-bashing-during-debates-with-obama-you-cant-out-democrat-a-democrat.html
THE BLACK SNOB
-- Obama Is Not A Star in Star Parker's Show; Eric Wallace Agrees
http://blacksnob.blogspot.com/2008/04/obama-is-not-star-in-star-parkers-show.html
ALL HEADLINE NEWS
-- Chicago, Largest City In Illinois, Among Top 10 Worst Polluted Cities In The Nation
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7012468474
WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- McCain Slams Excessive Executive Pay - Elizabeth Holmes
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/22/mccain-slams-excessive-executive-pay/
-- Rescue Tests Bush's (COMPASSIONATE) Conservative Legacy - John McKinnon
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122264902427584171.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
-- Game Plan for Palin Is Retooled Ahead of Debate Top McCain Aides Oversee Preparation After Recent Flubs - Monica Langley
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122265784614384667.html
TOLEDO BLADE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: By blaming the bailout on capitalism, Obama makes it all the more clear that a vote for him is a vote for socialism
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080929/NEWS09/809290344
INVESTORS'S BUSINESS DAILY
-- Obama: Audacity of Socialism
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/series8.aspx
LOS ANGELES TIMES
-- The GOP's real go-to guy What Rush Limbaugh wants, he gets, when it comes to McCain's campaign. - Zev Chafets
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-chafets29-2008sep29,0,3797827.story
NEW YORK POST
-- Obama's dangerous pals Barack's 'organizer' buddies pushed for bad mortgages - Stanley Kurtz
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09292008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/os_dangerous_pals_131216.htm
NEW YORK TIMES
-- SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 FLASHBACK: VERY SAD: Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending - Steven Holmes
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE7DB153EF933A0575AC0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
USA TODAY
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sadly, efforts by people, by organizations, and by counties to drive America's economy down to elect Obama are showing success: 33% of survey respondents say America is in a "depression." The people, the organizations, and the countries that want Obama elected despise conservatism and despise America. They worship liberalism, they worship socialism, and they worship foreign countries. America was able to win WWI, win WWII, and defeat communism because of the prosperity that conservatism had brought. Because Obama despises conservatism and worships socialism, if he is elected, without question, America's economy will go down further, it will never come back, and America will lose WWIII.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2008-09-28-poll-depression_N.htm
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
-- Why do anti-conservatives like Bush? - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
The Republican Party platform is conservative and the Republican Party exists to advance conservative principles. The Democrat Party platform is liberal and the Democrat Party exists to advance liberal principles. Everyone knows that President Bush never ever said that he was a "conservative." He has always said that he is a "COMPASSIONATE conservative." One of the meanest things that one can say about another person is that he/she is not compassionate. History has shown that Bush's definition of COMPASSIONATE conservatism included rejection of many important planks in the Republican Party platform and rejection of many important conservative principles. History has shown that even though Bush ran as a Republican, he outrageously did in fact reject many important planks in the Republican Party platform. History will show that his rejection of those planks caused his problems, caused the Republican Party's problems, caused America's problems, and caused the world's problems. Tragically, because of Bush's attitude toward conservatives, during his leadership, many anti-conservatives were not only able to keep their positions in the party, but they were able to move up the ladder where they could do even more damage to the party. One needs to look no further than the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Central Committee. Anti-conservative Republican Party leaders have driven out many precinct committeemen who sought those positions to advance the party's platform. Outrageously, some anti-conservative Republican Party leaders outrageously say that they are "conservative," but their actions show that the more planks in the Republican Party platform that one accepts, the harder they work to demonize you, to denigrate you, and to push you out of the party. Sadly, anti-conservative party leaders, including Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, George Ryan, Jim Ryan, Judy Baar Topinka, Bob Kjellander, and many IRP State Central Committee members liked Bush because he rejected so many planks in the Republican Party platform. Now, beyond outrageously, anti-conservatives argue a) that Bush always was a "conservative" and b) that the planks in the Republican Party platform that he did accept and that he did advance caused his problems, caused the Republican Party's problems, caused America's problems, and caused the world's problems. Anti-conservatives like Bush because of the planks in the Republican Party platform that he rejected and because of the conservative principles that he rejected. Anti-conservatives like Bush because he gave them so much ammunition to foist blame for all problems on conservatives. Conservatives, including me, like Bush for his success in defending and advancing the planks in the Republican Party platform and the conservative principles that he did accept.
