GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - October 7, 2008
Only 28 days until the election!
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Outrageously, again, to elect Obama, the Chicago Sun-Times does what it can to drive the stock market down. Outrageously it plasters a color photo of a terrified S&P CME trader on its front page along with "FEAR FACTOR" in huge letters and "Dow plunges 800 points before late rally, closes below 10,000 for first time in 4 years."
http://www.suntimes.com/business/stockmarket/1206137,CST-FIN-stocks07.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jesse Jackson Sr. does what he can to drive the stock market down to elect Obama and promote socialism, again
http://www.suntimes.com/news/jackson/1205680,CST-EDT-jesse07.article
-- It's getting ugly Obama plays Keating card, McCain hits 'Chicago politician' - Abdon Pallasch
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/1206087,CST-NWS-camp07.article
-- OBAMA SPIN: McCain's latest barrage not likely to be enough - Lynn Sweet
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/1205787,CST-NWS-sweet07.article
-- OBAMA SPIN: Ayers, Rezko, Wright not likely to deny Obama White House as polls show lead widening - Lynn Sweet
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/ayers_rezko_wright_not_likely.html
-- OUTSTANDING: McCain should highlight Democrats' role in Fannie, Freddie fiasco - Jim Geraghty
http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/1206215,CST-EDT-open07.article
-- Prosecutors talking to Rezko, seek to delay sentencing - Natasha Korecki
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/1205307,rezko100608.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: University of Illinois now says its employees can politic "off-duty"
http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/1206308,CST-NWS-buttons07.article
-- Don't vote for a new constitutional convention - Editorial
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/endorsements/1206208,CST-EDT-edit07.article
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Outrageously, again, to elect Obama, the Chicago Tribune does what it can to drive the stock market down. Outrageously it plasters color photos of four terrified traders on the top of its front page along with "CRISIS GOES GLOBAL" in huge letters and "America's financial ills prove contagious"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-tue_global-crisis-finaloct07,0,2181535.story
-- Bailout: America's big new flimflam - Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-oped1007byrneoct07,0,259000.story
-- Dick Durbin and Steve Sauerberg spar over health care U.S. Senate candidates' vast differences on display in WTTW debate - Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-senatedebate07oct07,0,1175231.story
-- Sauerberg v. Durbin: Health care at issue in Senate debate - Rick Pearson
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2008/10/health-care-at.html
-- Foster, Oberweis clash on bailout package - James Kimberly
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2008/10/foster-oberweis.html
-- Oberweis criticizes Foster's vote for bailout Democrat congressman elected in March defends need for $700 billion measure - James Kimberly
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-oberweis07oct07,0,3415973.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what Mark Silva posts on the Chicago Tribune website, you would think he is on Obama's payroll
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/10/obama_mccain_terrorists_keatin.html
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Eric Zorn charges Palin with flinging the gates of hell wide open
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-zorn-07oct07,0,339324.column
DAILY HERALD
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Outrageously, again, to elect Obama, the Daily Herald does what it can to drive the stock market down. Outrageously it plasters color photos of terrified traders on the top of its front page along with "A freefall here and abroad" in huge letters and "Local firms not left out, and soon it'll affect all our lives, analysts say"
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=240857
-- Roskam, Morgenthaler spar over governor, Rezko - Joseph Ryan
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=240682&src=1
-- Bean, Greenberg square off on energy - Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=240675
-- Prochno v. Walker: Political connections at issue Candidates point fingers at party ties - Joseph Ryan
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=240912&src=1
-- Why voters need to monitor leaders - Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=240822&src=
-- Democrats pulling the wool over public's eyes - Elizabeth Pearson, Elmhurst
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=240779&src=
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
-- Voters should not surrender to financial terrorism - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
Obviously, the Democrat Party platform puts America on the road to socialism. Obviously, no country, no organization, and no individual that wants McCain and other Republicans elected on November 4 is driving the stock market down. So obviously, countries, organizations, and individuals that want Obama and other Democrats elected on November 4 are driving the stock market down. Outrageously, what they are practicing is financial terrorism. Beyond outrageously, they are threatening to drive the stock market down even further -- they want a mandate to immediately replace capitalism with socialism. Needless-to-say, Americans should not surrender to financial terrorism. Needless-to-say, Americans should vote for McCain and for the other Republicans on November 4. I would be happy to debate those who argue that no country, no organization, and no individual can drive the stock market up or down. I earned an MS in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, an MS in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a BS in management from NIU in 1970. I became a forensic accountant in 1997, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1982, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979. I audited federal financial market regulators for GAO 1990-1997.
CBS2
-- OUTRAGEOUS: Anti-Obama Author Jerome Corsi Detained, Deported In Kenya - AP
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/jerome.corsi.detained.2.834327.html
COURIER NEWS
-- DIERSEN QUESTION: How many of Kane County's 10,000 new voters are a) people who fled the poverty and crime in Democrat-controlled areas and b) victims of the public education system which generates "good little Democrats?
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/1205913,3_1_EL07_A1VOTING_S1.article
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
-- Debate stakes higher for McCain as insults mount - Liz Sidoti
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/10/07/news/doc48ea7c280d94a265221253.txt
SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- Ozinga, Halvorson debate at ISU cordial - Kristen McQueary
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/mcqueary/1205331,100508mcqueary.article
JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
-- Sauerberg criticizes Durbin during the pair's first US Senate debate - AP
http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2008/10/06/news/doc48eacb1f386bb070603463.txt
NAPERVILLE SUN
-- Connelly and Heneghan vie to replace Meyer in House District 48 - Paige Winfield
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1205673,6_1_NA07_DISTRICT48_S1.article
-- Connelly v. Heneghan: Candidates talk spending, taxes
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1205676,6_1_NA07_DISTRICT48_S2.article
-- Senger v. McGuire: Sparks fly in battle for District 96 House seat - Paige Winfield
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1205767,6_1_NA07_DISTRICT96_S1.article
BEACON NEWS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: To keep homeless Democrats in Illinois and to attract more homeless Democrats to Illinois, Blagojevich spends another $2.5 million of your tax dollars for "emergency shelter grants." But wait, to elect Obama on November 4, shouldn't Blagojevich want all homeless Democrats to immediately move the swing states and vote for Obama in those states?
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1205762,2_1_AU07_HOUSING_S1.article
-- OUTRAGEOUS: Libel suit may cost Pro-Life group $317K - Andre Salles
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1206032,2_1_AU07_PARENTHOOD_S1.article
SUBURBAN LIFE
-- DuPage County recorder Bucholz takes aim at potential land fraud - Dan Petrella
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/darien/news/x1374043991/County-recorder-takes-aim-at-potential-land-fraud
ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- Sauerberg blasts Durbin for "shamelessly exploiting" U.S. troops - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/10/sauerberg-blast.html
-- Forte-Scott Challenges Froehlich to Return Tainted Countrywide Financial Corporation Donation - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/10/forte-scott-cha.html
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
-- Virtual debate between Cong. Don Manzullo (R) and Robert Abboud (D) - Jeff Berkowitz
http://jeffberkowitz.blogspot.com/2008/10/better-than-monday-night-football.html
TOM ROESER
-- Palin Did Well Despite Team McCain’s Fumbles. Tina Fey the Real Loser?
http://www.tomroeser.com/blogs/blogview.asp?blogID=24770
REPUBLICANS FOR FAMILY VALUES
-- Sarah Palin Should Have Exposed Obama’s Radical Pledge to Repeal DOMA in Debate Response on ‘Same-Sex Marriage’ - Peter LaBarbera
http://republicansforfamilyvalues.com
INVESTORS
-- Terrorists For Obama
http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=308185788382240
FOX NEWS CHANNEL
-- Palin Invokes Jeremiah Wright, Continues Hit on Obama-Ayers Relationship
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/06/palin-invokes-jeremiah-wright/
-- McCain goes for Obama jugular - Mosheh Oinounou
http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/06/mccain-goes-for-obama-jugular/
NATIONAL REVIEW
-- The Inevitable 'This Isn't the Bill Ayers I Thought I Knew' Excuse
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjA4ZDk1YzRjYThkZmViYzQ1NzRkMmFlNWRhMmM2NTI=
TOWNHALL
-- Characters Count - Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.
http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankJGaffneyJr/2008/10/06/characters_count
AOL
-- Palin Slams Obama's Ties to Wright, Ayers - Beth Fouhy
http://news.aol.com/elections/article/palin-slams-obamas-ties-to-wright-ayers/200293
ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- Obama awarded Illinois grants to relative's group - Christopher Wills
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgi55speqiJ5-4JX3Ooxp_muEyswD93LB1280
-- Palin criticizes Obama's ties to Wright, Ayers - Beth Fouhy
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h21ZbzgPbTVRftcJPT5vkHkonY5QD93LANO80
-- McCain calls Obama a liar, faults his Chicago ties - Philip Elliott
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iE2JCSH5p9r2GBkQWS9TWAMzmuvQD93LAFK00
CNN
-- McCain suggests Obama at fault for bailout delay
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/06/mccain-suggests-obama-at-fault-for-bailout-delay/
-- McCain aides: McCain, Palin to peg Obama as ‘risky. . .dangerous’
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/06/mccain-aides-mccain-palin-to-peg-obama-as-%E2%80%98riskydangerous%E2%80%99/
UPI
-- Palin says Obama will raise taxes
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/10/06/Palin_says_Obama_will_raise_taxes/UPI-47401223316145/
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Outrageously, UPI makes the racist argument that if you do not vote for Obama, it is because you are a racist
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/10/07/Racial_factor_may_emerge_if_election_close/UPI-28461223382608/
NEWS BUSTERS
-- CNN Ignores Bernardine Dohrn's Terrorist Past While Defending Obama - Terry Trippany
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/terry-trippany/2008/10/05/cnn-ignores-bernardine-dohrns-terrorist-past-while-defending-obama
WORLD NET DAILY
-- Obama: Known by the company he keeps - Mychal Massie
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=77189
GOPUSA
-- The Real Obama - Thomas Sowell
http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/tsowell/2008/ts_10071.shtml
POLITICO
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Andy Barr argues that "Conservatives split on Ayers attack"
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14324.html
-- Hollywood: Ayers script hopes to gain from Obama - Jeffery Ressner
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14321.html
-- Ignorance of Ayers? - Ben Smith
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Ignorance_of_Ayers.html
THE HILL
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD BUT GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUY: Countries, organizations, and individuals that drive the stock market down to elect Obama drive it down further. How low will they drive the market down? Needless-to-say, now is the time to buy stocks. The general rule is "buy low, sell high."
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/doubts-grow-over-rescue-2008-10-06.html
CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY
-- McCain's New Strategy: Bill Ayres, Bill Ayres, Bill Ayres - David Corn
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/davidcorn/2008/10/mccains-new-strategy-bill-ayre.html
ONE NEWS NOW
-- Voting: Barack Obama's ties to ACORN - Chad Groening
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=273584
USA TODAY
-- McCain's course for victory Three tactics he should employ, starting tonight, to redirect the race - Jonah Goldberg
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/10/mccains-course.html
NEW YORK TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: New York Times highlights statements by Andy Martin during hour long “Obama & Friends: The History of Radicalism” program on Fox News Channel hosted by Sean Hannity
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/us/politics/07fox.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
(THE ARTICLE: Obama’s Personal Ties Are Subject of Program on Fox News Channel - Jim Rutenberg During a weekend of Republican attacks on Senator Barack Obama’s personal associations, Fox News Channel ran a program Sunday that made provocative assertions about similar connections, called “Obama & Friends: The History of Radicalism.” Sean Hannity, the conservative radio and television host, was the host of the hourlong program, which raised, among other things, unsubstantiated accusations that Mr. Obama’s work as a community organizer in Chicago was “training for a radical overthrow of the government.” The statement came from Andy Martin, a conservative writer and frequent political candidate who is credited as being among the first - if not the first - to assert in a chain e-mail message that Mr. Obama was secretly a Muslim. Mr. Obama is a Christian; his campaign says he “is not, was not and has never been” a Muslim. Peppering his statements with phrases like “in my opinion” and “my view is,” Mr. Martin said Mr. Obama’s political career had been engineered by Bill Ayers, a founder and former member of the radical Weather Underground and now an education professor in Chicago. Various reports, including ones in The New York Times, have found no evidence that Mr. Obama and Mr. Ayers were particularly close, although they have had various points of contact. Mr. Ayers was host of an event for Mr. Obama early in his political career, they served together on a charitable board, and both worked on an educational project financed by the billionaire philanthropist Walter H. Annenberg. The program was the latest step in the evolution of opinion journalism on cable news. It comes as one of Fox News’s rivals, MSNBC, becomes increasingly liberal, with hosts like Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann advocating against Senator John McCain. But Mr. Hannity’s program on Sunday was notable in presenting partisan accusations against Mr. Obama in a journalistic, documentary format in prime time. Saying he believed that ties between Mr. Obama and Mr. Ayers were deeper, and reporting that Mr. Ayers had been an admirer of the Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, who, in turn, is an acolyte of Fidel Castro, Mr. Martin said, “If you love the Cuban revolution and Castro, and if you love what’s happening in Venezuela with Hugo Chávez, you’ll love Barry Obama — Barack Obama, as he calls himself - in the White House.” For good measure, Mr. Martin, who made a failed bid to run on the Republican line in the 2004 race for a Senate seat from Illinois that Mr. Obama won, added, “We are basically going in the throes of a social revolution which attempts to essentially freeze out anybody who is not part of this radical ideology.” The special was shown on “Hannity’s America,” the Sunday night program in which Mr. Hannity does not have to share the screen with his weeknight liberal co-host on Fox News, Alan Colmes. Mr. Hannity said that Mr. Obama did not respond to a request for comment. Still, the program presented no opposing viewpoint to the program’s thesis: that, in Mr. Hannity’s words, “Obama’s list of friends reads like a history of radicalism.” Mr. Hannity’s executive producer, John Finley, said that the program was clearly opinion and that the audience - on average 1.5 million to 2 million - knew to take it as such. “ ‘Hannity’s America’ is an opinion show - it’s a show from Sean’s perspective, which is obviously conservative,” Mr. Finley said. Speaking of Mr. Martin, he added, “It’s one man’s opinion, one of many that was expressed on the show.” Mr. Martin said he was careful not to present his theories about Mr. Obama as proven fact. “That is my opinion - expert opinion - if you will,” Mr. Martin said of his commentary on Mr. Hannity’s program. “I don’t pretend to be an exclusively fact-based reporter, though I try as hard as I can to get the facts.” Mr. Martin came under strong attack from liberals on Monday. Many noted that the Republican Party of Florida decided against backing his bid for the State Senate in 1996 after receiving documents from his Congressional race 10 years earlier in Connecticut listing the purpose of one of his political committees as “to exterminate Jew power in America and to impeach the judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York City.” Mr. Martin had previously said the documents were forged, and again denied their authenticity on Monday. He also denied harboring anti-Semitic sentiment, saying “it’s peripheral, it draws you away from the issue.”)
-- Campaigns Shift to Attack Mode on Eve of Debate - Adam Nagourney
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/us/politics/07strategy.html?ref=politics
PHILADELPHIA EVENING BULLETIN
-- Character Issues Move Onto The Champaign Trail - Joe Murray
http://www.thebulletin.us/site/index.cfm?newsid=20153167&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=8
BOSTON GLOBE
-- Key debate tonight as race gets personal Obama attacks on ethics after assault by McCain - Scott Helman and Sasha Issenberg
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/10/07/key_debate_tonight_as_race_gets_personal/
BOSTON HERALD
-- AP’s wired to see nonexistent racism - Michael Graham
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view.bg?articleid=1123877&srvc=home&position=rated
WASHINGTON TIMES
-- Obama leaves a bigger deficit - Stephen Dinan
http://washingtontimes.com/weblogs/trail-times/2008/Oct/06/obama-leaves-bigger-deficit/
-- GOP strategists: Attack Obama aggressively McCain told to rip rival's tax policies - Donald Lambro
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/07/gop-strategists-attack-obama-aggressively/
-- The kitchen sinks are ready - Wesley Pruden
http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/oct/07/the-kitchen-sinks-ready-for-october/
WASHINGTON POST
-- Campaign Attacks Intensify in the Wake of New Ads Reacting to GOP Charges About Links to '60s Radical, Obama Fires Back With McCain-Keating Scandal - William Branigin and Michael Abramowitz
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/06/AR2008100601620.html?hpid=topnews
DALLAS MORNING NEWS
-- Obama, McCain campaigns create ads that go directly to video - Karen Brooks
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/100708dnpolwebads.2c2f694.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
-- McCain, Obama introduce newly sharp tone amid major news events - Peter Wallsten
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-campaign7-2008oct07,0,5868545.story
-- Barack Obama's connection to William Ayers John McCain's running mate says the Democrat's judgment is suspect if he would 'pal around with terrorists.'
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-ayers7-2008oct07,0,1083099.story
-- Bill Ayers: Would you see a movie about Obama's secret pal?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2008/10/bill-ayers-woul.html
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
-- OUTSTANDING: Federal probe into S.F. sanctuary city policy - Bob Egelko
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/BA1T13B7IJ.DTL&tsp=1
-- Candidates go into debate in attack mode - Carla Marinucci
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/10/07/MNIN13C9O9.DTL
NEWSWEEK
-- Will McCain's New Anti-Obama Strategy Work? - Andrew Romano
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/10/06/will-mccains-anti-obama-strategy-work.aspx
-- Obama and the Echoes of Lincoln - Howard Fineman
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/racetothefinish/archive/2008/10/06/obama-and-the-echoes-of-lincoln.aspx
TIME MAGAZINE
-- Maybe We Should Blame God for the Subprime Mess - David Van Biema
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1847053,00.html
DAN PROFT
-- AUDIO CLIP: McCain's Hurdle for Debate #2
http://www.urqmedia.com/content/img/f216348/proft_mccain_debate2_100608.mp3
JOE BIRKETT
-- The Rx for cleaning up corruption: guts
http://www.joebirkett.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/06/the-rx-for-cleaning-up-corruption-guts/
ANDY MARTIN
-- New York Times reports liberal rage at Andy Martin's comments on Fox News' Hannity's America
http://www.pr-inside.com/new-york-times-reports-liberal-rage-r847274.htm
CARL SEGVICH
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Carl Segvich releases press release critical of Illinois Republican Party Chairman Andy McKenna
http://segvich.us/
