GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - November 27, 2008
GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - November 27, 2008
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
-- Who will speak at the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) luncheon on Saturday, December 13 in Bolingbrook -- McCain, Palin, Sauerberg, Biggert, Johnson, Kirk, Manzullo, Schock, Shimkus, Roskam? It seems that if Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, George Ryan, Jim Ryan, Judy Baar Topinka, Bob Kjellander, etc. speak, they would denounce conservatives and denounce conservatism and call for taking all the social planks out of the IRP platform. But wait, conservatives are the base of the IRP and the those social planks are what distinguish the IRP from the Illinois Democrat Party. Will those who want to return to direct election of IRP State Central Committee members be allowed to speak? - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) and County Chairman's Association (CCA) will meet on Saturday morning, December 13, at the beautiful Bolingbrook Golf Club. A joint SCC and CCA luncheon will follow the meetings. Illinois Republican precinct committeemen and precinct captains anxiously await details on the meetings and on the luncheon from their Township and Chicago Ward party leaders. Township and Chicago ward party leaders anxiously await details on the meetings and on the luncheon from their county party leaders. County party leaders anxiously await details on the meetings and on the luncheon from their SCC member. SCC members anxiously await details on the meetings and on the luncheon from IRP Chairman Andy McKenna. Elected officials, including township and county officials, state representatives and state senators, and congressmen anxiously await details on the meetings and on the luncheon from party leaders. What will be on the agendas for the SCC meeting, CCA meeting, and luncheon? What will be discussed in executive session? Who will speak at the luncheon -- McCain, Palin, Sauerberg, Biggert, Johnson, Kirk, Manzullo, Schock, Shimkus, Roskam? What will IRP Chairman Andy McKenna, IRP National Committeeman Pat Brady, and National Committeewoman Demetra DeMonte say about how America and the rest of the world views the IRP? Will candidates for statewide, congressional, and other offices use the luncheon to announce/promote their candidacies? What will Representative Jim Durkin say about the McCain-Palin campaign in Illinois? What will McKenna, CCA Chairman Pollard, Senate Republican Leader Radogno, and House Republican Leader Cross say about the 2008 election including efforts to get out the vote by precinct committeemen; precinct captains; township and Chicago ward party leaders; county party leaders; SCC members; and elected officials including township and county officials, state representatives and state senators, and congressmen? What will be said about the IRP's financial condition? What will be said about the IRP platform? It seems that if Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, George Ryan, Jim Ryan, Judy Baar Topinka, Bob Kjellander, etc. speak, they would denounce conservatives and denounce conservatism and call for taking all the social planks out of the IRP platform. But wait, conservatives are the base of the IRP and those social planks are what distinguish the IRP from the Illinois Democrat Party. What will be said about returning to direct election of SCC members? Will those who want to return to direct election of IRP SCC members be allowed to speak? Which SCC and CCA members will announce that they will or will not run again in 2010? Will McKenna announce that he will or will not run again in 2010?
-- Milton Township Republican Central Committee to slate candidates for township offices on December 10 - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
Milton Township Republican Central Committee members will vote at their December 10 meeting in Wheaton to slate candidates for Milton Township offices. Chris Heidorn has declared his candidacy for Supervisor; Gail Hinkle for Clerk; Bob Earl for Assessor; Gary Muehlfelt for Highway Commissioner; and Chris Edwards, Sal Falbo, Jim Flickinger, Bob Larsen, and Marie Jensen for four Trustee offices.
CBS2
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mike Flannery calls for Obama to make speeches that encourage Americans to be optimistic. Diersen calls for Obama to make speeches that encourage Americans to purchase General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler vehicles.
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/truth.in.politics.2.875049.html (Includes video clip)
PIONEER LOCAL
-- Congressman Peter Roskam puts auto executives on the spot - Josh Singer (DIERSEN: To some extent, all countries, all organizations, all companies, all groups, and all individuals are guilty of creating their own problems. However, it is a tremendously strong action to take to publicly charge someone with creating their own problems. By calling for the Big Three auto executives to "cut their salaries to $1," Roskam publicly charged them with being 99+% guilty of creating the Big Three's problems. Of course, sadly, all the others who are guilty of creating the Big Three's problems, including all those who hate America and want to turn America's auto industry over to foreigners, were overjoyed that Roskam did that. Who advised Roskam to demonize and denigrate the Big Three auto executives by calling for them to "cut their salaries to $1?" Was it the same advisor who told Roskam's predecessor, Henry Hyde, to say that his extramarital affair when he was 41 years old was a "youthful indiscretion?" Was it Japanese auto executives who say that they would "fall on their sword" before asking for a loan guarantee?)
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/schaumburg/news/1301967,sc-roskam-112708-s1.article
(THE ARTICLE: Garnering national media attention for questioning Big Three automobile executives during a meeting about a proposed government bailout, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-6th, said that he just asked a "simple question." Roskam, who sits on the House Financial Services Committee, asked Big Three auto executives if they would be willing to cut their salaries to $1 given their request for taxpayer assistance. While many representatives grilled the CEOs during the Nov. 19 hearing about a proposed $25 billion auto industry bailout, responses to Roskam's question -- only Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli answered yes -- were picked up by television stations and newspapers across the country. General consensus held that the auto executives lacked a clear plan of how to use the government aid, so Congress delayed a vote on the bailout. Roskam said other issues, such as a lack of transparency, contributed to the decision. "Part of it was the cavalier nature of the auto industry," said the Wheaton Republican, adding executives were not forthcoming with fourth-quarter projections and based forecasts that the auto market would rebound on the assumption that it has already bottomed. The government has already approved $700 billion to rescue the finance industry. Roskam, who opposed both bailout packages, said leaders have used "audible plays" to decide how to use those funds, instead of a steady plan. He acknowledged problems caused by giving large amounts of taxpayer money to corporations at a time when many are struggling. "It becomes a situation of who do you say no to," Roskam said.)
-- Why did locals go for Obama? - Nancy J. Thorner, Lake Bluff
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/lakeforest/news/forum/1300531,Lf-letters-112608-s1.article
(THE LETTER: As Chicago's "favorite son", it was not surprising that Barack Obama received 62 percent of the vote in Illinois to McCain's 37 percent. Nevertheless, it was disconcerting to discover that 13 of the 21 precincts in Shields Township, which covers all of Lake Bluff and most of Lake Forest, went for Obama, including my own Precinct 240 in Lake Bluff. Only in Lake Forest did voters residing in Precincts 248 through 255 favor McCain over Obama. How did this happen? This is not a center-left country. Republicans in Congress did stray during their six years as Majority Party from 2000-2006. They forgot about limited government and went on a spending spree with taxpayers money. Democrats, however, during the same time period wanted to spend millions more. Damaging to the Republican Party was that for eight long years the Bush Administration was branded by the mainstream media and sold to the public as an administration that couldn't shoot straight and whose policies made other nations hate us. Also undermining the Bush Administration were powerful, unelected liberal bureaucrats in the Departments of Defense and State and the CIA who interfered with the Administration's defense and security policies (The Failure Factory by Bill Gertz is a must read.). But it was the October surprise, the economic meltdown, that made defense a non-issue, McCain's strong point, and the economy the dominant issue. Little credit was given to President Bush for keeping this nation safe and well along the road toward victory in Iraq. The public placed blame for the economic meltdown on Republicans, despite the role of prominent Democrats in creating the sub-prime mortgage crisis by their refusal to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Meanwhile Obama was packaged and presented to the public as a centrist, despite his leftist background and lack of experience, without vetting and with little criticism, as one who could save this nation after eight years of a failed George W. Bush presidency. Although it is impossible to foretell what will happen in an Obama Administration, it is a given that it will bring Americans more government, debt and taxation. Democrats seem to forget that government doesn't know how to make money, it can only spend it, and that wealth is created from the top down. Already announced is that president-elect Obama plans to rescind on Day One many of Bush's executive orders, replacing them with job-and-growth killing environmental executive orders which would bankrupt the coal industry and cause domestic energy production to shrivel away. Front and center over the next several years is whether this nation will remain a beacon of hope and freedom for people the world over or will it go the way of Socialistic Europe where culture has been eroded by high tax burdens, big government control, welfare rolls exploding, churches becoming empty, and national defense as an after thought? Future generations of Americans will have to live with whatever Obama's "change we can believe in" might prove to be, voted in by a majority of Americans on Nov. 4, 2008, even here in Shields Township. May history be kind and may God look favorably upon America as Americans usher in "Obamaland" on Jan. 20.)
-- Palatine Township: Voters select both Republicans, Democrats for office - Andrew Hellpap
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/hoffmanestates/news/1301862,he-voting-111308-s1.article
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- Keep Ryan and his "conscience" locked up - Eric Zorn
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2008/11/keep-ryan-and-his-conscience-locked-up.html
-- Durbin puts clemency on the table, then takes off - Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-zorn-27-nov27,0,1633946.column
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago Tribune promotes Aaron Schock
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-schock-bureau-thunov27,0,7617545.story
-- BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Raul Castro tells Sean Penn he'd meet Barack Obama on neutral ground; suggests Guantanamo base - Anita Snow
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-cb-cuba-castro-penn,0,4133777.story
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Outrageously, but not surprisingly, the Chicago Sun-Times gives Obama credit when the stock market goes up. Of course, when the stock market goes down, the Chicago Sun-Times blames Republicans.
http://www.suntimes.com/business/1302907,Stocks112708.article
-- Cook County: Stroger's budget riddled with mistakes - Mark Konkol
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1302666,CST-NWS-county27.article
-- Cook County Pension Fund letter was irresponsible - Liz Gorman
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1302554,CST-EDT-vox27.article
-- Auto bailout cheap compared to Iraq - Roger Simon
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1302459,CST-EDT-simon27.article
SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- Giving thanks prematurely for economic recovery - Kristen McQueary
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/mcqueary/1302467,112708mcqueary.article
DAILY HERALD
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Alfred N. Godinez of Prairie View and Walt Zlotow of Glen Ellyn argue that everyone who did not vote for Obama is a racist. How many Whites voted for Obama solely to avoid being called a racist? How many Whites did not vote for McCain out of fear of being called a racist?
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=253448
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=253484&src=
-- Congress is the fox in the hen house - Greg Stimpson, Wood Dale
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=253485&src=
SUBURBAN LIFE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote "World AIDS Day" should a) acknowledge that homosexual activity and sexual activity outside of wedlock promotes AIDS and b) focus on discouraging homosexual activity and on discouraging all sexual activity outside of wedlock
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/wheaton/news/x541368072/Health-Department-honors-World-AIDS-Day
LAKE COUNTY JOURNAL
-- Zion’s reactor site deserves a second look - Nancy J. Thorner, Lake Bluff
http://www.lakecountyjournals.com/articles/2008/11/25/opinion/letters/doc492c5ecf5e4fa881484186.prt
CHICAGO ARGUS
-- What is going through Durbin’s mind when it comes to the fate of George Ryan? - Gregory Tejeda
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2008/11/what-is-going-through-durbins-mind-when.html
TOM ROESER
-- Durbin Pleads for George Ryan Pardon. Marion Brooks Keeps a Straight Face to Interview Jeremiah Wright. “Catholic Colleges” are a Misnomer - with Few Exceptions.
http://www.tomroeser.com/blogs/blogview.asp?blogID=24828
CNS NEWS
-- VERY SAD: Unions Fight to End American Capitalism - Ben Shapiro
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=39965
-- MORE EVIDENCE THAT TRAGICALLY, ANTI-RELIGIOUS ADVOCATES OF PROMISCUITY AND HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY ARE MAKING PROGRESS: Religious Leaders: Churches Should be ‘Nonjudgmental’ about Behavior That Transmits HIV - Pete Winn
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=39962
FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS
-- Exclusive: Seven Things True Conservatives Should Be Thankful For - Gabriel Garnica, Esq.
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1870/pub_detail.asp
AMERICAN THINKER
-- Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis - James Simpson
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the_strategy.html
MOTOR TREND
-- What Do GM's Troubles Mean for the Corvette? - Matt Stone
http://blogs.motortrend.com/6358607/editorial/what-do-gms-troubles-mean-for-the-corvette/index.html
