GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - December 13, 2008

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - December 13, 2008



ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- Illinois Senate GOP caucus supports special U.S. Senate election - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/12/senate-gop-cauc.html
-- Obama and Blagojevich: Perilous Associations? - Eric Wallace, PhD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/12/obama-and-blago.html
-- Some questions for Mr. Diersen on the Automaker Bailout Mess - Eric Kohn
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/12/some-questions.html

ABC7
-- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan asks high court to declare Blagojevich unfit
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6552604 (Includes video clip)

CBS2
-- White House Promises Last Ditch Auto Rescue
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/congress.auto.bailout.2.884873.html (Includes video clip)
-- Blagojevich Faces Dim Financial Future - Dorothy Tucker
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/Blagojevich.dim.financial.2.886406.html (Includes video clip)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- HARDCOPY INCLUDES A 6X9-INCH COLOR PICTURE OF UAW MEMBERS BUILDING CORVETTES IN BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY: White House prepares to give aid to automakers President alters course, considers using funds from Wall Street bailout - Jim Puzzanghera and Ken Bensingerhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sat-auto-bailout-1213-dec13,0,4268028.story
-- Bush administration unwilling to see automakers fail - Will Lester
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-meltdown-autos,0,2129474.story
-- Illinois AG Madigan sings GOP's song - Frank James
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/12/illinois_ag_madigan_sings_gops.html
-- A special election? Not so fast! - Eric Zorn
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2008/12/a-special-election-not-so-fast.html
-- Lake County sheriff to switch parties - Susan Kuczka
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/lake-county-sheriff-to-switch-parties.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- Ex-Gov. Ryan issues public apology for criminal behavior - Chris Fusco and Kara Spak (DIERSEN: But will he tell his supporters to stop blaming all the world's past, present, and future problems on conservatives?)
http://www.suntimes.com/news/georgeryantrial/1328585,george-ryan-issues-apology-121208.article
-- Madigan launches legal attack to oust Blagojevich
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1328298,madigan-blagojevich-121208.article
-- Why is Michael Madigan waiting to impeach Blagojevich? Madigan pushed impeachment, until now -- is he trying to give daughter an edge? - Dave Mckinney
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1329925,CST-NWS-impeach14.article
-- Blago could decide future by Monday Source says governor is weighing options - Natasha Korecki and Chris Fusco
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1329529,CST-NWS-blago13.article
-- No easy way out of this Hard to oust gov -- resignation is the best answer - Mark Brown
http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/1329873,CST-NWS-brown14.article
-- Voters must demand campaign fund reform - Carol Marinhttp://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1329604,CST-EDT-carol14.article
-- Get away from pay to play: vote Special election only way to keep things honest - Mary Mitchell
http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1329871,CST-NWS-mitch14.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Obama promoter demonizes and denigrates anyone who does not promote Obama
http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/1329532,CST-EDT-open13a.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Two religious types demonize and denigrate America and demonize and denigrate Americans
http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/1329531,CST-EDT-open13b.article
-- Blago's Supreme hope Lisa Madigan’s trying to shove our sorry governor out the door, but the state Constitution may not be on her side - Neil Steinberg
http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/1329621,CST-NWS-stein14.article

DAILY HERALD
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Daily Herald blasts the Illinois Republican Party for using Blagojevich's arrest for "a GOP fundraising ad"
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=257856&src=
-- Oak Brook doctor Raghu Nayak at center of Blago probe - Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=257843&src=2
-- Blago case heads to court of public opinion - John Patterson and Joseph Ryan
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=257920
-- DuPage legislators: Governor must go - Melissa Jenco and Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=257891
-- More Republicans take leadership roles on Kane County Board - James Fullerhttp://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=257880
-- Lake County sheriff switching political parties - Bob Susnjarahttp://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=257755
-- Ryan issues written apology for crimes in office - Joseph Ryan (DIERSEN: But will he tell his supporters to stop blaming all the world's past, present, and future problems on conservatives?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=257846
-- No money or time for an election - Editorialhttp://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=257552&src=
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Burglars strike Diersen's precinct. A residential burglary was reported Thursday in the 900 block of Golf Lane. Burglars used force to open a door on the residence while no one was home. Items including cash and jewelry were taken. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Wheaton police Cmdr. Joseph Eversole at (630) 260-2055. If the burglars voted in the November 4 election, I am sure that they voted for Democrat Obama. The Democrat Party promotes the rights that criminals have while the Republican Party promotes the rights that victims of crime have.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=257848

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER-- Local contributors denounce Blagojevich Some regret making donations, call on Blagojevich to resign - Deana Poole and Bernard Schoenburghttp://www.sj-r.com/homepage/x1009168796/Local-contributors-denounce-Blagojevich
-- Despite Supreme Court appeal, keep pushing for impeachment - Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinions/x776484707/Our-Opinion-Despite-Supreme-Court-appeal-keep-pushing-for-impeachment

SOUTHERN ILLINOISAN
-- Senators potential jurors in impeachment Lawmakers tread carefully given possible hearings - Mike Riopell
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2008/12/12/front_page/27131120.txt

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
-- Gullible voters put Blagojevich in office - Phil Luciano
http://www.pjstar.com/homepage/x1720687174/Luciano-Gullible-voters-put-Blagojevich-in-office

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
-- Governor's arrest still having impact on metro-east leaders - Brian Brueggemann
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/577471.html

WGIL-- Risinger Surprised by Blago Arresthttp://www.wgil.com/localnews.php?xnewsaction=fullnews&newsarch=122008&newsid=98

SUBURBAN LIFE
-- Rep. Durkin asks for Senate candidates to take special oath
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/berwyn/homepage/x1720692037/Rep-Durkin-asks-for-Senate-candidates-to-take-special-oath
-- FROM THE ARTICLE: State lawmakers overwhelmingly think Illinois can and will recover from its latest embarrassment over a political scandal, just days after Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s arrest on federal corruption charges, a new survey has found. The survey of 134 of the 177 Illinois state lawmakers, conducted by Suburban Life Publications and GateHouse News Service since Blagojevich’s arrest Tuesday, found 124 legislators think the state can rebound from the mess it’s now facing. That’s 93 percent of lawmakers who responded to the survey, and nearly 70 percent of the full legislature.
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/wheaton/homepage/x1009168443

PIONEER LOCAL
-- Lake County sheriff to become a Republican - John Roszkowski
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/grayslake/news/1328781,G3-curran-121208-s1.article

LAKE COUNTY NEWS SUN
-- Sheriff Curran jumping to GOP Dem will tell why Monday - Frank Abderholden
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/1329256,5_1_WA13_DEMTOREP_S1.article

HERALD NEWS
-- Governor's undoing - AP
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1329294,4_1_JO13_STATEVILLE_S1.article

COURIER NEWS
-- Illinois sinks deeper into chaos Attorney general asks state Supreme Court to strip Blagojevich of power - Beanna Bellandi and Christopher Wills
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/1329276,3_1_EL13_A4BLAGO_S1.article

CHAMPION NEWS
-- Cross and McKenna now say they want direct elections – just not for Republicans - Doug Ibendahl
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1476

PUBLIC AFFAIRS
-- YOUTUBE: Jeff Berkowitz interviews Senator Bill Brady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWzIavo61wk&feature=channel_page

POLITICO
-- Republicans: Don't blame us, blame the UAW - Manu Raju
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16545.html
-- A guide to the Illinois Senate spectacle - Andy Barr
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16548.html

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
-- BILL O'REILLY - JEFF BERKOWITZ TRANSCRIPT: Obama Endorsed Blagojevich in 2002 Berkowitz Interview
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,466204,00.html
-- Ghosts of Christmas Past Visit Barack Obama - Bill O'Reilly
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,466026,00.html
-- Coming Up on 'FOX News Sunday': Sens. Bob Corker, Debbie Stabenow and Illinois House GOP Leader Tom Cross - Chris Wallace
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,466287,00.html

NEWSMAX
-- VERY SAD: Colin Powell Lashes Out at Rush Limbaugh
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/powell_limbaugh/2008/12/11/161019.html?s=al&promo_code=7443-1
-- Why 'Governor' Quinn Could Upset Chicago's Machine - Doug Patten
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/quinn_chicago_mahine/2008/12/12/161263.html
-- John Fund: Daley Machine Fears Blagojevich’s Replacement - Jim Meyers
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/daley_fears_quinn/2008/12/12/161252.html

CBS NEWS
-- McCain: Blagojevich Both Stupid AND Nuts - Brian Montopoli
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/12/12/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4665275.shtml

CNS NEWS
-- Angry UAW Members Lash Out at Southern Senators - Tom Krisher
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=40782

LOUISVILLE COURIER JOURNAL
-- VERY SAD: GM plans extra four-week shutdown for Corvette plant - Jere Downs (THE ARTICLE: General Motors will shut the Corvette plant in Bowling Green for four weeks longer than planned after the holidays as part of an effort to reduce overall production by 30 percent. When the plant shuts down as scheduled on Dec. 23, UAW Local 2164 members will be off the job for another four weeks, returning Feb. 13, plant manager Paul Graham said in a memo sent to employees today. Cuts at the Corvette plant, which employs 601 hourly workers, accompany production declines GM announced today at 18 North American plants. With November sales down 41 percent compared to a year prior, GM will produce roughly 30 percent fewer vehicles in the first quarter of 2009, a company press release said.)
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081212/BUSINESS/81212039/1003

REUTERS
-- Illinois scandal unwelcome distraction for Obama - Steve Holland
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSTRE4BB6UP20081212
-- Illinois official asks court to oust governor - Andrew Stern and Michael Conlon
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4BA65D20081213

BLOOMBERG
-- Blagojevich Arrest Sparks Illinois Fight to Impeach or Restrict - Joe Carroll
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a5eqOeNg2zcI&refer=us

UPI
-- Cook County GOP offers 'Impeach Blago' T-shirts
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/12/County_GOP_offers_Impeach_Blago_T-shirts/UPI-96741229111358/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- Illinois sinks deeper into chaos over scandal - Deanna Bellandi and Christopher Wills
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hVNAcA-xtCA6PKQ8h5s7dBlD_BKwD951F3CG0
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hVNAcA-xtCA6PKQ8h5s7dBlD_BKwD951H1301

CNN
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Corvette owners are very sad. Colin Powell dumps Republicans.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/11/powell-gop-polarization-backfired-in-election/

AFP
-- Illinois moves to oust governor amid graft scandal
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gPtlqI5dM7IbK2K3vlRt6UohG5og

BLOOMBERG
-- Blagojevich Arrest Sparks Illinois Fight to Impeach or Restrict - Joe Carroll
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a5eqOeNg2zcI&refer=us

WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- Fitzgerald Should Keep His Opinions to Himself As in the Libby case, his behavior is 'appalling.' - Victoria Toensing
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122913032247103429.html
-- Who Will Govern Illinois? The power struggle to appoint a replacement. - John Fund
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122903566207799711.html
-- Blagojevich and Service Employees International Union Have Longstanding Ties - Clare Ansberry
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122912760515203213.html
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Wall Street Journal, a company that exists to maximize the profits of its advertisers by driving down their labor costs, is overjoyed with Mitch McConnell
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122912631328803145.html
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Clint Eastwood directs and stars in a movie in which a retired old White male auto worker's "pride and joy is the immaculate 1972 Ford Gran Torino fastback that sits in his garage." Maybe Eastwood will produce a sequel in which a retired old White male government worker's pride and joy is the immaculate 1972 Corvette that sits in his garage.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122903195437199459.html

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
-- DIERSEN: HOW DO THOSE WHO WANT GM, FORD, & CHRYSLER TO FILE BANKRUPTCY RESPOND TO THIS?: 51% Won’t Buy A Car From A Bankrupt Automaker
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/general_business/51_won_t_buy_a_car_from_a_bankrupt_automaker
-- DIERSEN: HOW DO THOSE WHO WANT GM, FORD, & CHRYSLER TO FILE BANKRUPTCY RESPOND TO THIS?: Illinois Voters By 2-to-1 Say Politicians More Corrupt Than Corporate CEOs
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/states_general/illinois/illinois_voters_by_2_to_1_say_politicians_more_corrupt_than_corporate_ceo_s

NEW YORK TIMES
-- Lisa Madigan v. Blagojevich: Take 2 Leading Officials; Add Hostility - Monica Davey
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/13/us/politics/13madigan.html?_r=1
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Clint Eastwood directs and stars in a movie in which a retired old White male auto worker owns a "cherry 1972 Ford Gran Torino." Maybe Eastwood will produce a sequel in which a retired old White male government worker owns a cherry 1972 Corvette.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/movies/12tori.html?scp=1&sq=eastwood%20torino&st=cse

INDEPENDENT POLITICAL REPORT
-- Rush Limbaugh: Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich should consider appointing Alan Keyes to fill Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat - Austin Cassidy
http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/12/rush-limbaugh-illinois-governor-rod-blagojevich-should-consider-appointing-alan-keyes-to-fill-barack-obamas-us-senate-seat/

TORONTO STAR-- Republicans rejected the United States by rejecting the Detroit bailout - David Olivehttp://www.thestar.com/Business/article/553224

LOS ANGELES TIMES
-- Auto bailout's death seen as a Republican blow at unions For some Senate Republicans, a vote against the bailout was a vote against the United Auto Workers, and against organized labor in general. - Jim Puzzanghera
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fi-gopunions13-2008dec13,0,7065427.story

WASHINGTON POST
-- Illinois-Senate: Between Rod and a Hard Place - Chris Cillizza
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/12/il-senate_between_rod_and_a_ha.html?nav=rss_blog
-- UAW Condemns GOP for Scuttling Bailout Union President Says Wage Cuts Won't Prevent Collapse of Auto Industry - Sholnn Freeman (FROM THE ARTICLE: Gettelfinger blamed the Republican senators who represent states with foreign-auto plants of trying to put the American companies at a disadvantage. He said lawmakers were allowing Southern states to subsidize foreign automakers with hundreds of millions of dollars to build factories, while turning their backs on Detroit. "They use taxpayer dollars to subsidize the competition," he said. "We can't compete like this as a country.")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/12/AR2008121203592.html?hpid=topnews

MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL STAR TRIBUNE
-- A corrupt politician in Illinois? No kidding. This would be a good time for Obama to show off his ability to transcend. - Steve Chapman
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/36072709.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:UthPacyPE7iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

USA TODAY
-- Former Illinois governor George Ryan apologizes (from prison) for his crimes (DIERSEN: But will he tell his supporters to stop blaming all the world's past, present, and future problems on conservatives?)
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/12/former-illinois.html

PROGRESS ILLINOIS
-- An Illinois GOP Revival -- Devoid Of Ideas - Adam Doster
http://progressillinois.com/2008/12/12/a-gop-revivial

THE SPOOF
-- SATIRE: Gov. Rod Blagojevich: "Let me walk or else a Republican will get it [Obama's open U.S. Senate seat that is]"
http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i45052

LAKE COUNTY REPUBLICANS
-- Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran to Announce His Change of Party Affiliation - Dan Venturi
http://www.lakecountyrepublicans.com/default.aspx
LIBERTYVILLE, IL - Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran will join a host of Republican State and local leaders to announce his reasons for switching party affiliation from Democrat to Republican at a formal press conference Monday, December 15 at 9:30 a.m. WHEN: Monday, December 15, at 9:30 a.m. WHERE: Lake County Republican Headquarters, 320 Peterson Road, Libertyville, IL 60048 SPEAKERS: Sheriff Mark Curran, Lake County Sheriff; Andy McKenna, Illinois Republican Chairman; Honorable Jim Ryan, Former Attorney General; State's Attorney Michael Waller, Lake County State's Attorney; Daniel Venturi, Lake County Republican Chairman; State Representative Ed Sullivan, Jr., 51st State Representative District; State Senator-Elect Dan Duffy, 26th State Senate District.

GOPUSA ILLINOIS-- Beliefs that many George Ryan supporters seem to have - Dave Diersenwww.gopillinois.com-- Moral relativism is good, the rule of law is bad, and the end justifies the means.-- George Ryan is innocent of all charges and conservatives, that is, Republicans who support the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, caused him to be investigated, to be indicted, and to be convicted. -- Conservatives are "kooks" and "extremists" and they have caused all the world's problems, are causing all the world's problems, and will forever cause all the world's problems.-- Conservatives must be driven out of the IRP as soon as possible.-- You must be blindly loyal to incumbent party leaders and to their supporters to hold any kind of leadership role in the IRP, the DuPage County Republican Party, the Milton Township Republican Party, etc.-- The greater loyalty that you show toward incumbent party leaders and toward their supporters, the greater the freedom you have to violate laws, to violate bylaws, to violate rules, to punish whoever you want to for whatever reason you want, etc.-- To get into office and to stay in office you should spend most if not all your time a) ascribing evil motive, bad judgment, and lack of ability those individuals and organizations you cannot dominate; b) destroying organizations and destroying individuals that are critical of you; and c) pandering to the liberal news media.-- Illinois Republicans, especially conservatives, should NOT be allowed to directly elect those who govern the IRP.

DIERSEN: Jim Edgar would not have become governor were it not for Jim Thompson and his domination of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC). George Ryan would not have become governor in 1998 were it not for Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar and their domination of the IRP SCC. Jim Ryan would not would not have won the gubernatorial primary in 2002 were it not for Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, and George Ryan and their domination of the IRP SCC. Alan Keyes would not have been selected to fill the Jack Ryan vacancy in 2004 were it not for Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, George Ryan, and Judy Baar Topinka and their domination of the IRP SCC. Andy McKenna would not have been elected IRP Chairman in 2005 were it not for Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, George Ryan, Jim Ryan, and Judy Baar Topinka and their domination of the IRP SCC. Judy Baar Topinka would not would not have won the gubernatorial primary in 2006 were it not for Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, George Ryan, Jim Ryan, and Judy Baar Topinka and their domination of the IRP SCC.