GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - August 31, 2009

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
-- Political parties exist to elect candidates who can and will defend/advance their platforms. Generally, those who become U.S. Senators are Congressmen, State Senators, and State Representatives. QUESTION: Why aren't any Illinois Republican Congressmen, Senators, or Representatives who support all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform running against Mark Kirk? ANSWER: Tragically and outrageously, very few Illinois Republican Congressmen, Senators, and Representatives support all the planks in the IRP platform, and, the Democrats and RINOs who dominate the IRP have made it clear that the more planks in the IRP platform that a candidate supports, the harder that they work against that candidate. - Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ABC7
-- Sen. John McCain stumps for Rep. Mark Kirk - Sarah Schulte
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6990493

DAILY HERALD
-- McCain endorses Kirk in bid for Burris' senate seat - Steve Zalusky (ONE OF THE COMMENTS POSTED ON THE ARTICLE: The Illinois GOP still doesn't get it do they? Just whose vote are they trying to capture with an endorsement by the RINO McCain for the RINO Kirk? Do they realize McCain only got 36.9% of the vote in Illinois against a community organizer socialist? Kirk has proven his contempt for conservatism with his support of Cap and Trade, abortion, gun control, higher CAFE standards, prohibiting ANWR oil development, amnesty for illegals, and more. Perhaps the GOP here hopes to capture a few Democrats who just can't make up their minds which liberal they want the most.) (DIERSEN QUESTION: Crossover voting is a terrible problem. What percentage of those who voted for McCain in the 2008 primary election voted for Obama in the 2008 general election?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=317669
-- GOP targets Foster on health care - Joseph Ryan
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=317628
-- Is Bush lurking in Obamaland? - Rueben Navarrette (FROM THE COMMENTARY: How's that for "change we can believe in"? So what gives? Here are three options: Either Obama is learning that being president is much more difficult than running for president, or he's a bigger pragmatist than we thought, or he never really believed President Bush was as bad he made him out to be during the campaign. And whatever brought them to this point, Obama supporters only have two options: Stand by their man, or their principles.) (DIERSEN: When Bush ran in 2000, he ran as someone who would defend/advance the Republican Party platform. But after he was elected, outrageously, he made it clear that he rejected many important planks in the Republican Party platform. Because of that, the Republican Party lost control of the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate, and the Executive Branch.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=317334
-- Should have asked us what we thought - Katherine Anne Hedlund, Buffalo Grove
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=316790&src=

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- Obama’s health care tactics just like those he used in state Senate in 2004 Accusing critics of 'fear-mongering' was tactic he used in state Senate days - Lynn Sweet and Dave McKinney
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/1744034,CST-NWS-sweet31.article
-- Rep. Peter Roskam and Obama on health care, a replay from 2004 Illinois senate debate - Lynn Sweet
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/08/rep_peter_roskam_and_obama_on.html
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Esther J. Cepeda wants candidates in Illinois to promote their race and national origin. According to page 486 of the 2010 Ammanac of American Politics, 65.3% of Illinois residents are White, 14.6% are Black, 14.6% are Hispanic, and 4.1% are Asian. 16.7% of Illinois residents are of German national origin, 10.4% Irish, and 6.3% Polish. http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1743767,CST-EDT-esther31.article
-- State contractors hire Madigan's law firm Illinois House speaker: no laws broken, no conflict of interest - Chris Fusco and Tim Novak (FROM THE ARTICLE: The law firm of House Speaker Michael Madigan, who is also chairman of the Illinois Democratic Party, won a property tax break for Andrew McKenna Sr., whose son Andy McKenna was chairman of the Illinois Republican Party at the time. Two years ago, the elder McKenna hired the Madigan & Getzendanner law firm to fight a 70 percent increase in the assessed value on his $4 million mansion in Winnetka. Madigan's firm got Cook County Assessor James Houlihan to scale back the increase to 60 percent. That saved McKenna $4,898 in property taxes.)
http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/1743915,CST-NWS-watchdogs31.article

MT. CARMEL REGISTER
-- Budget trouble ‘the norm’ -- Cost-paring everywhere, senator Righter says - Phil Gower
http://www.tristate-media.com/articles/2009/08/31/mtcarmelregister/news/news1.txt

NBC5
-- Cross Squashes Tax Hike House GOP leader said to have personally killed income tax hike - Steve Rhodes
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Cross-Checked-56336272.html
-- Trusting Quinn -- A lesson for the University of Illinois community - Steve Rhodes
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Trusting-Quinn-56330532.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- TRAGIC: Support lacking in Springfield for video poker ban - Deana Poole (DIERSEN: QUESTIONS: Tragically, what does that say about those who represent Springfield voters? Tragically, what does that say about those who elected them? ANSWER: They reject the prosperity and safety that Republican principles bring. They want the poverty and crime that Democrat/RINO principles bring.)
http://www.sj-r.com/homepage/x1566715248/Video-gambling-to-get-green-light-in-Springfield
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Pat Quinn used his amendatory veto power last week to make it easier for voters t to block video gaming in individual communities. In an Aug. 25 veto message for Senate Bill 1595 - a bill mainly designed to make sure that off-track betting parlors are not too close to schools — Quinn added a change in another part of gaming law. Current law allows a municipality or county to ban video gaming by referendum, but to get the question on a ballot, at least 25 percent of “the legal voters” of that municipality or county must sign petitions. Under Quinn’s proposed change, townships are added to municipalities and counties among units of government that can prohibit gambling. Quinn also wants a lesser signature requirement. The required number would be 11 percent of votes cast in the last regular election conducted in that unit of government. In his veto message, Quinn wrote that, “it is important that we allow local communities the opportunity to define the gaming that occurs within their communities. . .When it comes to important decisions facing our communities, each person deserves to have his or her voice heard. That is why I propose that a referendum held under the Video Gaming Act be subject to the same requirements imposed on other referenda under the Election Code.” For the change to take effect, the Senate and House both must approve it by majority vote. A two-thirds vote of each house to override the changes also could enact the underlying bill without the governor’s changes.)
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Needless-to-say, I do not agree with everything in Martin's comment on the Schoenburg article, but I give Martin credit for not hiding behind some phony name. http://www.sj-r.com/opinions/x1886192877/Bernard-Schoenburg-GOP-far-from-settled-on-Senate-nod

SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- How far will Hynes go in bid for governor? - Rich Miller (FROM THE COMMENTARY: As any loyal party member should do, Hynes ought to think long and hard about how far he can go before he damages his own side, no matter the outcome. The last two Republican gubernatorial primaries were so nasty and divisive that they contributed significantly to their party's general election losses. And the last time an incumbent Democratic governor lost a primary, in 1976, the Republicans won the governor's mansion and held on to power for 26 years. On balance, though, I think Quinn probably needs this primary race. It'll give us all a chance to see what he's really made of.)http://www.southtownstar.com/news/miller/1743756,083109miller.article

NAPERVILLE SUN
-- Let the games begin. . .or not? - Kathy Cichon (FROM THE ARTICLE: As of last Wednesday, the city had received about 100 comments. Wanna bet which way residents are leaning? "The vast majority is in opposition," said Dan Di Santo, assistant to the city manager. "At this stage, it's probably around 85 percent.)http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/napertalk/1744006,6_4_NA31_PAGE2COL_S1-090831.article

BEACON NEWS
-- Aurora seeks resident views on best use of community development block grant funds - Andre Salles (DIERSEN: Democrats constantly argue that Republicans are "rich" and that Democrats are "poor." Given that, of course, Democrats want community development block grant funds [funds which overwhelmingly come from Republicans] to be spent on Democrats.) http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1743924,2_1_AU31_SURVEY_S1-090831.article
(FROM THE ARTICLE: HUD has specific guidelines for block grant funds: 70 percent of the city's grant must go to benefit low- and moderate-income people, and every expense must either alleviate slum or blight conditions or meet other urgent community needs. Hence, the survey, which is designed to find out which areas of the city need which services. The survey breaks down data into the city's six ZIP codes and asks respondents to rate their neighborhoods in a number of categories, including "places to bike" and "places that are safe after dark." It then asks which projects and services the neighborhoods need more of, including those to replace or repair blighted buildings, or encourage small business developments, or bring in more senior centers and youth centers. The data is broken down by race and ethnicity which, under HUD standards, are different categories. That's why one of the questions asks respondents to describe themselves or their household as "Hispanic or Latino" or "Not Hispanic or Latino." Neighborhood Redevelopment Director Michael Kamon said data collected for HUD (and for federal census data) must be separated this way.)
-- OUTSTANDING: Alternative to Planned Parenthood moves in Waterleaf Center will strive to counsel, assist pregnant women - David Garbe
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1743997,2_1_AU31_WATERLEAF_S1-090831.article

ALTON TELEGRAPH
-- Dillard seeks GOP nod for governor - Steve Whitworth
http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/area-30653-dillard-illinois.html

THE SOUTHERN
-- Study: More than half of children will engage in sexual behavior before 13 - Bonnie Miller Rubin (DIERSEN: This tragic fact is a direct result of liberalism. Liberalism is what the Democrat Party platform promotes. People who vote for Democrats promote liberalism and therefore promote promiscuity, sexually transmitted diseases, out-of-wedlock births, and abortion. How many sexually transmitted diseases does your son/daughter have? How many girls has your son gotten pregnant? How many out-of-wedlock births has your daughter had? How many abortions has your daughter had?)http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2009/08/31/breaking_news/doc4a9b35a8074d3159758852.txt

CHAMPION NEWS
-- Mark Kirk attempts to con a group of conservatives - Doug Ibendahl
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=2061
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Something else happened on Sunday that hasn't been reported. Prior to the event with McCain, Kirk held a private meeting with about 30 conservatives from the area. These were reportedly folks who had concerns about Kirk's liberal voting record. Sources tell Champion News that Kirk tried to keep the focus on areas where he differed from the Democrats. And as we've all seen before, he tried to gloss-over his many bad votes. Republicans need to be aware of the lengths this guy will go to secure the Republican nomination. Mark Kirk apparently tried to bamboozle the assembled on several fronts - but here's just one example. We're told that Kirk attempted to satisfy the pro-lifers in attendance by saying he would just have to agree to disagree with them on most of their concerns. But he wanted everyone to know that he - unlike the Democrats - opposes the use of tax money to fund abortions. But here's the problem. It's just not true. Actions speak louder than words. Just last month Kirk voted to keep taxpayer money flowing to abortion provider Planned Parenthood. Kirk has also voted to allow U.S. aid money to be used to fund abortions oversees. Kirk has even voted to allow federal tax dollars to be used to fund human embryonic stem cell research. So clearly Kirk wasn't being honest in that private meeting on Sunday. Keep in mind folks, Mark Kirk is the only Republican in either the House or Senate to receive a 100% rating from Planned Parenthood in 2006 and 2008. Anyone familiar with Planned Parenthood knows they don't give you a 100% rating unless you kowtow to their far-left, radical agenda whenever they order. That's precisely what Kirk's done his entire career. Champion News has put a lot of time into researching and making this resource available: Kick Mark Kirk to the Curb. There you'll see a summary of every major bad vote Kirk has cast during his career in Congress. You'll also find other helpful links. You might consider printing the summary and keeping it on your refrigerator during this Primary campaign season. The Republican base has got to decide pretty soon whether it's serious about nominating a true Republican in February. As McCain's visit here this weekend proves - Mark Kirk's team is very serious about its effort. If conservatives are going to give Kirk a pass on the big issues just because he has an "R" by his name, then he's going to easily win the Primary. If the Primary were held today - Kirk would win by a huge margin. Let's not kid ourselves. Hopefully a challenger will emerge with the spine and courage to really take Kirk on. I realize there are challengers on the field right now but all of them need to step things up. Kirk can be beaten in the Primary but it's going to take a lot more people getting off the sidelines. The candidates aren't the only ones who need to step things up.)
-- The limits of the "TEA Party" - it's not a political party - John Biver
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=2062

ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- Illinois Review asks the gubernatorial candidates "How would you fix the budget?"
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2009/08/illinois-review-asks-how-would-you-fix-the-budget.html
-- Lang blames Cross for "personally killing" income tax increase - Cal Skinner
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2009/08/tom-cross-intimidated-12-brave-souls-in-income-tax-fight.html
-- Dillard blasts Quinn for inept leadership as unemployment rises
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2009/08/dillard-blasts-quinn-for-inept-leadership-as-unemployment-rises.html
-- VIDEO CLIP: David McAloon talks to the MC Freedom Coalition
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2009/08/david-mcaloon-talks-to-the-mc-freedom-coalition.html

TOM ROESER
-- Comparing Fawell to Rove. The Hispanic Lag.
http://www.tomroeser.com/blogview.asp?blogID=25045

CHICAGO ARGUS
-- Will anyone care what McCain thinks? - Gregory Tejeda
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2009/08/will-anyone-care-what-mccain-thinks.html

HUFFINGTON POST
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Not surprisingly, anti-American Joshua Hoyt wants Mark Kirk to want American taxpayers to "provide federally-subsidized health care to illegal aliens." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joshua-hoyt/congressman-kirks-immigra_b_272713.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At last week's heavily attended town hall meeting on health care reform in Arlington Heights Congressman Mark Kirk continued to propagate what Newsweek just called one of "The Five Biggest Lies in the Health Care Debate:" that proposed reforms will provide health insurance to illegal immigrants. Kirk questioned even the notion that reform is necessary, claiming that few of the estimated 50 million uninsured in the U.S. are needy U.S. citizens. He then thundered to the applauding crowd, "Should we provide taxpayer health care for people who are illegally here in the U. S.? I do not think we should provide federally-subsidized health care to illegal aliens." No matter that the House version of reform explicitly excludes "individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States." Outright anti-immigrant demagoguery reminiscent of the failed campaigns of Republican perennial candidate Jim Oberweis is surprising, perhaps even shocking, from Congressman Kirk. Kirk has carefully crafted a national image for himself as a thoughtful moderate on issues ranging from the environment to ethics to a women's right to choose. But it turns out that Kirk has an intemperate mean streak when it comes to those immigrant groups he believes he can bully. This racial blind spot may well cost Congressman Kirk the U.S. Senate seat which Barack Obama once held and that he hopes to steal from the Democrats in 2010. Arabs and Mexicans have been Kirk's favorite targets.)

CHICAGO GOP
-- Is There Any Doubt Ultra-liberal Rich Miller is a Democratic Hack? - Tom Swiss
http://www.chicagogop.com/blog/1525-Is-there-any-doubt-Rich-Miller-is-a-Democratic-Hack.html

POLITICO
-- New GOP tactic: The counter-town hall - Michael Falcone
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26491.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Adam Kinzinger, a Republican who’s running against freshman Democratic Rep. Deborah Halvorson in Illinois, held five town halls to highlight his criticism of the congresswoman’s avoidance of public health care meetings during the August recess. Halvorson’s approach has been to schedule telephone town halls - events that are akin to a telephone conference call - and to place a health care reform survey on her congressional website. “I just decided that if she’s not going to throw the town hall meetings, then we’ll do it,” Kinzinger told POLITICO, claiming that each of his events drew a crowd of hundreds. “By the time this is said and done, my campaign will have provided close to 1,500 people the opportunity to speak out on health care.” )
-- Experts see double-digit Democrat losses - Josh Kraushaar
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26393.html

AMERICAN THINKER
-- A case study in big governent; Illinois - Rick Moran
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/08/a_case_study_in_big_governent.html

FOX NEWS
-- Publisher Accuses Reid of 'Bullying' Nevada Newspaper The publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told his advertising director he wants the newspaper "out of business."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/30/publisher-accuses-reid-bullying-nevada-newspaper/

GOPUSA
-- What's next. . .Obama to control your inbox? - Bobby Eberle (DIERSEN: Some Democrats and RINOs who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for "opposition research" do not want to keep GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails out of your inbox. But nevertheless, many Democrats, RINOs, and "conservatives" who work against other conservatives do want to keep GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails out of you inbox.)
http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/?p=1885
(FROM THE COMMENTARY: CNET's translation? "If your company is deemed 'critical,' a new set of regulations kick in involving who you can hire, what information you must disclose, and when the government would exercise control over your computers or network." Here's the kicker. . .not only would this bill put more private industry under the supervision of the government, but once again, the government is showing that it has no grasp of what actually goes on in private industry. "The Rockefeller proposal plays out against a broader concern in Washington, D.C., about the government's role in cybersecurity. In May, President Obama acknowledged that the government is "not as prepared" as it should be to respond to disruptions and announced that a new cybersecurity coordinator position would be created inside the White House staff. Three months later, that post remains empty, one top cybersecurity aide has quit, and some wags have begun to wonder why a government that receives failing marks on cybersecurity should be trusted to instruct the private sector what to do." At the risk of stating the obvious, the government should stick to those specific functions outlined by the Constitution and stay out of private industry. Obama and his team continue to seize more control over our private lives, but with each passing day, they also show that they are ill-equipped to handle the situation. The last thing we need is more government control over the Internet and Obama telling cyber-professionals how to do their jobs. I don't want Obama patrolling my inbox with "professionals" licensed by his administration. Do you?)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tragically, many of those who George W. Bush appointed rejected many planks in the Republican Party platform. Not surprisingly, Obama has reappointed many of them. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h_Cmb0nZ4cHr-etnWUOxXGrvmquAD9ADSBOO1

TTOWN300@aol.com
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: TTOWN300@aol.com blasts Diersen, promotes Mark Kirk, blasts Martin: "You know what? You really are an idiot. Mark Kirk is not "left wing" Moderate maybe. . .but to call him "left wing" That shows a complete lack of education. Also, you continue to support the Nazi Andy Martin. Let the readers know who you support in the primary. You are always asking for everybody else to stand for something. IS ANDY MARTIN ANTI-SEMITIC? Come on Mr. Principle. . .take a stand. I bet you don't have the PRINCIPLE to do that. Are Mr. Martin's past statements anti-Semitic? If you say no. . .you are blind. I am a proud Republican and I really do respect your efforts. But you really do depress me with your lack of understanding sometimes.
TTOWN300@aol.com